Project 2
Designed a testing mechanism for an active flight stabilization system
The UW Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion (SARP) was designing a new rocket that would reach much higher altitudes than any before, making static flight stabilizers such as fins inadequate. My team was tasked with designing an active system that would use a gyroscope along with bursts for compressed nitrogen gas to maintain a vertical trajectory.
My job was to design a testing mechanism to calibrate the proper gas pressure and burst duration for the system. This mechanism had to accurately simulate the pressure losses in the piping from the pressure tank to the nozzle while also being modular and portable enough to make necessary modifications.
Unfortunately the rocket project was cancelled before we could begin production, but we left the system in a production ready state for a future team to return to.