Century CollegeDigital Fabrications Lab White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Fab9 Yokohama

August 21, 2013

NASA Rocket Competition Project

-NASA STUDENT LAUNCH INITIATIVE-40 COLLEGES-ROCKET TO ACHIEVE 5280 FEET (EXACTLY)-ROCKET PAYLOAD (ROVER)-A ONE YEAR PROJECT Funded by Century College Foundation ($10,000)

THE COMPUTER AIDED ROCKET DESIGN

FABRICATION

THE TEAM

SARA LAWSON TEAM LEADKEITH KOPPEN AIRFRAMECHRISTOPHER PEPIN ELECTRONICSJACOB VOGES ELECTRONICS/SAFETYSAM COURTIER APPLIED MATHEMATICSJEFF RANDALL CAD – ROVER DESIGNTODD HANSON ROVERGOKHAN SARI RECOVERY

JOHN RUPERT TEAM ADVISORGARY STROICK TEAM MENTOR

Drag Brake Design

• The CFX-12's drag brake, is a retractable nose cone that will allow us to control our maximum altitude.

Rover Design

• The rover is an autonomous vehicle capable of maneuvering on its own using GPS Navigation–Wheel diameter: 5 in.– Length: 10 in.–Weight: 5lbs

RECOVERY SYSTEM

RECOVERY SYSTEMS USES DROGUE CHUTE AND MAIN CHUTE TO MINIMIZE DRIFT AND IMPACT VELOCIY

ELECTRONICS

DRAG BRAKE ELECTRONICS• TWO MICROCONTROLLERS• TELEMETERY• SENSORS

• 7 ACCELS• GPS• ALTIMETER• PROX SENSOR

• ACTUATORS• DC MOTOR FOR BRAKE DEPLOYMENT

ROVER ELECTRONICSONE MICROCONTROLLERTELEMETERYSENSORS

• GPS• MAGNETOMETER• ACCELEROMETER

• ACTUATORS• 2 DC MOTORS• ARRD

TEST PROGRAM

• 2 STRING TESTS STABILITY• 5 HALF SCALE FLIGHT TESTS

• #1 ELECTRONICS, BRAKE , 1RST• #2 TELEMETRY• #3 HIGH DATA RATE TELEMETRY• #4 MASS PROPERTIES - BALLAST• #5 STABILITY, FULL SCALE ELECTRONICS

• 1 WIND TUNNEL TEST STABILITY, BRAKE Cd• 2 EXPULSION TESTS MAIN, DROGUE/ROVER • 1 FULL SCALE LAUNCH STABILITY, BRAKE Cd, FS ELECTRONICS• 2ND FULL SCALE LAUNCH TARGET ALTITUDE CONTROL, RECOVERY• NASA MSFC LAUNCH WIN!

TEST OBJECTIVES

TEST RESULTS

STATISTICS• FLIGHT TEST DATA:

• WIND TUNNEL TEST DATA:

ODE & NON LINEAR REGRESSION• DRAG COEFFICIENT – NON LINEAR REGRESSION• BRAKE CONTROL ALGORITHM - NEWTON’S LAWS

EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF PROJECT

PROJECT BASED (HANDS ON) LEARNING FOR • ENGINEERING

• STATICS• DYNAMICS• DEFORMATION OF MATERIALS• CIRCUITS• ROBOTICS

• APPLIED MATHEMATICS: • STATISTICS• ODE

• PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

A THESIS LEVEL PROJECT OF ONE YEAR DURATION FOR IN DEPTH EXPOSURE TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

Prototype to Market-Slatgrill.com

Minnesota Fab Lab- in Process

• Duluth Public Schools-Duluth Minnesota• Saint Paul Public Schools• Stillwater High School• Lake Superior College, Duluth Minnesota• White Bear Lake High School• District 914 Eagan Minnesota• Elk River School District, Elk River Minnesota• Others…..

2013-2015 Planning

-Hire 2 Fab Lab Technicians-Design and Construct New Fab Lab-Expand STEM Focus-Become Minnesota’s STEM Resource Center-Develop New Engineering Degree Digital Engineering-Develop Partnership with Workforce Minnesota-Continue assisting New Fab Labs in Minnesota