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Full Scale Low Power Windward Community College – University of Hawaii 2010 ‐ 2011 Full-Scale Low-Power (FSLP) Test files Contents: 1 FSLP Over-view 2 RocSim Results 3 Estimate of CG, Stability Margin, and Thrust to Weight Ratio 4 Motor Specifics 5 Graphs a. Acceleration b. Velocity c. Altitude 6 Launch Pad Design Team Summary University of Hawai’i – Windward Campus Hale ‘Imiloa 45‐720 Kea’ahala Rd. Kane’ohe Hawai’i 96744 Dr. Joseph Ciotti (Principle Investigator) Dr. Jacob Hudson (Team Official) Helen Rapozo (IT Specialist) Kristi Ross Joleen Iwaniec Todd Esposito Patrick Lancaster Jasmine Maru Launch Vehicle Summary Rocket Name: Leo Hano The team rocket is to be 121 inches in length, with a 6” diameter The rocket is designed to accept a K780R with 98‐75mm motor adapter The rocket is designed to have a dual deployment recovery system incorporating a 42” drogue deployed at apogee, and a 144” main to be deployed at 1000’ altitude. 10/10 rail with a launch rail length of 14’ No payload is to be flown

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Full­ScaleLow­Power(FSLP)Testfiles

Contents:

1 FSLPOver­view2 RocSimResults3 EstimateofCG,StabilityMargin,andThrusttoWeightRatio4 MotorSpecifics5 Graphs

a. Accelerationb. Velocityc. Altitude

6 LaunchPadDesign

TeamSummary• UniversityofHawai’i–WindwardCampus• Hale‘Imiloa

45‐720Kea’ahalaRd.Kane’oheHawai’i96744

• Dr.JosephCiotti(PrincipleInvestigator)Dr.JacobHudson(TeamOfficial)HelenRapozo(ITSpecialist)KristiRossJoleenIwaniecToddEspositoPatrickLancasterJasmineMaru

LaunchVehicleSummary

• RocketName:LeoHano• Theteamrocketistobe121inchesinlength,witha6”diameter• TherocketisdesignedtoacceptaK780Rwith98‐75mmmotoradapter• Therocketisdesignedtohaveadualdeploymentrecoverysystem

incorporatinga42”droguedeployedatapogee,anda144”maintobedeployedat1000’altitude.

• 10/10railwithalaunchraillengthof14’• Nopayloadistobeflown

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1 FLSPOver­view

SuccessfulcompletionoftheUSLIprojectrequiresthataFull‐ScaleLow‐Poweredfighttest(i.e.aPrototypetest)beperformed.TimingforthetestiscontingentuponKaneoheMarineCorpsAirStation(KMCAS).ThemainreasonforthisisbecauseKMCASistheonlyfacilitywithalargeenoughinfrastructureforustoperformatestofthismagnitude.Thismeansthatthesafetyofourprelaunch,flight,andrecoveryareofthehighestpriority.Tohaveasuccessfulmissiontheteammustensurethatallsafetyrequirementsaremaintainedthroughoutthemission.Theteammustalsomeetallthefollowingcriteriabelow.MissionCriteria:

• Motorfunctionsproperly• Avionicsfunctionsproperly• Successfulrecoveryoftherocketandallitscomponents• Bothparachutesdeployed• Therocketiscompletelyintact• Theappropriatelevelsofsafetyaremaintainedthroughouttheentireprocess

