SingleyAcademy: Rockets 2011

The Aerospace Engineering students and instructor Michael Skrzynski participated in Rockets 2011, put on by SystemsGo in Fredericksburg, TX over the weekend. The students have worked all semester to build, manufacture and program rockets with goals of taking a 1 pound peyload to 1 mile, or building a transonic rocket with the goal of breaking the sound barrier.

One of the most unique aspects for the Singley students is the cross-curricular work with the Manufacturing students. In order to save money on the rocket body itself, the students used drainage pipe that is 4 inches in diameter which is a irregular width for rocket parts. The students were challenged to come up with the math to determine what the best shape of the nose cone would be in order to meet the goals of their challenge.

Students worked with the manufacturing students to design and manufacture the nose cones and bulk heads for both rockets. A huge thanks goes out to Mr. DeLaCruz and his manufacturing students for working with the Aerospace Engineering students on a project that has never been done before at the Academy, but provided a real world working example of working with other "businesses" in order to meet a goal.

Below: "Icarus" is a 1 Pound 1 Mile Rocket that is 5.5 feet long and used a K240 motor.

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Front row: Sindy Ventura & Maria Gonzalez
Back row: Joshua Blazek, Luis Hernandez, Tanveer Baset, Joel Estrada, Josue Moreno, Jeremy Blouin, Trevon Simon