Lauches added authored by Eiken Lübbers's avatar Eiken Lübbers
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# Key learnings from A6M1 # Key learnings from A6M1
The A6M1/A6M1C design and its first launch showed some room for improvement in different project areas: The A6M1/A6M1C design and its first launch showed some room for improvement in different project areas:
## Rocket Design ## Rocket Design
- [ ] Print tail units and do not glue them on - [x] Print tail units and do not glue them on
- [ ] Use payload module for safe parachute ejection - [x] Use payload module for safe parachute ejection
## Motor selection ## Motor selection
- [ ] Use simulation data for engine selection (C6-3 instead of C6-5 motor) - [x] Use simulation data for engine selection (C6-3 instead of C6-5 motor)
- [ ] Simulate and test D9 engine - [x] Simulate and test D9 engine
## Altimeter ## Altimeter
- [ ] Revise altimeter - [ ] Revise altimeter
# A6M2 Rocket Design # A6M2 Rocket Design
The glued-on fins of the first two launch attempts of A6M1 broke off during the hard landings and some were lost. The glueing process proved difficult and not very accurate. A perfect angles of the fins could not be guaranteed. Thus the fins shall be printed together with the booster section. This is the first design: The glued-on fins of the first two launch attempts of A6M1 broke off during the hard landings and some were lost. The glueing process proved difficult and not very accurate. A perfect angles of the fins could not be guaranteed. Thus the fins shall be printed together with the booster section. This is the first design:
![image001-1](uploads/55879423ef8d6d6cbb4f5647dae75cb4/image001-1.png) ![image001-1](uploads/55879423ef8d6d6cbb4f5647dae75cb4/image001-1.png)
The first test together with the new altimeter will follow... # Launches
The new design was tested on [Launch Day 2024](Launch Days/Launch Day 2024). It was tested with two motor configurations:
1. Single D9-7 motor
2. Single D6-5 motor in the center and four C6-P motors in the boosters
Motor configuration 1 was stable and the parachute deployed at approx. the right altitude (key learning from A6M1).
Motor configuration 2 was instable and followed a spiraling flight curve. It crashed without parachute deployment.