The Aerospace Club was founded in 1995 with the end goal of equipping students with a supplementary aerospace skillset. In its first decade, the club made Design, Build, Fly competition airplanes from the Crimson Phoenix to Toto. Starting in 2014, the club began its foray into rockets: Competing in IREC three times with Carbon […]
Apologies on the late post, but here is the video from our test launch last month!
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 […]
Successfully tested stratologger deployment capabilities at 10,000 ft and 50,000 ft within a vacuum chamber. Some deviation occurred during the 50k ft test, as the main chute deployment was delayed by more than 90 ft. This could be due to rate of depressurization of the chamber or an uncalibrated barometer on the altimeter. Further testing […]