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Programmes

Projects

Four programmes: a sounding rocket, a fixed-wing VTOL UAV, a flight computer and a bench wind tunnel. The avionics are designed and built in house.

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CAD render of the complete Lynxrocket V5 on a black ground: ogive nose cone, carbon fibre body tube and four-fin fin can

High power rocket

Lynxrocket V5

Experimental launch vehicle designed for iterative mission testing, data collection and avionics reliability across flight campaigns. V1 to V4 were static engineering prototypes and were never flown; V5 carries their changes and is the first of the series built to fly.

Design specification
Airframe2.4 m × 140 mm
Dry mass9 kg
PropulsionSolid, M impulse
StageGround tests complete
Lynxrocket programme
ShadowLynx CAD model: wing ribs and spar structure, the fuselage frames, and the fin on its tail boom

UAV

ShadowLynx

Fixed-wing VTOL platform for extended atmospheric data collection, aerial imaging and autonomous mission profiling over remote terrain. Nothing has been built yet.

Design specification
ConfigurationFixed-wing VTOL
AirframeComposite
EnduranceNot yet specified
StagePre-prototyping
ShadowLynx programme
LynxYNav V6.1 powered up on its avionics sled inside the airframe coupler: blue status LEDs lit, XT60 power lead connected, two SMA antenna leads and the LoRa antenna above

Avionics

LynxYNav V6.1

High power rocket flight computer with three pyro channels, equally usable for model rocketry. Telemetry, onboard control logic and campaign data logging, through hardware-in-the-loop bench validation. It is the avionics package Lynxrocket V5 will fly.

Design specification
ProcessorSTM32H563RIT6
Logging16 MB flash at 50 Hz
Telemetry433 / 868 MHz LoRa
StageBench validated
LynxYNav programme
CAD render of the wind tunnel test section: a rectangular bolted section with a model mounted inside, the electronics compartment below it, and the diffuser opening out to the right

Test bench

WindTunnel

Bench-scale wind tunnel for flow visualisation, built for teaching and demonstration. A 1.29 m duct with a bellmouth intake, run from custom boards.

Design specification
Test section70 × 200 mm
Overall length1.29 m
Flow range10–40 km/h
ControlOnboard web server
WindTunnel programme

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Later Lynxrocket campaigns carry scientific payloads for companies and partners. Tell us what you need to measure.