ofpreparation,launch,flight,andrecoveryoftherocketToachieveanytypeofsuccessinthemission,therocketmusthavedeployedaparachuteandmustbeintactuponrecovery,meaningithastheabilitytobeconsideredflightreadyandmeetsallsafetyrequirementswithoutanyrepairsdoneit.Iftheteamdoesnothaveaparachutedeploymentandtherocketisnotintactuponrecovery,themissionwillbeconsideredafailure.ForFSLP,thereisnopartialsuccess.Propermotorselectionrequiresseveralconsiderations,asuitablethrusttoweightratio,andapredictedmaximumaltitudethatisabove1200feetinorderforthedualdeploymenttesttowork.Ourlimitedrecoveryfielddirectsthatwecannotgotofaroverthisheight.Furthermore,themilitarycedescontrolofitsairspaceovertotheFAAonthedaystheyopenituptocivilianoperations.Assuch,wemustkeepourflighttobelow2500feet.Motorselectionwasalsodependantonmotoravailability.Allthingsconsidered,thechoiceofmotorwasanAerotechK780R.Thisgivesusamaximumheightof1960feet,whichiswithinourflightconstraints.Ouronlyconcernisthatthethrusttoweightratioisonlyabout5.2atmaximum,and4.2onaverage,whichismarginal.Theflightprofilethatourrocketwillfollowisthestandarddualdeploymentroutine,andhasbeensimulated(undervariouslaunchconditions)onRockSim.Theflightwillbeginwiththeboostphase.TheK780Rmotorwillproduceanaveragethrustof~175lbs(givingusamaximumthrusttoweightratioof~5.2),withaburntimeof2.94seconds.Themaximumestimatedaccelerationis~10g’s(344ft/s/s)forabouta1/10ofasecond,withanaverageof~4.2g’swithanestimated

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maximumspeedof222mile/hr(325ft/s).Atmotorburnout,therocketthenentersitscoastphase.Weexpecttherockettoreachapogee~12.3secondsafterlaunch.Atapogee,a42‐inchdroguechutewillbedeployed,yieldinganinitialdescentspeedof~82ft/s.Atanaltitudeof1000ft,a144‐inchmainchutewillbedeployed,slowingtherocketdescentrateof22ft/s,whichwebelievetobeasafedescentrate.Thetotalflightdurationisexpectedtobe~62seconds.2 RocSimResults

USLIROC2011–SimulationresultsEngineselection[K780R‐None]Simulationcontrolparameters

• Flightresolution:800.000000samples/second• Descentresolution:1.000000samples/second• Method:ExplicitEuler• Endthesimulationwhentherocketreachestheground.

Launchconditions

• Altitude:0.00000Ft.• Relativehumidity:50.000%• Temperature:80.000Deg.F• Pressure:29.9139In.

Windspeedmodel:Light(3­7MPH)• Lowwindspeed:3.0000MPH• Highwindspeed:7.9000MPH

Windturbulence:Fairlyconstantspeed(0.01)• Frequency:0.01000rad/second

• Windstartsataltitude:0.00000Ft.• Launchguideangle:0.000Deg.• Latitude:22.000Degrees

Launchguidedata:

• Launchguidelength:144.00000In.• Velocityatlaunchguidedeparture:53.5867ft/s• Thelaunchguidewasclearedat:0.559Seconds• Theuserspecifiedminimumvelocityforstableflight:43.9993ft/s• Minimumvelocityforstableflightreachedat:100.4338In.

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Maxdatavalues:

• Maximumacceleration:Vertical(y):344.468Ft./s/sHorizontal(x):0.508Ft./s/sMagnitude:344.468Ft./s/s

• Maximumvelocity:Vertical(y):324.4643ft/s,Horizontal(x):6.2505ft/s,Magnitude:325.2313ft/s

• Maximumrangefromlaunchsite:208.87743Ft.• Maximumaltitude:1960.39075Ft.

Recoverysystemdata

• P:DrogueDeployedat:12.295Seconds• Velocityatdeployment:20.0897ft/s• Altitudeatdeployment:1960.39071Ft.• Rangeatdeployment:‐208.87743Ft.• P:MainParachuteDeployedat:25.906Seconds• Velocityatdeployment:81.3824ft/s• Altitudeatdeployment:999.92078Ft.• Rangeatdeployment:‐126.63283Ft.

Timedata

• Timetoburnout:3.064Sec.• Timetoapogee:12.295Sec.• Optimalejectiondelay:9.231Sec.

Landingdata

• Successfullanding• Timetolanding:61.296Sec.• Rangeatlanding:63.80652Ft.• Velocityatlanding:Vertical:‐28.1473ft/s,Horizontal:4.9767ft/s,

Magnitude:28.5839ft/sCompetitionsettingsCompetitionconditionsarenotinuseforthissimulation.

