Category Archives for Nakuja project
Preparation for launch of N-3 rocket
The last article was about the launch of the N-2 rocket. Now I’m talking about the preparations for launching its successor, the N-3 rocket. It feels like a year has passed at warp speed. The outline of the N-3 rocket … Continue reading
Launch N-2 rocket
The day has come. We finally launched the N-2 rocket we developed. Preparations continued until late the night before the launch day. It was already past 8 PM when the team left the building. This time three rockets were launched … Continue reading
Testing flight computer using drone
Today, the avionics team conducted tests on the flight computer using a drone. The first test was to confirm the operation of the state machine. The flight computer of the N-2 rocket has a mechanism that detects and transitions between … Continue reading
First successful combustion test of N-2 motor (full grain)
One week to go until launch. Today was the first successful full-grain test of the N-2 motor. The modifications made to the final single-grain motor included changing the nozzle and combustion chamber from aluminum to mild steel and deepening the … Continue reading
Ask advice from an expert: improving fiberglass manufacturing
Two events were scheduled for today. The first was a static test of the N-2 rocket motor. In the previous test, the nozzle could not withstand the pressure increase and popped out, so two improvements were made to the test: … Continue reading