Monthly Archives for November 2022
Communication test between flight computer and ground station
Today, the avionics team was conducting a communication test of the ground station at JKUAT’s farm.
N-2 rocket body fabrication
Today the airframe team was building the fiberglass rocket body. First, a sheet of polyethylene is wrapped around the PVC tubes (one 56 mm and two 75 mm) that will serve as the mold. This was done to make it … Continue reading
Improvement of solid motors and testing of recovery mechanisms
I have previously blogged about the N-2 rocket’s improved solid motors. Since the aluminum combustion chamber melted in the recent test, the static test had to be conducted with the combustion chamber changed to mild steel. I was just in … Continue reading