| Update |
Date |
|
2006 |
| #1 - First tests and horizontal launcher |
4/6/06 |
| #2 - Vertical launcher |
11/6/06 |
| #3 - The beach |
18/6/06 |
| #4 - Rocket payloads |
25/6/06 |
| #5 - Whistles |
2/7/06 |
| #6 - Parachutes |
9/7/06 |
| #7 - More parachutes and new launch site |
30/7/06 |
| #8 - Windy and Wet |
5/8/06 |
| #9 - In-flight video and perfect flights |
13/8/06 |
| #10 - In-flight video and faulty nozzles |
20/8/06 |
| #11 - Record
Flight |
26/8/06 |
| #12 - Crashes |
27/8/06 |
| #13 -
Development - Getting more serious |
25/9/06 |
| #14 -
Experiments |
2/10/06 |
| #15 - Big
Rocket, inflight video burst tests |
8/10/06 |
| #16 - A Mixed
Bag, bursts tests |
22/10/06 |
| #17 - Flight Computer
successful flights |
11/11/06 |
| #18 - New Rocket, good
in-flight video |
30/11/06 |
| #19 - Repaired J4Y test
flights |
2/12/06 |
| #20 - Cluster
Development |
27/12/06 |
| #21 - Records and
Crashes |
31/12/06 |
|
2007 |
| #22 - Cluster flights
|
11/1/07 |
| #23 - Acceleron |
27/1/07 |
| #24 - Underwater
launches, new launcher |
3/2/07 |
| #25 - Polaron III, J4
II, Acceleron and more underwater launches |
18/2/07 |
| #26 - Static Fire Tests |
24/2/07 |
| #27 - Foam, baffle and
burst tests |
9/3/07 |
| #28 - Foam flights, 15mm
nozzle |
11/3/07 |
| #29 - Acceleron II
booster development |
25/3/07 |
| #30 - Acceleron II
Successful Flights - Launch Sound Analysis |
31/3/07 |
| #31 - Thrust measurement
rig, thrust data |
6/4/07 |
| #32 - Thrust measurement
for CD nozzles |
14/4/07 |
| #33 - Simultaneous
launches & foam flights |
21/4/07 |
| #34 - Vertical Races |
6/5/07 |
| #35 - Acceleron III
booster |
13/5/07 |
| #36 - Multi-stage
progress |
27/5/07 |
| #37 - Tachyon sustainer |
13/6/07 |
| #38 - Tachyon test
flights |
24/6/07 |
| #39 - Catastrophic
failure during test |
7/7/07 |
| #40 - Acceleron III
Rebuilt, burst tests |
22/7/07 |
| #41 - Acceleron IIIb and
Tachyon II successful flights. |
31/7/07 |
| #42 - Hyperon, new
flight computers |
14/8/07 |
| #43 - Hyperon flights,
visiting Damo's spaceport |
11/9/07 |
| #44 - Foam flights,
V1.3.2 test flights |
16/9/07 |
| #45 - Zero-G Experiments,
Altimeter flights, pressure switch |
2/10/07 |
| #46 - VISE Glue Tests |
11/10/07 |
| #47 - Polaron IV
development and, hybrid splice |
23/10/07 |
| #48 - J4IIIb Crash and
Foam flights |
30/10/07 |
| #49 - Foam vs.
Water-only test flights |
20/11/07 |
| #50 - Fire and Water,
New launch site |
13/12/07 |
|
2008 |
| #51 - Katz Stager -
Staging mechanism |
6/1/08 |
| #52 - Polaron IV
Launcher & Booster Tests |
22/1/08 |
| #53 - NSWRA & Polaron IV
test flights |
31/1/08 |
| #54 - Splicing bottles &
pressure tests |
10/2/08 |
| #55 - Polaron IV flights
with Gluon boosters |
23/2/08 |
| #56 - Polaron IV rocket and launcher details |
11/3/08 |
| #57 - Acceleron IV and
Polaron IV |
29/3/08 |
| #58 - Tornado Couplings,
2L splice tests |
15/4/08 |
| #59 - Acceleron IV and
Tachyon III to 617' |
6/5/08 |
| #60 - Repairs, Testing
and Development |
19/5/08 |
| #61 - Fog and Polaron VI |
20/6/08 |
| #62 - 15mm Nozzles and
CATOs |
1/7/08 |
| #63 - Mk2 Katz Stager
flight tests |
13/7/08 |
| #64 - Thermal Testing |
27/7/08 |
| #65 - Baryon II booster
and Tachyon V |
2/8/08 |
| #66 - Multi-stage rocket
and Pyro rockets |
30/8/08 |
| #67 - Test Stand |
21/9/08 |
| #68 - Calibrated Static
Test Experiments |
4/10/08 |
| #69 - FTC Rocket |
9/11/08 |
| #70 - NSWRA Open Day,
Acceleron V, G-Sw. |
22/11/08 |
| #71 - FTC Flights |
21/12/08 |
|
2009 |
| #72 - Fiberglassing and
other progress |
21/2/09 |
| #73 - Polaron VIb and
other crashes |
28/2/09 |
| #74 - Flour Rockets |
15/3/09 |
| #75 -(variable nozzle data) |
|
| #76 - Windy and
Acceleron V progress |
15/4/09 |
| #77 - Acceleron V
development progress |
27/5/09 |
| #78 - Acceleron V first
flight |
4/7/09 |
| #79 - Acceleron Vb
Explosion
and Axion V |
25/7/09 |
| #80 - A Different
Perspective |
15/9/09 |
| #81 - Bits and Pieces |
22/10/09 |
| #82 - Inflight Water
Behaviour & splice tests |
31/10/09 |
| #83 - Flight testing new
splices |
13/12/09 |
| #84 - Acceleron V -
pressure switch |
23/12/09 |
|
2010 |
| #85 - MicroLab - Mercury
switches |
10/01/10 |
| #86 - In-line Parachute
Deployment Mechanism |
10/01/10 |
| #87 - Another Day in the
Office |
6/02/10 |
| #88 - Dual Deployment
Mechansim |
27/02/10 |
| #89 - Axion IVb and
Craig's flight computer |
14/03/10 |
| #90 - Acceleron V &
Axion IVb to 810' |
27/03/10 |
| #91 - Fiberglassing
pressure vessels |
15/04/10 |
| #92 - Fiberglass Flights |
24/04/10 |
| #93 - Polaron G1 &
Parachute cam |
13/06/10 |
| #94 - Mk 3. Staging
Mechanism |
1/08/10 |
