Liquid Welding(?!) and Murphy’s Law | INSIDE THE ROCKETSHOP : Episode 14
In this video we go through the first tests of our long seam welder which will enable home built propellant tanks for our crewed, crowdfunded Spica rocket. It is going to be by far the Read more…
Machining Cold Gas Thrusters For a DIY Reaction Control System
In this video we go through the process of machining a cold gas thruster for our reaction control system (RCS) demonstrator. Mostly a manual lathe operation, apart from the last step which is made on Read more…
Welding World’s Largest Crowdfunded Rocket, SPICA! | INSIDE THE ROCKETSHOP : Episode 13
In this video we go through the first welds for building the world’s only crowdfunded, crewed space rocket, Spica. It is going to be by far the biggest homemade rocket in the world. One day Read more…
The Cutting Edge of Supersonic Ballute Manufacturing
In this video we take you with us to cut some nylon fabric into gores for our updated Ballute design. The Ballute is an inflatable deceleration device which will stabilize and slow down our crewed, Read more…
You Guessed It! | INSIDE THE ROCKETSHOP : Episode 12
In this video we go through the current projects for our crewed suborbital Spica rocket which took place on Saturday, November 16th. Spica will be the biggest and most powerful home built rocket that will Read more…
Injector soldering
Dear rocket fans, As you probably remember, we decided to test coaxial swirlers in our BPM5 engine before making a full BPM100 injector. There are two main reasons for this. First, we would like to Read more…
1:10 Scale Space Capsule Splashdown Preparation
In this video we take you with us on some small preparations for our upcoming 1:10th scale Spica space capsule splashdown tests which will give us some real world data to compare with our landing Read more…
Can You Guess What It Is? | INSIDE THE ROCKETSHOP : Episode 11
In this video we go through the current projects for our crewed suborbital Spica rocket which took place on Saturday, November 16th. Spica will be the biggest and most powerful home built rocket that will Read more…
