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Highlights of recent developments on the MiniSShot Project
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- John Newman has fabricated one section of the composite airframe
tubing that will house the recovery system. The tubing was formed on a
custom manufactured aluminum mandrel, and consists of 3 plies of carbon
fabric totaling 0.035" (0.89mm) wall thickness.
Photo of mandrel and section of airframe tubing:
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/p9230001a.jpg
- Richard received the parcel containing the radio recovery beacons,
Chute Controller, and Parrot altimeter sent by Chris King. Mounting
arrangements inside the Avionics Bay will be determined and battery life
testing will be conducted.
- Andre received the DTMF unit sent by Richard. Work on the DTMF/radio
unit had been undertaken by Leon Salisbury, who was unable to finish
testing due to personal matters. Andre has picked up the task to ready
the system for flight.
- The Vehicle Mass Statement has been completed and the information sent
to Hans for generating stability checks and flight simulations.
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/minisshot_mass_statement_iteration_2.pdf
- The test firing report for the July 25th firing of the ProtoSShot-M
Mark III motor has been completed and will soon be posted on the SS2S
website.
Draft version:
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/Protosshot_III_firing_report.pdf
Highlights of recent developments on the DoubleSShot Project
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- A study of Star Grain propellant profiles has been completed. This
report investigates various star geometries as a potential configuration
for the DoubleSShot motor. A thank you goes out to Flint Hapirat for
editing the report.
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/ss2s_star_grain_study_report.pdf
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Now more than ever, the Sugar Shot to Space program needs your financial
support: http://www.sugarshot.org/sponsors.html#Donors
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