Lawn Dart - A High School Rocket
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Help Us Build a ROCKET!
This group of 40 seniors Tesla STEM High School students, in Redmond Washington, is focused on the design and fabrication of a liquid fueled, bipropellant rocket to be launched in Utah at the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association, Intercollegiate competition, hosted by the Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory in June 2016. The rocket engine is about 70% complete, but we need to build the rest of the rocket which includes, telemetry, fins, nosecone andd other necessary components. The student team are responsible for validating the current hardware, upgrading as required and completing assembly and test of the vehicle.
The students are involved with the design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of the rocket, and will also be exposed to the formal systems engineering process. Additionally, students are organized into subsystem teams, each responsible for developing and optimizing their particular subsystem element.
The project began on March 4, 2015 and will run through the end of the school year 2016. The first major milestones will be a static firing of the engine planned for this upcoming summer and launch in June 2016.
This project is progressing rapidly with the success of our recent engine tests. However, in order to complete the rocket in time for the competition, we need your support as soon as possible!
Please help fund our project so we might fuel our rocket and truly be able to reach for the stars!
Don't forget to check out our video of the most recent test at the washington state fire training academy!
The Team
Hot Fire Test in Arlington Airport - June 2015 - test stand
Control area in Arlington
This group of 40 seniors Tesla STEM High School students, in Redmond Washington, is focused on the design and fabrication of a liquid fueled, bipropellant rocket to be launched in Utah at the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association, Intercollegiate competition, hosted by the Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory in June 2016. The rocket engine is about 70% complete, but we need to build the rest of the rocket which includes, telemetry, fins, nosecone andd other necessary components. The student team are responsible for validating the current hardware, upgrading as required and completing assembly and test of the vehicle.
The students are involved with the design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of the rocket, and will also be exposed to the formal systems engineering process. Additionally, students are organized into subsystem teams, each responsible for developing and optimizing their particular subsystem element.
The project began on March 4, 2015 and will run through the end of the school year 2016. The first major milestones will be a static firing of the engine planned for this upcoming summer and launch in June 2016.
This project is progressing rapidly with the success of our recent engine tests. However, in order to complete the rocket in time for the competition, we need your support as soon as possible!
Please help fund our project so we might fuel our rocket and truly be able to reach for the stars!
Don't forget to check out our video of the most recent test at the washington state fire training academy!
The TeamHot Fire Test in Arlington Airport - June 2015 - test standControl area in ArlingtonOrganizer and beneficiary
Pauline Pfaffe
Organizer
Sammamish, WA
Ethan Perrin
Beneficiary