Team leads
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Alex Miller | Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 |
| Matt Morningstar | Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 |
| Zander Hodge | Fall 2020 - Current |
Overview
The goal of the Liquid Propulsion sub team is to continually learn more about bi-propellant liquid rocket engines, by designing, manufacturing, and testing our own engine. While the other sub teams on Rocket Team support a central rocketry project, Liquid Propulsion instead focuses on design of an independent engine.
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:
- Understand basic engine design principles by building a simple engine
- Learn how to efficiently and safely test high-pressure engines by building a pressurized feed stand.
As of now, Helios has been successfully assembled, and is nearly ready for its hot fire test. To read more about Project Helios, click the link below.
Project Helios
Since the Summer of 2020, the team has began designing it's next engine. This new engine will feature regenerative cooling, more intensive design & analysis, and will use the existing feed stand. To read more about the new engine project, click the link below.