My university is cooking up a very large rocket in the mechanical engineering department.
Our plan so far is to use a custom Loki motor, or possibly a CTI O8000 as a backup.
The Pro150 hardware is a lie, and is actually 160mm OD(6.33"), and Loki can turn down the motor tube to 6" but if it helps schedule or cost for us we could opt to not have it turned down. I am guessing(have to confirm with Scott) that his OD is the similar if he us using the same aluminum stock.
If we go this route, what options are there for commercial motor/airframe tubing and couplers? The central motor/airframe tube of our rocket is going to be rather long so we definitely don't have schedule to manufacture 40+ feet of tubes and couplers.
What is available and what have people used for the big projects that have flown on commercial 6" hardware?
Our plan so far is to use a custom Loki motor, or possibly a CTI O8000 as a backup.
The Pro150 hardware is a lie, and is actually 160mm OD(6.33"), and Loki can turn down the motor tube to 6" but if it helps schedule or cost for us we could opt to not have it turned down. I am guessing(have to confirm with Scott) that his OD is the similar if he us using the same aluminum stock.
If we go this route, what options are there for commercial motor/airframe tubing and couplers? The central motor/airframe tube of our rocket is going to be rather long so we definitely don't have schedule to manufacture 40+ feet of tubes and couplers.
What is available and what have people used for the big projects that have flown on commercial 6" hardware?