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THE AEROSPIKE PROJECT
THE AEROSPIKE PROJECT
The Aerospike Project is a Florida Institute of Technology Senior Capstone Project focused on designing, manufacturing, firing, analyzing, and comparing the performance of three different toroidal aerospike engines: an untruncated solid-propellant engine, a truncated solid-propellant engine with a gaseous nitrogen base bleed, and a truncated liquid-propellant engine with a gaseous nitrogen base bleed for the purpose of determining the best performing and most feasible design.
System Requirements
Concept of Operations
Main Con Ops Flow
Pre-Test Fire Con Ops Flow
Test Fire Con Ops Flow
Post-Test Fire Con Ops Flow
BUDGET
SCHEDULE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to offer a masssive thank you to Ron Fussell who took on the role of our industry advisor, giving advisement and assistance throughout the project. We would also like to thank Dr. Douglas Willard for his guidance, Don Pratt for his design conisderations, and Dr. Daniel Kirk for his methodology behind design choices.
We would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors Ron Fussell and Airwave Networks, LLC.
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