Monash
- Telemetry in nosecone
- Airbrakes
- Many points for analysis. Used in-house programmed rigid body simulator SATURN.
- Initial design in OpenRocket. SATURN has substantially lower error, as tested by known data from previous flights. OpenRocket considers slender-finned vehicles using the Barrowman Equations
VIT
- Fin flutter analyzed using MATLAB
- CF fins cut with waterjet
Takeaways for RIT Launch Initiative
- Do more simulation and analysis. Use ANSYS. Beg ANSYS distributor if RIT doesn't have a license.
- Do more physical structural testing.
- Insert decision matrix into report.
- Do more documentation - all team reports were substantially more detailed.
To Do
- Look at the team doing CF canards for antennae.
- Look at Monash's (possibly also Berkeley's) technical report.