StormChaser

Florida Tech Rocketry Club - StormChaser

Florida Institute of Technology

August 2022 - May 2023

• StormChaser was the first major project to come from the Florida Tech Rocketry Club.

• Serving as the Chief Engineer for the clubs engineering team, my roles included being a project manager as well as providing oversight on the design and build process. 

• This rocket was to show students were capable of designing and flying an amateur rocket and apply what they learned in the classroom to a physical project.

• The rocket was designed to fly under the 50 foot altitude limit placed by the FAA in order to fly without having to get a license.

• Although there were multiple problems with the rocket resulting in a failed flight, it taught multiple lessons along the way like keeping a project organized, seeing the feasibility of ideas, and making sure to test every component before flight to ensure it is ready to do its job.

• The lessons learned from this are being applied to the second version of this rocket to get the best results from student designs and manufacturing.