Lots of progress on the Martlet 1 rocket. The last few days we have bonded a lot of components, using a variety of alignment jigs machined on our CNC router. The machined aluminium leading edges have been bonded into the C-F honeycomb that forms the fin structure, for stages 1 and 3. Together they form …
We’ve now bonded the coupling rings into the airframe sections of the Martlet 1 rocket, shown standing together in the photo below (from left Stage3 Stage2 Stage1). We have also cut down the nosecone to fit our rocket diameter. The rocket nosecone was sent in record time from MadCowRocketry in the states. It’s filament wound …
We’ve now bonded in the coupling rings for the stage 3 parachute section. The parachute section is coupled to the motor section by an aluminium bulkhead. The parachute section contains two parachutes: (1) a small sprung parachute, that is deployed at high altitude to bring the rocket down quickly but safely, (2) a large main …
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Today we epoxied in the coupling rings for the motor section of the 3rd stage of the Martlet 1 rocket. We used a jig to align the rings at either end of the rocket, and to align the holes that locate the fins. There are two 6mm pins on each fin that go through the …
On Wednesday 28th March, we flew NOVA21 and NOVA22. NOVA21 NOVA21 went up at around 1330BST carrying JOEY-M, Squirrel (the Android project) and a special guest. It got to 27.2km altitude before burst, landing near Braintree. The flight was mostly a test of the new Joey and Squirrel flight code. Joey performed well, though there was …
We’ve recieved all of the coupling rings and assemblies from our manufacturing sponsor, Cambridge Precision. There are 3 copies of the bulkheads that hold together the motor sections and parachute sections of each stage. There are also 3 copies of the coupling rings that hold the front of one rocket stage to the back of …
