The Nihon Univ. students side

2011年11月30日

On Nov. 29, participants were also building a Flight Model of Cansat. Drawing Circuits, drawing a layout, soldering, operation check and so on.

Development of Cansat

Development of Cansat

On the other hand,
today I’ll write about the Nihon Univ. students side, what we do everyday and what we are thinking about every time.

To sum up the activities of Nihon Univ. students at CLTP2, our role is to support participants so that they can build a Cansat by themselves and they can spread the Cansat project by themselves in them home country in the near future.

Some of the supports are the following,
-To Solve problems with development together
-To tell “how to teach about Cansat project to students”
-To discuss and share in the direction of our Cansat project
-Making a PCB from a Circuit for Cansat
-Order for development of Cansat
-Improvement of developing environment

Checking components

Checking components

Some of students are still working after workroom closed at 8PM.

She was revising tracks for CLTP2.

She was revising tracks for CLTP2.

Power supply board

Power supply board

As far as I can see, they are professional engineers, who had ever built Cansats and have been developing satellites in Nihon Univ.
I feel proud of them, and have a lot to thank them for the supports.

He was making PCB for CLTP2.

He was making PCB for CLTP2.

PCB designed by team B participant, and produced by a Nihon Univ. student

PCB designed by team B participant, and produced by a Nihon Univ. student

Nihon Univ. students are also “students”, they have to attend the classes to graduate, and some of them have to  work as teaching assistant.

Then, they all work with participants and operate CLTP2 so that the Cansats will be built asap,  and work hard behind closed door.

Tomorrow is now coming.
Good morning everyone!

Fj

The 15th day of CLTP2

2011年11月28日

Hello.
Today is the 15th day of CLTP2.

Today, we started making Flight Model at last!

We’re working on drawing 3D-CAD and PCB design, checking the components, and so on.

Drawing 3D-CAD

Drawing 3D-CAD


Drawing design of PCB

Drawing design of PCB


Checking GPS communication

Checking GPS communication


We will complete FM by Saturday.

By the way, after today’s work Mr. Thu experienced the Flight Simulator of Nihon University.
He is a good pilot.

Mr. Thu in Flight Simulator

Mr. Thu in Flight Simulator


Mr. Thu in Flight Simulator

Mr. Thu in Flight Simulator


He intends to try it again after completing FM.
I wish him success of his plan.

Midterm Review

2011年11月26日

Good evening.
We introduce an event in today’s CLTP2.
There was a midterm review this morning.
Everybody performed eagerly last confirmation before the presentation.

check, check, check, check, ...

Each team presented the progress.
We cannot help to be amazed that they have done brilliant work in five days.

very interesting presentation

After presentation, there are many questions with much interest more than Monday (M/SDR).
After all, we become easy to ask them questions when an idea is realized.

everybody ask questions

Apart from it, I (= Kamemura) must better my poor English.

continue to work

When review was over, they continue the development again.
Two weeks passed since we met them for the first time.
When I looked back, It was very short.
Their Cansats should be completed in next week.
Because we have short time from now, anyway, we want to do our best, too.

The 12th days of CLTP

2011年11月26日

Today is the 3rd day of BBM development.

Mr.Kamemura tells Mr.Syahrim how to put parachute on Cansat.

Mr.Kamemura tells Mr.Syahrim how to put parachute on Cansat.

Mr. Renato discusses BBM development with Thu.

Mr. Renato discusses BBM development with Thu.

Mr.Fujii advises teamC.

Mr.Fujii advises teamC.

Today, we continue to develop BBM. Everyone did their best.

Tomorrow, We have midterm review .

The 11th days of CLTP

2011年11月24日

Today is the 2nd day of BBM development.


They are team A and making the BBM board.


Mr. Isomura lectured about how to use camera module to Mr. Nnadih.


Camera module runs like this.


Team D combined some components and ran program.

Their speed of development is very speedy!!
It will not be long before they complete making BBM model.

The 10th days of CLTP

2011年11月23日

Today’s event

BBM development was carried out from this morning.

BBM

BBM

It cooperated all together.

BBM

BBM

bread board model

The 9th day of CLTP2

2011年11月22日

Today’s agenda was …

There was a lecture by Mr.Nakasuga.

lecture by Mr,Nakasuga

lecture by Mr,Nakasuga

and BBM development was starting.

BBM development

BBM development

PDR is scheduled for Saturday(Nov, 26th). Schedule is so tight , Keep up thegood work.

Keep up the good work!

Keep up the good work!

M/SDR and AKIHABARA Tour

2011年11月21日

We performed MSDR today and went to AKIHABARA to buy parts of Cansat.

Missions of 4 teams were decided smoothly.

We went to Akihabara to buy parts of Cansat after M/SDR finished.

AKIHABARA Tour

Akihabara Station

Akituki

Sengoku

Otanosimi

Rocket Test Launching

2011年11月19日

Rocket test launching had been conducted today at Futawa experiment field.

Futawa experiment field

Futawa experiment field

The rocket with Prof. Akiyama and Mr. Kosada

The rocket with Prof. Akiyama and Mr. Kosada

Although it was rainy, Cansat “Smoother” was launched as a payload .

“Smoother” was developed by last year’s freshmen of Nihon Univ, and the mission of  Smoother is soft landing using speed reduction by reeling parachute wire.

last year's Freshmen who developed "Smoother"

last year's Freshmen who developed "Smoother"

It had worked well at the last year’s balloon experiments, but it is first-time launch for them.

The result, it was successfully launch the rocket, and Cansat was released.

But mission of “Smoother” failed with free fall. Disconnection of parachute wire was due to a shock pressure that occurred during release from the rocket, and then, free fall was occurred.

In this case, the shock pressure acting on parachute wire seems to be around fifty times as much as Cansat’ weight.  The real causes of the failure were lack of research about rocket and communication with Wakayama Univ.  It was our fault.

It would be good lesson for us and for all participants.

However, the parachute of Cansat is not found yet. We will search and rescue it again in a few days.

Goodbye party for Mr. Leo

Goodbye party for Mr. Leo

By the way, Mr. Leo, who is an observer of CLTP2, will go back  home country tomorrow. Thank you for your kind speaking English, I miss you and your lecture about “Lunch box”. I never forget you, your smile, and “lunch box” lecture!

Thank you, Mr.Leo!

Fj

Indonesian traditional clothes from Mr. Leo

The 5th day of CLTP2

2011年11月19日

It is the 5th day of CLTP2! Today’s agenda was the following;

9:00-13:00 lectures.

Lectures by Mr. Akiyama and Mr. Miyazaki

Lectures by Mr. Akiyama and Mr. Miyazaki

13:00-14:00 having lunch with mentors.

Lunch

Lunch

14:00-17:00 determine the mission

Talking about the mission

Talking about the mission

17:00~17:30 watch the meeting of “Eisei-Koubou”; meeting of projects worked by undergraduate students B1~B4 grade

the meeting of "Eisei Koubou"

the meeting of "Eisei Koubou"

We had lectures in the morning. Then, we determined the mission of Cansat at 14:00-17:00. At last, we took part in the meeting of “Eisei-koubou”.

We will observe rocket test flight tomorrow.