Zanas Rockets
Zanas has built a few rockets since its debut in June 2022. The first one was the Z-ONE starting the Z-Series which is still being developed to this day; the team has also completed the Z-TWO, Z-2.5 and Z-2.75 and is now looking to build the Z-THREE, a rocket with our own engines and fitted with an Arduino system.
Z-ONE
Z-ONE
Our first ever rocket, officially named "Z-ONE" as it is the first Zanas-produced rocket was built in june 2022 and launched a week thereafter behind the Zanelli Institute of Education together with the team's physycs teacher, Prof. Donelli.
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Z-ONE in detail
The Z-ONE was 62 cm in length. It was flown using a C6-3 engine on its first flight and a D9-5 on its second one. The estimated height that the rocket reach is about 100 m, it fell just a dozen of meters from its launchsite. It was mainly built with paper for the body, with some 3D printed PLA for its wings and engine block, The cap was mad eout of a simple plastic glass.
Watch The Launch as it happened on 4th June 2022
Z-TWO
Z-TWO
After the great success we achieved with the Z-ONE we went on to our second project: Z-TWO. The name gives it all away, it is our first attempt at a 2-stage rocket with 5 times the rocket power as our first one.
It was unlikely that we would succeed and altough the launch was amazing and the second stage ignited, the parachute failed to deploy.
Watch Z-TWO soar the skies in its launch on 29th August 2022
Z-TWO mesures almost precisely 1 meter in lenght and is equipped with an onboard camera in the cap the films downwards as the rocket shoots up, the main stage holds a big parachute while the booster is fitted with 3 smaller parachutes that release with each engine
Z-TWO in detail
This beast of a rocket holds 4 engines in the booster stage and 1 in the main stage, with thrust equivalent to an F engine the booster shoots the rocket up before the explosion separates the 2 stages and ignites the second engine to shoot the rocket even further above
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Z-2.5
Z-2.5
Very similiar to the Z-Two, the Z-2.5 is its spiritual successor and was launched almost exactly a month after its predecessor. Unfortunatly it didn't nearly go as high up since its second stage didn't ignite after the first one, the parachute didn't deploy
and the rocket was almost completely
destroyed by the impact with the
ground
Watch Z-2.5 soar the skies in its launch on 23rd September 2022
Z-2.5 in detail
The Z.2.5 has a very similiar lenght to the Z-Two and makes use of the same flaps for the second stage, it is fitted with 5 engines(4 for the first stage and 1 for the second) and has all-new exhaust holes in the booster stage to account for the motors explosion
Z-2.75
Z-2.75
After the parachute and second stage activation failure on the Z-2.5, Zanas took a step back and remodelled the Z-2.5 into a 1-stage rocket to put an end to the Z-TWO era and have a functional parachute deployment. The Z-2.75 also marks a major turning point for Zanas since it is the last rocket to use commercial motors. After many tests Zanas was finally able to producce their own engines which can output even greater thrust than the D-9s used by the previous rockets. Its launch was a stunning success with a perfect flight and parachute release.
Z-2.75 in detail
Coming in at 78cm it is slightly shorter than its original version; it is powered by a single D9-5, this reduced the weight of the bottom of the rocket by such a large margin that the flaps only had to be a fraction of the previous size. The paint job, however, wasn't changed so the text and title (Z-2.5) remained the same.
Watch Z-2.75 soar the skies in its launch on 6th November 2022
Z-THREE
The Z-THREE (Also known as LERRY) is the first Zanas Rocket featuring an avionics electronic system for both sending altitude data and deploying the parachute remotly and automatically. This rocket will be brought to School Maker Day Bologna 2023 for our Low Emition Rocket project.
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Z-THREE
Z-THREE in detail
The rocket is 85cm long and weighs roughly 596g. It is expected to surpass an altitude of 200m with its featured Valkyre V21 rocket motor engine. The electronics used in the rocket are controlled by an Arduino Nano that is able to send and receive data in real time using LoRa technology. The Z-THREE is able to detect when it's falling and deploy the parachute with an electric signal.
Watch Z-THREE soar the skies in its launch on 3rd May 2023
Z-FOUR
Z-FOUR
The Z-FOUR is the first Zanas rocket to have an integrated GPS module and an onboard camera. Thanks to ACME we were able to launch Z-FOUR at a more professional location, Aviosuperficie Molinella, near Bologna. The launch was monitored through a python monitor that we developed and that was able to graph rocket data in real time.
Z-FOUR in detail
Much bigger than its predecessors, Z-FOUR stands at a staggering 136cm of height and weighs in at 1,5kg fully loaded. It managed to reach an altitude of 422m in just 11 seconds. This was done thanks to its very powerful H4 motor that provided an astonishing G-class Impulse of over 150N*s. After reached its maximum altitude the rocket automatically deployed its parachute thanks to the Z-F4 Avionics connected to an Arduino NANO thorugh a custom-printed PCB on which an NRF24 module trasmitted data to the ground for the launch monitor to elaborate.
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Watch Z-FOUR soar the skies in its launch on 17th September 2023
ZANAS INCORPORATED ROCKETS
Thanks for looking into our projects and rockets, feel free to contact us if you have any questions