UCI Rocket Project - METHALOX LIQUID ROCKET LAUNCH
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2023
- On April 29th, 2023, we successfully launched our Preliminary Test Rocket (PTR), marking UCI's inaugural entry into liquid rocketry. Standing tall at roughly 20ft and weighing just over 350lbs with full tanks, this bi-propellant methalox rocket gave our students the opportunity to solve the same problems being solved by industry leaders like SpaceX and Relativity Space.
Witness the impressive performance of our PTR as it soars to an apogee of approximately 9,100ft AGL, with a near-perfect burn time of over 13 seconds. It's an incredible leap from our previous vertical test fire conducted in January-just three months prior. The journey of building this rocket spanned over six years, and we couldn't be more thrilled to witness its triumphant flight off the launch rail.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all those who contributed to this monumental project, from our valued sponsors to our dedicated team members. Without your unwavering support, this remarkable achievement would not have been possible. Join us in celebrating this milestone as we embark on a new era of aerospace innovation at UCI.
Preliminary Test Rocket
- Methalox Propellant (LNG/LOX)
- Dry Mass ≈ 275lb // Wet Mass ≈ 350lb
- Apogee ≈ 9,100ft AGL
- Burn Time ≈ 13.3 seconds
- Thrust ≈ 900lbf
Additional Resources
- UCI Rocket Project Website (www.rocket.eng.uci.edu/)
- Follow us on Instagram ( ucirocketpr...)
- Read the Story of Launch (engineering.uci.edu/news/2023...)
- Donate & Help us Launch our 2nd Liquid Rocket (gofund.me/853018f1)
Filmed & Edited by Kyle Deck (kmdeck@uci.edu)
- Reaction Footage Provided by Derek Honkawa ( / @derekhonkawa ) - Věda a technologie
Congratulations!
Long live the plume 💨
Congrats on the successful launch!
This is awesome!
Lets goo🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Lovely job guys, Logan H's Grandma.
LFG 🚀
Hooray!!!!🎉
Yessirrrr!!!
yay 🎉
GJ guys. When I was working on my biprop and going to UCI there wasn't any such resources available. It wasn't clear in the video, did you have some issues with the chutes?
It was an issue involving both chutes and internal structure. Our launch vehicle lead, Alek, conducted extensive RCA and determined that the chutes induced an immense shear force and bending moment on the struts. Luckily, our recovery harness remained in-tact and the avionics bay was recovered with our flight data.
@@ryantran2113 If you're not using deployment bags for the chutes you might look into that.. Ideally you want a small chute to pull the lines tight before it pulls the main chute from the bag.. That really reduces that peak force shock on the system.. I used a high speed drogue chute that cut away using a line cutter at 1000ft agl that then pulled the main chute bag out. Great job and best of luck in the future.
@@AIM54A 100% agree with you, and we did use a very similar method. A main deployment bag was included in our dual-deploy configuration. But it was ultimately during apogee deployment where the system faltered. Lessons were learned and extensive testing will be done for our future rocket. Thank you for the feedback!