PDR PRESENTATIONHawaii - WCC

CHARACTERISTICS,CONSTRUCTION,

RECOVERY

Initial design criteria

5,280 ft Carry a student payload

National CanSat program No bigger than a 12 fl oz soda can Mass no greater than 1 kg USLI requires a dual deployment recovery

Characteristics

Electronics in nose cone Air brake system Three fin design

CP Calculation

RockSim Data

RockSim Data

RockSim Results

RockSim Results

Flight Profile

5 phases Boost phase Coast phase Deployment of drogue chute at apogee Initial decent rate

Approximately 60 ft/sec Deployment of main chute at 500 ft

Slows approximately to less than 20 ft/sec Close and intact recovery

Boost Phase

Insert Apogee

Insert Drogue Descent

Insert 500’ Main

Insert Main Descent

Construction

G10 fiberglass Motor

K560W by Aerotech 2,560 Newton seconds (thrust)x(burn time) 120 lbs of thrust 4.5 seconds of burn time

Sustainer Parts

Sustainer Parts Continue

3/8 Scale Proof –of -Concept

Flight Testing

Outreach

PAU