Summary

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Background 

At the beginning of the Spring 2023 semester, the Medusa Aerodynamics subteam began designing new housings for our onboard flight cameras, intended for flight on both to Spring 2024, onboard camera housings were designed and fabricated for projects Medusa and Prometheus. As a full redesign of its predecessor, the Prometheus aeroshell 

Background 

The need for new housings was made apparent after the launch of Project Phoenix in the IAP prior.

These were the Phoenix aeroshells (images from 2022): 

And images from Phoenix Launch, after recovery (2023):


Two designs were made in parallel, one to hold the Runcam Split flight cameras and another to hold 808 Keychain Cameras. These aeroshells were 3D printed from SLA resin and bolted onto the mission package tube. After launch, multiple issues were identified in this design:

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