Cal Poly Space Systems tested their new liquid fuel rocket engine, Dulcimer 1, in hopes of proving valid engine model. The club is working on demonstrating a proof of concept for their liquid rocket engine so that they can scale up the project in the coming years. Mustang News reporter RJ Pollock shows us how […]
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Rocket project is ‘bigger, better and cooler’
They’re working to build it bigger and send it higher. Cal Poly Space Systems is one step closer to building a rocket that will reach space. Space Systems has built five hybrid motor (HM) rockets during the past decade using liquid and solid fuels, according to club president and materials engineering senior Joe Vanherweg. The first […]
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Cal Poly Space Systems launches a ‘Wild Thing’
The Wild Thing rocket team put 30 hours into designing and building Cal Poly Space System’s latest rocket, the 4-foot tall Wild Thing, which needed three seconds to reach 3,025 feet into the sky over the California desert.