R2A-HERMES Experimental Launch - 28th May 2019
Channel: Skyward Experimental Rocketry
Date: 2019-09-15

This is the video that summarizes the activities of the first launch of the R2A-HERMES experimental rockets: small sized missiles to test all our subsystems in a fast and safe way.

The test's main goal was to prepare the procedures needed for a rocket launch, see if our guided Rogallo Wing would drive the rocket to a safe recovery area and if the electronics, stability and link budgets were correctly sized.

Everything worked, but the recovery system: we had an issue with the expulsion of the nosecone, that was supposed to extract the first drogue parachute. This did not happen, therefore the rocket followed a balistic flight, crashing on the mountains.

Thanks to the data recovered from the wireless data sent from the rocket we were able to recover it in just a couple of hours, in a very large area, in a misty day.

The recovery system will be changed, and we're currently developing a new device that ensures more reliability in every atmospheric condition. Stay tuned!

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