Rogue Aerospace
At NYU Rogue Aerospace I am a part of the Fins and Airbrakes sub-teams within the Aerodynamics team on Rogue Aerospace. At Rogue Aerospace we built a model rocket spanning roughly eight feet that will go upwards of a mile into the atmosphere. The main competition for the rocket is at NASA’s University Student’s Launch. The competition is throughout nine-month including rigorous design, manufacturing, testing, and technical reporting.
Above is the measuring process of the fins, to verify that they were aligned correctly using the fin alignment jig.
Above are the fiber glass cutouts along with their respective stencils used to reinforce the fins. I had made a tip to tip jig for the application of the fiber glass.
Above is on of the fin sections, while it is drying for the tip to tip fiber glass application, before being cut and sanded down.
Above is the first test launch of the full scale rocket. The parachute unfortunately failed to deploy causes the rocket to crash at extreme unacounted for velocities. Regardless, the fins exceeded expectations serving the failed launch regardless of the rest of the rocket.
A new full scale rocket will be manufactured by April for the NASA student launch competition.