Ramblin' Rocketeers

This summer, the Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Rocketeers will be competing in the 9th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), which will be held June 26-28, 2014 in Utah!

The emphasis of the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) rocket competitions is student design and construction of as many parts of the rockets as possible, including propulsion, structures, avionics, recovery, and payloads.

There are two categories at the Competition: Basic and Advanced. We will be competing in the Basic Category with the goals to launch and recover a rocket with 10-lb payload closest to 10,000 feet above ground level (AGL).

For more information about the competition, visit their website: http://www.soundingrocket.org/

Keep your eyes open for more posts containing updates (with pictures) of what we are currently working on!

Experimental Sounding Rocket Association 4/16/14: Cool Video from Last Year Here's a great video put together by the New Mexico Tech team of their launch last year:

We've decided to merge our engine testing and our Thanksgiving cooking into one event for the sake of efficiency.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Please follow safe rocket motor turkey cooking practices.

The Ramblin' Rocketeers featured in the Technique

http://nique.net/news/2012/04/20/rocketeers-to-compete-saturday/

Rocketeers to compete Saturday Tech’s Ramblin’ Rocketeers make up one of the 42 teams competing in the USLI competition, a NASA-run program in which these teams of college students develop reusable rockets capable of carrying a payload to a one-mile altitude. Vespula will be the Rocketeers’ entry in this competition.

The RGEFP Team's recap video is finally up, check it out!

http://youtu.be/yfLK0g-LYnE

Ramblin' Rocketeers' RGEFP Team Recap This video highlights our entire USLI competition year! Enjoy.

First canister "done" (needs to have solenoids soldered together and a plastic piece inserted), 5 more to go!

Hello Prospective Ramblin' Rocketeers!
If you want to join a nationally recognized rocket team there is still time. Apply for permit and register during Phase II.

How to Register for USLI
1. Go to http://vip.gatech.edu/.
2. Click the link “Join a VIP Team” in the upper left-hand corner.
3. Click the “VIP Sign-Up Web page” link
4. You will then be prompted to sign in using your Georgia Tech login
5. Once you log in you will be redirected to the internal VIP webpage, click the login button at the bottom of the page.
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the “Apply Now” button.
7. Fill out the required fields and hit the submit button at the bottom of the page.
*When you register for the class there will be a lecture on Friday. Ignore it, our team does not attend this lecture.

For more information about our team visit http://usli.gatech.edu. If you have any questions feel free to email Jordan Bell at [email protected].

Hope to see you next year!

http://vip.gatech.edu/ The Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is an undergraduate education program that operates in a research and development context. Undergraduate students that join VIP teams earn academic credit for their participation in design/discovery efforts that assist faculty and graduate students wi...

Second ground test rig complete (minus electronics)! SCIENCE!

Data! Now to figure out what it means...

Science team is ready for the test launch!

The two-plate test rig is nearly done! close to being able to measure magnetorheological fluid viscosities.