University of Arkansas Senior Project- When Pigs Soar
Team Dominic Rose- Team Captain Michael Baldwin- Design Engineering Lead Adam Yawn- Safety Officer, Design Engineer Brock Robertson- Design Engineer Ben Cabell- Electronics Engineering Lead Colton
Summary Size: 63.5 in. High, 4 in. Diameter Mass: 117 oz. Motor: Cesaroni I350SS Recovery System: Two 72 in parachutes with drogues and 36 in heavy duty thread
Vehicle Criteria
Vehicle Criteria: Design 2 Stages Upper Stage with main parachute system Lower (payload) Stage with payload, engine, and secondary parachute system Mass (with engine): 117 oz. Center of Pressure: inches from tip Center of Gravity: inches from tip Stability Margin: 1.58 calibers
Stage 1
Stage 2
Vehicle Criteria: Recovery Subsystem BeagleBone Black rev C Collects data from Altimeter Example Altimeter: PerfectFlite APRA Drogue parachutes Electronic Tracking devices
Vehicle Criteria: Performance The characteristics via OpenRocket An apogee of 3084 ft.. Motor : Cesaroni Technology Incorporated I350SS reloadable 601 total impulse A maximum velocity is 648 ft../s Achieving a Mach number of 0.58 A maximum acceleration at launch is 443 ft.^2/s
Vehicle Criteria: Performance Stability of Margin: 1.58 calipers Deployment Stage 1 (Bottom Section) Kinetic Energy: ft.-lb Velocity: 15 ft../s Stage 2 (Top Section) Kinetic Energy: 6.74 ft..- lb. Velocity: 12 ft../s
Performance Data: Wind Speed 0 mph Estimated drift distance: 2.3 ft..
Performance Data: Wind Speed 5 mph Estimated drift distance: Top: 1,400 ft.. Bottom: 1,700 ft..
Performance Data: Wind Speed 10 mph Estimated drift distance Top: 2,500 ft.. Bottom: 3,500 ft..
Performance Data: Wind Speed 15 mph Estimated drift distance Top: 4,500 ft. Bottom: 5,000 ft.
Performance Data: Wind Speed 20 mph Estimated drift distance Top: 6,000 ft. Bottom: 7,000 ft. PROBLEMATIC
Vehicle Criteria: Risks
ASGE: Design U-shaped a fork Servo motor #1 Pinion Servo motor #2 Rack- rotate 180 degrees Wedge ramp- leads to rocket compartment Spring loaded trap to enclose the rocket
Project Plan: Budget
Funding: The Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Arkansas Contribute $2,000