eggplant
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I was the vice president of the MIT Rocket Team this past year, during which time we worked on our largest rocket yet. In one year we characterized a new propellant, fired our first successful 4" motor and a series of 6" motors, laid up our first carbon fiber fin can, and developed a dual deploy recovery system inspired by the piston design used by Derek Deville. We put these technologies together into a 6" diameter, 120lb rocket that flew to 32,000' and recovered successfully out at FAR in California.
The only thing that didn't work was the onboard camera, so the video is much less exciting than we had hoped. We plan to fix that and fly much higher this year.
I wanted to thank the TRF community (especially in the research section!) for helping our team members rapidly get up to speed on advanced amateur rocketry techniques. We definitely would not have been about to put together this project so quickly without the help of this forum.
The only thing that didn't work was the onboard camera, so the video is much less exciting than we had hoped. We plan to fix that and fly much higher this year.
I wanted to thank the TRF community (especially in the research section!) for helping our team members rapidly get up to speed on advanced amateur rocketry techniques. We definitely would not have been about to put together this project so quickly without the help of this forum.
