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AmERICAN INSTITuTE oF AERoNAuTICS AND ASTRoNAuTICS: FAST AERIAL
RECoNNAISSANCE - LAuNCh VEhICLE (FAR-LV) Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Program
CLASS
ENGR 498A/B
SpoNSoR
UA AIAA
SpoNSoR mENToR/ADVISoR
AIAA Executive Board
pRoJECT mENToR
Doug May
TEAm mEmBERS
John Kidd (AE)
Kyle Pack (AE)
Scott Kendrick (AE)
William Roulo (ME)
Monem Al-Dhaif (EMG)
AE = Aerospace Engineering
EMG = Engineering Management
ME = Mechanical Engineering
TEAm 5227: pRoJECT SummARY
The goal of the FAR project is to
create a single affordable aerial
surveillance package that combines
the speed of a rocket and the
maneuverability of an airplane. The
FAR-LV team is responsible for
designing and building the rocket
that will deploy the FAR-UAV. In
order to safely deploy the UAV at
9,000 ft above ground level, the LV
has multiple computers onboard that detect the current position and velocity of
vehicle. At the maximum altitude of the LV trajectory, a series of ejection charges are
detonated so that the UAV is deployed from the LV payload fairing without entangling
with the LV recovery system. The recovery system will slow the LV descent rate using
two staged parachutes. The first parachute is small enough that the LV will descend
rapidly but in a controlled manner so that cross winds will not carry the rocket down
range. The main parachute is substantially larger and will be deployed at 800 ft. above
ground level to allow the LV to be recovered in such a state that allows it to be reflown.
The UAV and LV teams presented the FAR concept at the AIAA Region VI Student Paper
Conference on March 29-April 1 in Seattle, Washington. The teams will also compete
in the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association’s 7th Annual IREC competition on June
21st-23rd (Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition).
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