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Highlights of recent developments on the MiniSShot Project
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-Roman has continued to make excellent progress with fabricating the
nosecone. The nomex honeycomb has been bonded to the outer skin:
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/joints_fill.jpg
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/hncmb_in_place.jpg
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/hncmb_chamfered.jpg
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/fill_completed.jpg
- Richard has shipped the completed nosecone tooling to Roman, which
will provide for close-tolerance axial alignment of the nosecone to the
rocket.
- With regard to chute controller progress, Hans has implemented a much
improved launch detection algorithm.
- Brent Dougherty has kindly come on-board and agreed to help with the
casting of the propellant. This is great news, as Brent 's experience
with sugar propellant will be a definite asset.
-Richard & Ed Mallory held a Skype call this evening to discuss
avionics. A finalized avionics configuration has been agreed upon. Ed is
currently working on a prototype of the booster section avionics.
- Richard has completed application of the ablative layer on the nozzle
inlet portion. The ablative serves as a thermal insulator to minimize
heat transfer to the fibreglass casing, and consists of epoxy filled
with glass microspheres:
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/protosshot_nozzle.jpg
- Denis Trontin of Palinges, France has generously donated $100 to the
Sugar Shot project. Merci beaucoup, Denis !
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