The team's project goal is to develop a propulsion system for a level 2 high-power rocket (an impulse of 5120 newton-seconds or less). The team is developing a test stand to characterize the performance of our rocket motors throughout the design process. The propellant will be a unique ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP).
The propulsion system will go through many iterations of testing. The first being a round of small scale tests with 38mm rocket motors on the test stand. There will be a medium scale test in a 54mm motor, and finally a large scale test in a 76mm motor. The final design will be flown in NAU Rocket Club's carbon fiber rocket that was flown in the 2022-2023 First Nation's Launch Competition.
The test stand will allow us to characterize the thrust curves of our propulsion systems as well as many values pertaining to performance. It will measure thrust force with an attached load cell.
