Our Current Projects:
MK2Our MK2 team is already manufacturing test articles to swap on the MK1 platform to test regenerative cooling, torch ignition, and various injectors. Our end-of-year goal is a much larger thrust, cryogenic engine for the MK2 project.
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CPLCWe’re excited to be competing in the Collegiate Propulsive Lander Challenge: an international competition driving collegiate rocketry teams to vertically launch/land rockets. Our team has been hard at work designing thrust-vector control and throttleable technologies for this challenge.
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Previous Projects:
MK1 | DEMONSTRATOR
The MK1 Demonstrator was our first engine design, and strongly embodies our minimum viable product. For this first engine, we kept the design simple— and we appreciated as much what we've removed from its design scope as what we've added. Our freshman project utilizes an argon-pressurized fuel feed system and gaseous oxygen to power an engine operating in the 20lbf range. We chose ethanol and gaseous oxygen for safety/cost concerns, and due to the thorough handling and cleaning documentation available from industry. We worked closely with Cal Poly faculty and engineers from SpaceX, Relativity, and other companies to design, build, and test this system as safe as possible.
The video below, is of the Demonstrator's first test campaign, concluding with our first successful hot fire at design mixture ratio on May 11, 2023. This was the first successful hot fire of a club-built liquid bi-propellant rocket engine at Cal Poly SLO.
The video below, is of the Demonstrator's first test campaign, concluding with our first successful hot fire at design mixture ratio on May 11, 2023. This was the first successful hot fire of a club-built liquid bi-propellant rocket engine at Cal Poly SLO.
The MK1 Demonstrator will go on to be used for a series of diagnostic and experimental tests for future designs. The chamber's modular design allowed the easy substitution of prototype components for preliminary designs.
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