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#120
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Prober
on 30 Dec, 2012 12:08
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ok, back to after test...
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#121
by
Prober
on 30 Dec, 2012 12:12
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#122
by
Prober
on 30 Dec, 2012 12:15
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Don't think they got the pressure wanted.
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#123
by
Prober
on 30 Dec, 2012 12:20
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#124
by
Prober
on 30 Dec, 2012 12:22
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#125
by
robertross
on 30 Dec, 2012 13:05
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Thanks for the coverage
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#126
by
Morten C.
on 30 Dec, 2012 13:54
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nominal up to 14 sec, then something goes wrong. End result is a burn through in the engine. Last images in the video show the result. They didn't sound that much worried about it and could be easy enough to rebuild for other tests. So that might mean another static test with a pressure system, before a pumped version is tested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqkZ83-DnaA&feature=youtu.be3 min in
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#127
by
Morten C.
on 30 Dec, 2012 16:22
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http://ing.dk/artikel/135251-tm65-fik-saa-hatten-passedeToday at 1400 the minutes were TM65 start signal for the third time. All valves and primer functioned as they should. The engine got propellant at a record high feed pressure.
The ignition was nominal.
Then wrecked TM65. It was not melting, it was not an explosion, but the implosion of the rear portion of the inner casing of the engine. Action does it look like new, but the nozzle inside is folded.
It was a structural collapse of the lightest part of the nozzle. One area that we have not actually seen as critical until relatively recently.
Design Analysis of the new large engine have shown that this area is very hard structurally overloaded.
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#128
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Lars Tørnes Hansen
on 30 Dec, 2012 17:34
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#129
by
Lars Tørnes Hansen
on 30 Dec, 2012 17:43
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New youTube video from Copenhagen Suborbitals:
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#130
by
Prober
on 31 Dec, 2012 19:17
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New youTube video from Copenhagen Suborbitals:
much better camera angle....take my comments above back. Some good pressure there.
Well done Copenhagen Suborbitals!
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#131
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Morten C.
on 01 Jan, 2013 13:41
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Thomas Pedersen/CSDeformation of the nozzle happens going from pre stage to main stage, also seen in the video below at 0.30 min, where you also noticed the odd flame shape as a result.
Thomas Pedersen/CSBecause of the deformation the fuel flow is below normal, also seen in the video on the gauge that shows the fuel pressure drop much slower than the LOX does. At 1.28 min the inner wall collapse due the lesser cooling of the engine, and giving the fuel another way into the chamber. This can also be seen on the gauge where the fuel pressure now drops much faster.
Thomas Pedersen/CSThis engine looks like it is going in museum and a new will be build. There might be build two, one flight version and another as test bed for pumps, if they do not use the same for both.
This will also postpone the building of VTC3 until there be use for it in the test of a TM250 model of the engine there been talks about. This is due to that a new TM65 engine can be build so that the pumps still can fit into the VTC1 test stand as it is.
Happy new year everyone
Regards Morten
Gallery for more photos from the test
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#132
by
Prober
on 04 Jan, 2013 14:17
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All good news !
Looking forward to Dec. 30th.
Just a friendly reminder if you like what you see and wish to be part of this; its funding that makes it happen. They are still shy on their next major goals.
http://www.indiegogo.com/TychoDeepSpace2?c=home
Only 41 hrs left to meet the $ 10,000 Goal.
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#133
by
Prober
on 06 Jan, 2013 23:27
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Funding Goal reached Plus......well done.
$10,765.
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#134
by
Morten C.
on 30 Mar, 2013 14:17
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#135
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 12 May, 2013 07:46
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#136
by
Morten C.
on 15 May, 2013 20:04
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Newsletter from CS:
Latest news from Copenhagen Suborbitals
The entire crew of Copenhagen Suborbitals are working hard these days. Summer is coming and in a short time we will attempt to launch our first actively guided rocket "Sapphire". Sapphire is a test vehicle. It's only purpose is to verify that our guidance software and control systems work.
As mentioned before the Sapphire rocket is not built to reach space - but will give us invaluable information on active guidance and how to control a rocket in flight. We will use the test results to evaluate and upscale the guidance system so it can be used to guide our bigger rockets that are already in production.
The launch window for Sappire will be annonced very shortly. As always we will provide a live and commented video feed of the launch. While you wait we have compiled this second video where Lead Guidance Officer Flemming Nyboe explains how Sapphire's guidance system works.
First video
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#137
by
catdlr
on 23 May, 2013 00:42
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Vostok 3
Published on May 22, 2013
A short presentation video of Copenhagen Suborbitals new mission control ship Vostok during sea trials. Vostok will, together with the launch platform Sputnik, be used for launching the Sapphire rocket this summer in the waters of Bornholm.
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#138
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catdlr
on 27 May, 2013 18:34
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VTC3 - From concrete to the future
Published on May 27, 2013
This video describes the building of the new test stand VTC 3 and what it will be used for testing.
Peter Madsen describes the idea behind and the progression of the Copenhagen Suborbitals testing facilities. He also describes the next generation of rockets and what is in the pipeline from the rocket engine department.
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#139
by
Moe Grills
on 27 May, 2013 18:47
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So the Copenhagen Suborbital project is still well over a year away from sending an unmanned rocket up to the Karman Line.
