Dare is not the only student group in Europe who builds rockets. In France there is project Perseus. The goal of this project is to train students in the craft of rocketry and let them invent new innovative solutions for future launchers. Because we can learn from each other they invited us to watch the…
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At this moment it is not yet certain what motor will propel the Stratos II rocket. DARE is developing both a solid propellant motor and a hybrid propellant engine in parallel. In this post an introduction and update about the hybrid engine. Dawn is a DARE project that aims to develop a hybrid rocket engine…
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Tuesday we were called by RTL4 editionNL if we could comment on the mysterious rocket launch for the coast of California. We told them that, although it looked like a rocket launch it probably was just condense trail from a plane . A few hours after the interview was shown on television, the pentagon stated…
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In October DARE was contacted by a Dutch national radio show on Radio5. In their item ‘Chain Question’, persons from the scientific community answer questions posed by previous speakers. From our team Frank answered a question on launching rockets from under planes. Hoe?Zo! kettingvraag ‘Raketje lanceren’
Three weeks ago several members of the Solid Propulsion team were at the 61st IAC in Prague, where we presented the development of the Alan-5 propellant, including the theoretical phases and the latest pressure test results. The presentation was very well received by the audience and a lot of supportive and inspirational messages were addressed…
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A feature of Stratos II that is new for DARE, is that Stratos II will contain up to 12 external payloads. Payloads itself are not entirely new, as DARE has had some external payloads previously, in the form of the CanSats for the CanSat launchers. CanSats are small can-sized “satellites” designed and built by high…
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Today the solid propulsion group performed a second successful pressurized propellant test. The aim of this test is to determine crucial performance parameters of the Alan-5 propellant in order to be able to design a motor around it and to get it UN-certified. After the propellant is certified, it will be possible to produce it…
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News from the Capsule Team: The last couple of weeks production of the concept launcher has commenced. At the moment a lot is being done: the electronics have been done this summer, the separation mechanism is being produced as we speak, important parts for the motor module have been produced last week. Just this afternoon…
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The summer holiday and the exams are finally behind us and before us await new challenges. But first some good news. Last week we had a successful ignition of the 2″inch propellant test assembly. The data will be analysed in the coming days. This successful test brings us one step closer to the development of…
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Just before the summer holiday Robin Kearey graduated. Robin is one of the electronics experts and known to be a walking electronics component encyclopaedia and soldering “koning”. We congratulate Robin with his MSc degree in electronics and wish him the best of luck with this new phase of his life. Robin you will be missed.
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