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3 EstimateoftheCG,StabilityMargin,andThrusttoWeightRatioComponent Wt(oz) Est.CG(in)

(Wt.)r NoseCone 38 24 912GPSFlight 50 24 1200PayloadTube 40 43 1720Bulkhead 5 37 185Experiment 50(var.) 43 2150Drogue 8 51 408Bulkhead 5 49 245Coupler 20 55 1100AvionicsTube 30 64 1920Bulkhead 5 61 305AVAlCan 16 65 1040Avionics 35 65 2275Bulkhead 5 68 340Coupler 20 74 1480BoosterTube 80 97 7760MotorMount 50 106 5300Cen.Ring 3 91 273Main 20 83 1660Fin/Fin‐can 60 109 6540VDCAssembly 10 119 1190Cen.Ring 3 120 360MotorRetainer 5 120 600K560W 98 115 1127098‐75mmAdapter 9 115 1035

(Wt.) =∑ 665oz.

(Wt.)r =∑ 51,267oz‐in

Therefore:

CG =(Wt.)r∑(Wt.)∑

=51268665

= 77.09inchesfromthenoseconetip.

SincetheCenterofPressurehasbeencalculatedtobe90.25inches,ourstabilitymarginis…

Margin

=90.25 − 77.09

6.00=13.136.00

= 2.19

Thisindicatesthatourrocketwillbeslightlyover‐stable,withanaveragethrusttoweightratioof4.2,andamaximumof5.2.

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4 MotorSpecifics

AeroTechK780 (DatafromThrustCurve.org)

Manufacturer: AeroTechEntered: May25,2006LastUpdated: May4,2009Mfr.Designation: K780RBrandName: K780RCommonName: K780MotorType: ReloadDiameter: 75.0mmLength: 39.5mmTotalweight: 2934gProp.Weight: 1268gCert.Org.: TripoliRocketryAssociation,Inc.Cert.designation: K794(85%)Cert.date: AverageThrust: 780.0NMaximumThrust: 965.0NTotalImpulse: 2371.0NsBurnTime: 3.0s

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CaseInfo: 75/2560PropellantInfo: Redline

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5a PlotofAccelerationversustimeforFSLP

Ascanbeseen,thepredictedaccelerationisfairlytypical;thereisarapidincreaseintherocketvelocityforthefirstsecond.Thereafter,theaccelerationbeginstodecreaseuntilnearburnout.Afterthat,dragforcesdominate,reducingtherocketspeedrapidly.Gravityfinallyreducestherocket’sverticalvelocitytozeroatapogee.

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5b PlotofVelocityversustimeforFSLP

Ascanbeseen,theexpectedrocketvelocityisalsofairlytypical.Therocketisexpectedtoreachamaximumspeedofmach0.28(nowherenearsonic)shortlybeforemotorburnout.Thisisexpectedbecausethemotorthrustcurveshowstheburntoberegressiveatthattime.

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5c PlotofAltitudeversustimeforFSLP

ThepredictedplotofthealtitudeversustimefortheFSLPlieswellwithinouroperationalconstraints,withburnoutcorrespondingtoapointofinflectionofthecurve.

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7 LaunchPad

Asitstandsrightnow,thecosttosendthenecessarylaunchequipmenttotheUSLIlaunchsiteisprohibitivetosaytheleast.TheplanfortheUSLIlaunchisthatWCCUSLIteamwillbeusingtheUAHuntsvillelaunchpadequipment(theyhaveagreedtoletususeit).Nevertheless,inordertoperformaFSLPtest,WCCneedstofabricatealaunchpadanditsassociatedelectronics.Forthisendeavor,theAeroPACgrouphasbeenagreathelp.Oneoftheirmembershasdonatedasinglechannellaunchcontroller,whichhasbeenbasedoffoftheirmultiplelaunchcontroller(schematicsfollow).TheRocSimsimulationforourrocket,usingtheK780R,showedthatthebottomoftherocketreachedasafevelocityat100.4”(~8feet4inches).Thissuggestsalaunchraillengthof10feet(assumingarailbuttonseparationof18inches).However,duetoamarginalthrusttoweightratio,webelievethatalongerlaunchrailshouldbeused.Raillengthsof12to14feetarebeingdiscussed.Therailistobemadeofmediumextrudedmetaluni‐strutcapableofacceptingstandard10‐10railbuttons.Currently,constructionofalaunchpad,basedontheAeroPAClaunchpaddesign(plansfollow),isunderway.Uponcompletion,andbeforeuse,everyeffortwillbemadetoensurethatthecenterofgravityfortheloadedlaunchpadfallswithintheareadefinedbythebaseofsupport.

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