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E1RK — UCLA

Group High Powered Rocket

Fiberglass airframe, 3D-printed nose cone & boat tail

Overview

Course Engr. 1, Intro. to Rocketry (E1RK)
Mentors Nicholas Veracruz (SpaceX, Relativity) · Caitlyn Hill (SpaceX)
Design SolidWorks · OpenRocket · Theodore von Kármán
Build Fiberglass Layup · FDM · Laser Cut
Material PLA · Fiberglass (body) · Birch (fins)
Color Sky Blue
Group high-powered rocket — assembled fiberglass airframe
2 rockets

Rockets built

1 launches

Successful launches

12 members

Team members

Problem

Approach

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Functional prototype of the nose cone mechanical push-up cap
Functional prototype of the nose cone's mechanical push-up cap
CAD of the nose cone cap slit design
CAD of the nose cone cap's slit

Build

Fiberglass body tube wet layup in progress
Composite wet layup detail

Analysis

Result

Rocket on the launchpad for flight
Assembled rocket in flight configuration

Reflection