Sissonne 2003

I went there, not only to see and support the Cles-Facil who launched Axelle a magnificent fusex and Gyro a balloon controlled by the direction sun, but also to launch Mecanix, a minifuse whose goal was to test an unprecedented recovery system in a pyrotechnic rocket and based on the principle of the aerodynamic shutter widely tested on water rockets.

As specified above, the originality of Mecanix lies in its recovery system by aerodynamic shutter. The diagrams below show the principle of locking the door by the shutter (on the left) and the entire rocket (on the right).

The result in real life:

The project team Mécanix...	Philippe, Laurence-Emmanuelle and Alain
Next to Panach a 1/2 liter water rocket	Just before the ramp
On the ramp before setting up the propeler	Fire !

Unfortunately, the shutter did not open probably because the spring was too weak and with the speed, not zero, at the peak, the door remained closed.

Gyro