Ballutes in windtunnel
We see: Ballute, mk2 design. Ballute, mk1 design with pillow stuffing in air vent. Ballute, mk1 design with carbon rods in air vent. Double ballute, mk1. Wind speed progress for each parachute: 20 m/s, 25 Read more…
Fuel & LOX Testing
A short video about the tests of our new prototype fueltanks.
Home made fuel tanks
First steps in Spica development are home produced stainless steel fuel tanks on our custom welding lathe. Followed by their attempted destruction by pressurization
Drop test at HAB
Testing scaled versions of the ballute and main parachutes in cluster configuration
Inaugural flights the parachute department
Inaugural flights of the recent work in the parachute department. The ballute and 3 parachutes are among the items that we’ll soon test in a wind tunnel at TU Delft in the Netherlands.
Enclosure for the astronaut
Dear readers For a while now it has been very quiet from us when it comes to the progress of the capsule that is going to bring our astronaut into outer space. The reason for Read more…
First reefing experiment
In 2011 we performed our very first and most basic reefing test. We’ve come a long way since then, both in size and methodology 🙂 Reefing is a method of controlling the opening speed of Read more…
Cutaway of parachute cluster
Our space capsule will need a cluster of three parachutes. We will soon perform our first test of such a cluster, which will be done with a skydiver. For safety reasons, he’s not allowed to Read more…
We smashed the space capsule
Dear readers, A week ago we performed a test of our space capsule scale model at Copenhagen Air Experience’s wind tunnel facility. Let me start with showing you how we ended the day. Which shows Read more…
