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AUVSI Recap

A big thanks goes out to VCEA and Jake Leachman for allowing 5 members of the Aerospace Club to attend the AUVSI Event in Warm Springs, Oregon this year. Paul, Eli, Kevin, Den, and Jon all spread out to network with almost every company that participated and were able to gain contacts who would be able to help out the club this year with our rocket design and manufacturing. Some individuals even offered to support the club financially. All in all, the event was well attended and well put on. A great experience for sure!

We even got a photo with the president of AUVSI!

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AUVSI Cascade, here we go!

Tomorrow, Aerospace Club leaves for AUVSI Cascade’s annual fall conference in order to meet with industry leaders right here in the northwest. This will be the third year in a row that we attend, having showcased Genii UAS the past two years at the conference. This year, not only will we be updating our friends at AUVSI on Genii, but we will be sharing information on our latest project – the 10th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition. We will be bringing informational materials, and our first prototype rocket, the PUMA mk.I. Look forward to updates from the conference soon!

For more information on the conference, click here.

PUMA mk.I
A preview of the PUMA mk.I

Rocket Launch One

Aerospace Club just finished testing it’s first round of rocketry. While these are still a long way from the rocketry we are going to need to send 10 pounds to 10,000 feet, they’re a first step along the journey. Members learned a lot about rocketry in this test, including the necessary steps to prepare a rocket, safety training, and the important items about rocket building. We ended up launching a total of seven rockets, five of which were B–6–4 and two of which were A–8– 3. The video of Kevin Cavender’s rocket is posted below for you to watch.

 

Happy Re-naming VCEA!

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Aerospace Club was a big hit at the re-naming ceremony for the (now) Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. We had a large display showing off all of our goods from baby rockets to the 18 foot wingspan of Genii. It was a blast to share our experiences with everyone at the event, and to be able to explain what our club does.

IREC Teams to be formed on Monday!

We will be forming the four system teams for the IREC competition on Monday. If you are interested in the competition, please contact us or show up to the meeting on Monday at 5:30. The four system divisions are:

1. Structures

2. Electronics

3. Recovery

4. Propulsion

Rocket Competition Found!

We have found the rocket competition that we feel is right for us, and it is the 10th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition put on by the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association. We plan to compete in the basic division, which will require us to design and construct a rocket that can carry a 10 pound payload as close to 10,000 feet as possible. Check out their website.