- Must use 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)
Manage space
Manage content
Integrations