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Design Of A Model Rocket Flight Logging System And In-Air Deployable Rover, Sirus Negahban
Design Of A Model Rocket Flight Logging System And In-Air Deployable Rover, Sirus Negahban
Honors Theses
The goal of the project laid out in this paper is to develop a model rocket range and altitude tracking system and a payload for said rocket which conducts an experiment of some scientific merit. The requirements for the project are defined by the rules of an international model rocket design and build competition for undergraduate and graduate students. This paper presents a design to accomplish the specified goals to the standards of the competition rule set, for use by the Union College Rocket Team at the competition. First, an off-the-shelf flight computer is purchased to implement the range and …