Competitions

This year the team will compete in the 2024-25 Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition: “High-Thrust Challenge”. This year’s challenge tasks the team with flying as close to 1000 feet as possible on their first flight and then as high as possible for the second flight, with both flights completed using a H550 motor. Both flights are to have a non-commercial data-logging sensor suite and bonus points are awarded for individual certifications, utilizing a 2-pressure-sensor pitot tube, and completing both flights using the same rocket. After the team’s 3 consecutive wins since 2022, they now look to continue this success in 2025.

This year the team was accepted to the International Rocket Engineering Competition, the world's largest intercollegiate rocket engineering competition. The team entered in the 10k COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) category with the goal of competing in Midland, Texas in June against over 150 teams from around the world. This category of competition challenges the team to build a rocket that will fly as close to 10,000 feet as possible using a commercially available motor. The team unfortunately had to withdraw from the competition due to a lack of funding.