Propulsion and Motor Systems
Department Head: Chris Hoffman
Our goal is very straight forward: Design and build the most efficient motor to reach the edge of space. Although liquid fuels are more easy to control, they are also extremely expensive and dangerous. So for now we are going to focus on creating a solid fuel motor.
Fall 2004 - Starting small and working up is the best way to achieve our goal without wasting money. So at first we are going to use "over the counter" rocket motors. However, we do plan on building our own motors when the time comes to build our larger rockets. One of the key elements with building our own rocket motors is having the ability to test their performance, so our current focus is to build a motor test stand. This stand will be scaleable so that we can always use this stand as our motors grow in size.
December 2004 - We received the 4000 Pound Load Cell from Aerocon Systems so now we can begin the final designs of our Test Stand. We're considering building a horizontal Test Stand and plan to have it completed during the Spring 2005 Semester. With that done we will then focus on how we should go about building our own motors. The strongest focus will be on where to store the chemicals needed and where to mix and set the chemicals to make motors.
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