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Thursday 1 October during NLD30 some small scale motor tests were done. Peter Heeren and Kees Jan Groenendijk prepare the first test.
Peter Heeren connects the igniter of CMT0901.
CMT0901.
The audience of the first test.
A nice study of how the test motor sits in the test motor stand.
CMT0902.
CMT0903 seen from far away.
CMT0903 seen from close by.
Friday morning the weather changed from okay to quite wet, as can be seen by the water in the motor test stand.
CMT0904 soon after being ignited.
CMT0904 seen from afar.
CMT0904 just after the brass safety membrane gave way, which can be clearly seen by the black smoke.
CMT0904 after almost all propellant is used.
The gaping hole where the brass safety membrane used to be.
The thrust curve of CMT0901.
The thrust curve of CMT0902.
The thrust curve of CMT0903.
The thrust curve of CMT0904.
The combined thrust curves of CMT0901, 02, 03 and 04.
