Category: Stratos II hybrid propulsion

Succesful hybrid engine ignition

History was made on of Friday the 25th of March and a new era begun for DARE as the DAWN hybrid propulsion team made the first successful ignition of a hybrid engine within the student society. It also marks a great step forward in the development of the hybrid motor for Project Stratos II, DARE’s…
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Succesful hybrid motor injector test

Last Tuesday Project DAWN, the hybrid motor group of project Stratos II, had a successful test motor injector test on the former architecture field. The test was conducted to prove the injector concept for the test motor, the feed system setup in general and to observe the nitrous oxide flow behavior. During the test the…
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Hybrid motor test bed production

Early on in project DAWN, we decided that many tests would have to be conducted to ensure that we can prove that a hybrid motor is a viable concept for Stratos II. To do this, we needed a test bed with a fast turnaround time. While we already had a test motor, it had to…
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Dawn – the hybrid solution

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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