Flagship Project
Hovering Bipropellant Rocket
Technical propulsion lead for a 20-second flight, 10-second hover bipropellant rocket hopper at ICLR.
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As technical lead for propulsion in Imperial College London Rocketry (ICLR), I led the design and construction of a small bipropellant rocket hopper — 20 seconds flight, 10 seconds hover.
Key Details
- Designed and built a concentric tank: nitrous oxide in the outer tank, ethanol in the inner tank.
- Led mechanical design of structure, plumbing and test stand, plus electronics system design.
- Nitrogen pressurised with a mechanical regulator, ball valves for throttle, torch igniter.
- Fully fail-safe: pneumatic shutoff and vent valves, burst disks, tether system.
- Project paused when the team prioritised the sounding rocket program.