Model Rockets

Over the summer we wanted to get an idea of the scale of the size rocket we are building, both for our own benefit as well as to help show possible donors.  My dad Kelvin E. Bailey and I were able to put one together.  Here are some pictures of the finished result. Enjoy!

My dad Kelvin Bailey with the finished product.

Side view showing the fins and with small tubes for fun *actual nozzle may vary :)

Back view

Front isometric view *nose cone is missing

Shot to emphasis the height

Rocket with moon in background

Myself (Kelvin Bailey) during initial construction

Some Pictures

I thought I'd add a few pictures of the team, to help everyone get to know at least some of them.  We have 15 of us on the team, only 7 of which are pictured in this post.  More pictures to come so you can get to know everyone. The pictures show us working out the projected size of the rocket we would need to design. Meetings on campus as well as a teleconference with Lockheed Martin.  Enjoy, more to follow!

Original URoc Team: Brandon Terry, Chase Nelson, Danielle Bowen, and Kelvin Bailey

URoc Team on campus: Victor Ruiz, Brandon Terry, Chase Nelson, Danielle Bowen, and Kelvin Bailey

Team lead teleconference with Lockheed Martin

Kelvin Bailey, Joseph Green, Jacob Warner, and Chase Nelson

Motor Update

It's exciting to note that we are nearing completion of our motor design.  Our design is in for final review with the engineers over at AeroTech and then we will have a final meeting with Lockheed Martin and AeroTech to complete our approval process.  Once that's done we are ready to start building! Keep watching for more updates!

Rocky Mountain Space Grant Consortium

We'd like to give a special thanks to our friends at the Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium for becoming one of our sponsors! They are "committed to promoting science, technology, engineering and math among K-12 students, teachers, and the general public. We are also aimed at increasing public awareness of NASA and other space-related programs." They have also generously donated a large amount to our project.  Their donation will go a long way to helping us complete our project, however we are still looking for more sponsors so if you'd like to help us please contact us at "uroc@eng.utah.edu"! Once again a special thanks to Dr. Dwayne Westenskow and Brenda Maldonado and all the people at the Space Grant Consortium for all their help and support, we're glad to have you as part of the team!

Who We Are

Welcome to the University of Utah's URoc blog.  We'll be keeping you up to date on all the latest project information.  We are currently in the fall semester of our senior design project for the U of U.  There are 15 team members comprising 12 mechanical engineering students and 3 electrical engineering students.  We are divided into 4 subgroups including: Airframe, Avionic, Launch Tower, and Motor Design.  The tentative launch of our historic project will be around March 21, 2011 but is subject to change based on weather conditions.  We are excited to share this experience with the world, make sure to follow us here and on Facebook! Look for URoc.