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  • Must use Cesaroni 6GXL motor casing (provided)a casing already owned by the team
  • Must use motor compatible with motor casing

  • Payload must fit in a 4" diameter tube 

  • Budget is $500 per rocket, $200 “emergency fund” factored into budget

  • 4” minimum diameter body tube (provided)

  • Minimum apogee is 5000 ft, maximum apogee is 11,000 ft (hard limit, based on URRG FAA waiver, going above this is illegal!)

  • 1 machined aluminum component

  • Max velocity: 0.8 Mach

  • Nosecone must be COTS (we have some on hand, others must fit 4" tube) 

  • Rocket must be dual deployment: Drogue parachute must deploy at or around apogee, Main parachute must deploy 1000-500 feet above ground

  • Must have dedicated avionics bay, with flight computer and GPS tracker

  • Must use black powder ejection charges

  • Must use redundant electronics

  • Must have OpenRocket model

  • Must have Fusion360 CAD model
  • OpenRocket model must have: Nosecone, payload bay, drogue chute bay, avionics bay, main chute bay, and booster sections (see example OpenRocket models)