March 2015

First Injector Test for the Liquid Design Team! This was an FDM 3D printed first prototype of the injector. Learned plenty from this. need to design improvements and hopefully get our next iteration out there quickly!

In the spirit of Rocket Flight i feel the need to make an update on current happenings. This may be the most major rocket launches in a single week. Beginning today, over the next 4 days there will be 6 major rocket launches around the world. Launch Companies include ULA, Mitsubishi, TsSKB-Progress (Russian Soyuz), and India’s […]

The First Body Section is Dry! Thanks to everyone who helped get this done over spring break!

After Many Tests we have finally moved on to doing the full body section! To keep the body stiff we have decided to add a layer of Aero-Mat as an inner layer. This will add the compression strength we need to ensure there is no buckling during the burn of our motor. The final body […]

Sorry for being so late with the updates. It’s been a hectic couple of weeks here but our orders are coming through and we finally have that good momentum going. Our payload module has come in and we will be measuring how long our tube needs to be before we cut it. Right now though, […]

Last week, there was a big push to get another carbon fiber test piece made for the rocket. Thanks to Den, Curtis, Kevin, and Harrison, they got it all epoxied and ready to go. They put the aluminum tube with the layup in the oven in the composites shop and heated it to 160°F. This […]

At meeting yesterday, we reached consensus on a name for our IREC rocket, and the name is now CARBONCougar! CARBONCougar is now being built, with the goal of construction being finished on the 14th. See CARBONCougar’s logo below.

WSU news just published a wonderful article on the team and the work we’re doing to compete in IREC. Check it out: Club competes for first time in international rocket contest – WSU News Washington State University.

If you are interesting in touring Blue Origin and Aerojet-Rocketdyne there will be a group heading over on April 20th and 21st! Let me know if you want to attend by email or at our meeting on Friday. These tours require being a U.S. Citizen and signing a nondisclosure.