2023-2024 Public Unsafety
Project Overview
Briefly describe the project's goals and its context (for Launch, this will be a competition, onboarding, or R&D)
Table of Contents
- 1 Project Overview
- 1.1 Table of Contents
- 1.2 Pages
- 1.3 Goals
- 1.4 Post-mortem
- 2 Design overview
- 2.1 Payloads
- 2.2 Avionics
- 2.3 Structures
- 2.4 Recovery
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Goals
Goal | Reason |
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Contain and Support a Soda Can During Flight | Learn how a carbonated beverage will behave after experience launch conditions. |
Use a Party Payload Including Lights and a Speaker | Expose delicate electronics to launch conditions. |
Utilize a Reefed Parachute In Recovery | Test a single-bay deployment system for future use. |
Deploy a Smoke Flare at Apogee | Develop a method of mixing and deploying a smoke flare for aid in locating rockets on the ground. |
Open Recovery Bay at Apogee and Disreef Parachute | Recovery of the rocket. |
Track Rocket Position | Aid in locating the rocket after flight. |
Reach 6,000 ft. | Apogee goal. |
Gather Telemetry Data During Flight | Verify success of reefed parachute and collect information about the rocket’s performance. |
Post-mortem
Project is still in progress.
Design overview
Payloads
Payload Requirements
Mission requirements
Requirement | Reason | Verification |
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Party Components | To achieve the goal of a fun rocket with lights and music | Test |
Internal Power | To be independent from avionics | Design |
Removable Bulkhead | To be able to place components in payload at launch | Design |
URRG Requirements
Requirement | Reason | Verification |
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All components of the rocket must be recovered, and no part of the rocket can be intentionally ballistic | URRG Safety | Analysis |
Interface Requirements
Source(s) | Requirement | Reason | Verification |
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Structures | Polycarb inner diameter of 3.5 in and outer diameter of 4 in | To stay within design constraints given. | Design |
Design
The Payload of the FLDSMDFR contains several delicate electronic components contained within a polycarbonate section of tube. Going from the bottom up these components are: a speaker, a camera, fairy lights. In between the speaker and cameral there is a centering ring (originally designed to be a bulkhead with a door on it) that does not allow the camera to fall onto the speaker.
Post-mortem
Despite the overall breakup of the rocket, all electronic components of the payload survived the launch. The speaker is heavily damaged and its buttons no longer work as intended, but it is still able to play sound and continues to be able to pull said audio from the SD card inside. The camera has residue on its lens, but is otherwise completely operational. The fairy lights are fully operational. The payload as a whole worked as intended despite a severely off-nominal launch.
Avionics
Avionics Requirements
Mission Requirements
Derived from the goals.
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URRG Requirements
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Interface Requirements
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Design
This should describe high-level distinguishing features of this subsystem. If this project is recurring (Space Race or IREC), focus on the items you judge would be important to tell the next year's team, especially specific improvements over previous years.
Post-mortem
In Progress
Structures
Structures Requirements
Mission Requirements
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Design
This should describe high-level distinguishing features of this subsystem. If this project is recurring (Space Race or IREC), focus on the items you judge would be important to tell the next year's team, especially specific improvements over previous years.
Post-mortem
In Progress
Recovery
Recovery Requirements
Mission Requirements
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Design
This should describe high-level distinguishing features of this subsystem. If this project is recurring (Space Race or IREC), focus on the items you judge would be important to tell the next year's team, especially specific improvements over previous years.
Post-mortem
In Progress