In order to be successful, we need your help! The development of a system that will be competitive is costly and we will be up against teams with well-funded aerospace programs. Between the development budget of the vehicle and payload, as well as our travel expenses to attend the competition in Huntsville, AL, our total anticipated budget is nearly $21,000.
To meet these requirements, we will be designing a deployment mechanism that will allow the payload to be safely ejected and self-leveled without a rocket airframe interference. The payload will then take a 360 degree photo that will be transmitted to the team during the competition. Upon landing, the payload will autonomously self-level to within 5 degrees of the vertical axis. The payload will be jettisoned from the payload section of the vehicle at a range at 700 feet. We are currently designing a rocket that will carry a payload to an altitude of 3500-5500 feet and return to the earth unharmed. We intend to carry UNC Charlotte’s venerable reputation and tradition of excellence into this year’s competition. The last three teams to compete from UNC Charlotte placed second overall.
In total, nine teams from UNC Charlotte have competed in this prestigious challenge, beating teams from MIT, NC State, the Naval Academy and other veteran aerospace schools. This is a rigorous and fiercely competitive challenge to design, build, and fly a high powered rocket to complete a mission designed by NASA. We are a team of engineering students at UNC Charlotte who are entering this year’s NASA Student Launch Competition.
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