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Team leads
| Name | Term | |
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| Trey Watts | Fall 2017 | |
| Ethan Perrin | Spring 2017 | |
| Nick Bain | Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 | |
| Alex Miller | Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 | |
| Matt Morningstar | Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 | |
| Zander Hodge | Fall 2020 - Current |
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The liquid prop team is developing an on-boarding curriculum to provide new and existing members with an introduction into various important concepts that are necessary to know on the team. These topics include basic engine design, incompressible flow fundamentals, combustion fundamentals, feed system design, and more advanced topics as well. Click the header above to explore the different learning resources.
Project Pyralis
A N2O-Ethanol Aerospike. Project led by Matt Vernacchia, back when this was just the Propulsion Subteam. Actually reached hot fire. Destroyed the Building 31 Blast Chamber at the end of the program.
Project Viper
A methane-oxygen engine, program ran from Fall 2016 to Fall 2018. We spent a lot of money ($25k) but it petered out when Ethan went to FSAE. Rumor has it the ghost of the yellow test stand still lives in Edgerton. Pioneered the use of CNC manufacturing on Rocket Team.
Project Helios
In the Fall of 2018, the team began the "Helios" engine project. Helios is a pressure-fed bi-propellant liquid engine designed to produce ~350lbf, and is fed with diluted Ethanol & LOX by an accompanying test stand. Helios's two main goals are to:
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