CanSat: Reworking the Parachute

At the moment we are processing the parachute because we accidentally miscalculated the required size and the cords were too thick. We’ve almost doubled the size of the parachute, thus the cansat should get the right rate of fall. We also use a different fabric that is better suited for … Weiterlesen …

MAI Cup Senior: Robot is built!

Our robot is finally built. We now have an aluminium case, and the gear box is working like it is shown in the video. The only problem we encountered so far is that the centre of mass is not correctly placed so we must adjust it with some changes. In … Weiterlesen …

MAI Cup Junior: How does it work?

We want to give you a little insight into our work. Here you can see the cabling and the basic data flow of our robot. Take a look: We also did some additional test runs. There is still a lot of work to do:

CanSat: Further Stability Tests

We tried to make our CanSat more stable by gluing foam around it for protection, but when we tested it the bottom of the satellite broke again. So we decided to do a completely new design, which we hope will come out of it with no damage so it will … Weiterlesen …

CanSat: First drop tests!

We tested the parachute and the stability of our CanSat last week by dropping it from our school roof. The satellite is not yet stable enough to withstand a fall, but the parachute worked. However, we have noticed that in order to be able to fold the parachute more easily … Weiterlesen …

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