Last Sunday, CUSF took our new rocket to EARS. We launched it twice, on an H143 and an H225 motor, and recovered it okay both times! All the photos are on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuspaceflight/sets/72157628282044955/ Some highlights: Hopefully we’ll be launching two new rockets and this one a few more times next EARS meeting!
Nearly done soldering up this very prototype-y payload for the rocket on Sunday. It’s got a GPS (FSA03) being transmitted over an XBee (Series 2B, pro, 50mW) while at the same time an ADXL345 accelerometer is logged to an SD card on the OpenLog. All powered by a tiny little LiPo battery. It’s pretty neat! …
The latest rocket is all painted! We’ve gone for a metallic blue on the fins and nosecone and matt black for the body. This should be launching on Sunday from EARS — our first rocket launch in quite a while! Stay tuned for details on an experimental telemetry payload we’re putting together as fast as …
Further work rocket today — nearly all done now! Just gotta paint the thing and sort out a payload…
On Sunday we started putting together the first of the new kit rockets and now we’re waiting for epoxy to dry before we move on to the next stage.
We have some new members working on new Arduino trackers, following in the footsteps of the very successful Weasel project last year. In the vein of ramping up work on rockets this year, some have been ordered! We’re getting a LOC Precision ISIS, a LOC Precision Caliber ISP and a LOC Precision Bruiser EXP. Hopefully …
Admin note: originally a page published 27/09/2011 The aim of the Comet Project is to develop a small sounding rocket system that will be launched from a helium balloon at around 30km altitude. The rocket will have a maximum apogee of around 150km, taking it past the official boundary boundary of space that is set …
