N23

N23 Name: N23
Type: Hercules A1
Motor: AeroTech K550-W
Launch: NLD16, ASK 't Harde, 6 September 2002

The N23 used the well tested old airframe, which was original the N18. It was its sixth flight, this time with an AeroTech K550-W. The R-DAS was again supplemented with the GPS module and the NAVRO radio beacon. New this flight was a new NDU parachute configuration (nose-down nose-up). The N23 was to descend nose down on the drogue chute and then using a pyrotechnic charge the rocket would tumble and descend tail down on the main chute. This elaborated system worked perfectly in flight and the N23 made a flawless flight.

The N23
A hole is being made in the rocket for the pyro-technical blocking mechanism.
The N23
The recovery transmitter and above it is the parachute compartment.
The N23
N23's drogue chute.
The N23
The external part of the parachute cable.
The N23
The blocking mechanism of the two-stage tumble parachute system.
The N23
The hatch that covers up the opening of the camera when the rocket was the N18.
The N23
The N23 in the NAVRO tower just before launch.
The N23
The N23 R-DAS results
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