Good News
Please outline the goals for the KISS III flight.
David Masten wrote:
> We tested the KISS III constant pressure propulsion section today.The
> test was far from ideal, but we verified what we needed.
>
> The data acquisition unit just refused to work, a DATAQ that we bought
> just for testing the KISS engine. I have the new data acquisition
> hardware on hand, but it was not ready for today's test, and the old
> unit worked fine last time we tested. We still do not know what went
> wrong with it. We ended up using eyeballs and a digital camcorder on
> gauges for measurement. For those that haven't seen them, Dave W built a
> bunch of little analog electronic boxes with digital displays that we
> use for operations. A very simple arrangement that hasn't failed us yet
> (as long as the batteries are fresh ;-).
>
> The first two tests were a little less than desirable, but we finally
> tweaked the propellant tank pressure and the pressurant regulator to
> give us the necessary thrust on the third test. After the third test we
> declared success and went about packing up and doing some propellant
> purification work. Got 3 more gallons of "good stuff" from our process
> this week, which just happens to give us plenty of peroxide to fly KISS
> III.
>
> We have a little more work to do before we can fly KISS III, but one
> shop session should be enough to be ready for an early November flight.
>
> Dave
>
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