The hybrid rocket project was started in 2015 by Oregon State University's chapter of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and advising professor Nancy Squires. The hybrid rocket adds to OSU AIAA's expanding portfolio of successful aerospace projects including the ESRA competition solid rocket team and the competition Design/Build/Fly (DBF) remote control aircraft team. H
ybrid rocket basics:
Hybrid rockets are propelled by a two component combustion engine. A liquid oxidizer is injected from a storage tank into a solid fuel cylinder and ignited. The resulting exhaust exits the combustion chamber at supersonic speeds through the nozzle and imparts thrust on the combustion chamber which is transferred to the rocket structure and payload. Our system:
The 2016 rocket uses nitrous oxide as the oxidizer. The solid fuel grain is made of various mixtures of aluminum powder, corn starch, and Lithium hydride in paraffin wax. The exit nozzle of our rocket is made of graphite, the 12ft body tube and nosecone are carbon fiber, and the stabilizing fins are machined aluminum. We are using a single deploy parachute and our payload is our avionics, sensor, and data acquisition devices. Our meetings are Thursdays at 6 in Kelley Engineering Center room 1003. We encourage all levels of involvement and welcome all interested!
2016 Winter/Fall Team:
Mechanical Engineering
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Max Flansberg
David Ha
Anthony Harteloo
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Kyle Fox
Phat Huynh
Ben Smucker
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Joshua Laas
Luis Mendoza
Nigel Swehla
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Parker Weide
Rodney Fischer
Krissy Kellogg
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Michael Higgins
Loren Arthur
Moises Valiente
Electrical Engineering
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David Ignatovich
Hazem Salem
Kenneth Anderson
Chemical Engineering
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Jose Alfredo Vazquez
Cindy Truong
Elizabeth Allan-Cole
Madeline Wilson
2015 Team:
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Garrett Tams
Micah Sauter
Joshua Rankin
