IComeFromM31
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Hello everyone!
Im an engineering undergrad and president of my university's chapter of AIAA so my friends and I are big on rockets. We're participating in the Intercollegiate rocket engineering competition this summer and are making a half scale prototype for local electronics flight testing in addition to the final product.
For the final product our payload has to be cubesat format as per competition rules. However! The scale model is purely for electronics testing and will not fit cubesats so our payload bay on the scale model is open to our discretion. In addition, at least two of us intend to get NAR certified so more payload bays will have to be made.
The bay on the half scale prototype is 3" diameter and the L1 rockets will likely be 54mm.
Im really just looking for inspiration for an efficient payload bay that is easy to remove, structurally sound and easy to work on in the field.
So post your payload bays here for inspiration!! I do have access to good 3D printing!
thanks everyone this forum is always so supportive!
Im an engineering undergrad and president of my university's chapter of AIAA so my friends and I are big on rockets. We're participating in the Intercollegiate rocket engineering competition this summer and are making a half scale prototype for local electronics flight testing in addition to the final product.
For the final product our payload has to be cubesat format as per competition rules. However! The scale model is purely for electronics testing and will not fit cubesats so our payload bay on the scale model is open to our discretion. In addition, at least two of us intend to get NAR certified so more payload bays will have to be made.
The bay on the half scale prototype is 3" diameter and the L1 rockets will likely be 54mm.
Im really just looking for inspiration for an efficient payload bay that is easy to remove, structurally sound and easy to work on in the field.
So post your payload bays here for inspiration!! I do have access to good 3D printing!
thanks everyone this forum is always so supportive!