WARRIORS was a two-stage, high-powered rocket equipped with a computer and video camera. The goal of WARRIORS was to challenge students to develop innovative rocket staging and recovery techniques. The project was a joint effort between eight MQP students and AIAA WPI chapter student volunteers. This paper describes the design, testing, operation, and results from the creation and implementation of an innovative electromagnetic booster-separation system, non-pyrotechnic parachute deployment mechanisms, an ignition system that prevents asymmetric thrust, and a custom-constructed airframe.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Moore, Kevin R.
• Brayshaw, Peter James
• Otterman, Amanda Dale
• Sanchez-Torres, Abel
• Matook, George C.
• Belliss, Michael S.
• Stechmann, David Paul
• Braun, Thorsten

Contributors

• Hecht, Alexander
• Clark, Mathew
• Caron, Ryan
• Berg, Rachel
• McDonald, Theodore
• Byrd-Krueger, Eric

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042706-094000

Award

• Provost's MQP Award

Advisor

• Blandino, John J.

Year

• 2006

Date created

• 2006-04-27

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Aerospace Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved

Last modified

• 2023-01-20