Rocketry

"Beanbooster" Two-Stage Model Rocket (AerospaceNU)
"Beanbooster" Two-Stage …

Moving into the Spring 2023 semester, AerospaceNU’s Project Redshift decided to construct and write flight software for a two-stage, high-power model rocket. Beanstack (pictured above) met our requirements and provided a low-risk platform on which we could develop the necessary software and …

Rocket Test Stand DAQ (AerospaceNU)
Rocket Test Stand DAQ …

AerospaceNU’s Project Redshift was gearing up for a second hot-fire test our liquid rocket engine. The data acquisition electronics used for our first test during summer 2022 was made using a collection of unreliable Arduino breakout boards, could only read temperature from grounded …

"Beanboozler" High-Power Model Rocket (AerospaceNU)
"Beanboozler" High-Power …

Beanboozler was designed to test the custom rocket avionics suite designed by AerospaceNU in flight regimes close to those they’ll experience when controlling our eventual liquid-fueled rocket. I lead the design and fabrication, along with small group of teammates. To achieve these …