La Courtine 2005
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After a year 2004 without a campaign, Planète Sciences and CNES return to La Courtine and this will also be the occasion to reunions for a lot of old. The Courtine camp is located in central France west of Clermont-Ferrand.
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It was also the occasion to carry out a conference of the CLES-FACIL on a comparison between a rocket (Iphigénie 2) of 1969, presented by myself and a rocket of 2003 (Axelle) presented by Nicolas Chaleyroux ex-president of CLES_FACIL and current president (2005) of the space sector of Planète-Sciences. (photo below) |
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The EASY KEY launched 2 rockets: Trinity, with the whole team below. The purpose of this rocket was to test 3 methods of measuring acceleration.
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Under testing  |
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On the way to the launch pad |
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| Trinity for the final check-up. It will be a total success for Trinity, who will also obtain the CNES prize. |
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Elisabeth, with an original umbrella-style recovery system. Here for the controls. |
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Last adjustments before lowering on the ramp.
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Ready for ramping up
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Elisabeth on her ramp
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Take off |
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Elisabeth's recovery, intact after the flight
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The Club TRoll had come with its mini-rocket "LOO" (pronounced
round fin), which therefore has the particularity of having a
cylindrical fin very deported towards the rear. The motor is in
fact placed just above the openings (at the level of the gray
strip).
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LOO ready to ramp up. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the suite, but the flight was perfect and the recovery was without problem.
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