Project Overview
      a.) Specifications
      b.) Materials

Design
      a.) Airframe
             i.) Mechanical drawings
      c.) Recovery system
             i.) Avionics
             ii.) Wiring diagram and plate layout
             iii.) Recovery harness
             iv.) Parachutes
      f.)  Propulsion
      d.) Simulations
      e.) Calculations

Construction
      a.) Cutting the Body Tubes
      b.) Airframe reinforcement
      c.) Fins
      d.) Centering Rings and Bulkheads
      e.) Booster airframe
      f.) Avionics bay & airframe
      g.) Recovery airframes
      h.) Nose cone
      i.) Finishing

Operations
      a.) Flight plan
      b.) Checklists
 

Project Overview:

The goal of the Mark X project is to design, successfully launch, and recover an unguided rocket flying on an M class motor in order attain my level 3 High Power Certification.  This document serves to partially complete the certification requirements by providing details on the rocket's design flight systems.  Before I continue, I need to thank several people without whose help, I would not be able to begin or complete this project.  They are in no particular order: my parents for their understanding and support, our neighbor Rodney Oxley for helping me with tools and attaining materials free of charge, my TAP members Christine Rial and Edward Miller for their time, support, and advice, the members of WVSOAR who have helped inspire me and gave me the support to go on, and anyone else I may have left out. I am dedicating this project to the memory of Perry Neff, who died in an automobile accident in June of 2003.  Without his support, I would never have gotten my TARC project off the ground in 2003 or complete my level 1 certification.

Length:	144"
Diameter:	7.61"
Airframe material	Paper & fiberglass
Fin material	plywood, foam, & fiberglass
Motor mount:	98mm LOC motor mount tube
Empty weight:	35 lb.
Recovery:	Dual Deployment
Drogue Parachute:	Military Surplus 66" parachute (From flare shells)
Main Parachute:	Military Surplus 17' parachute (From flare shells)
Weight w/o motor:	40.75 lb.
Motor:	Aerotech M1297W
Liftoff weight:	51 lb.

Nose Cone:
	1 x	26” long foam core nose cone 6 oz. Automotive weaved fiberglass cloth
Airframe:
	4 x	7.61" Quikrete Quiktube 10.3 oz Aerosleeves Fiberglass sleeve
Motor Mount:
	1 x	LOC Precision 98mm motor mount tube
Fins:
	4 x	Foam core fins 6 oz. Automotive weaved fiberglass cloth 3.2 oz. #120-E Fiberglass cloth
Bulkheads & centering rings:
	12 x	7.75" x 7.75" blocks of 3/4" cabinet grade plywood
Recovery Attachment:
	6 x	5/16" Quick Links
Recovery Harness:
	2 x	30' 9/16" Tubular Nylon
Parachutes:
	1 x	36" de-milled parachute
	1 x	17'  de-milled parachute
Metal Hardware:
	8 x	5/16"-18 x 36" steel threaded rod
	4 x	5/16" U bolts
	8 x	5/16" Wing Nuts
	44 x	5/16" Hex nuts
	24 x	8-32 Threaded inserts (McMaster-Carr #90016A009)
	52 x	8-32 machine screws (McMaster-Carr #93085A194)
	4 x	5/16" thread couplers
	2 x	1010 Rail guides
	2 x	1020 Rail guides
	1x	AeroPack 98mm Motor Retainer
	1x	Aeropack 98mm-75mm Retainer adapter
	2x	1/4"-20 x 36" steel threaded rod
Avionics:
	1 x	GWiz MC2 Flight Computer
	1 x	PerfectFlite miniAlt/WD
	3 x	9V Battery
	1 x	3/4" x 6" x 12" 5-ply birch aircraft grade plywood sheet
	1 x	Spool AWG 20 gauge stranded wire
	2x	6-wire male/female connectors
	1x	European style terminal switch (12 position)
	2 x	Power on/off switch (Allied Electronics #287-1022)
Propulsion:
	1x	RouseTech 75mm-5120NS motor casing
	1x	Aerotech M1297W reload
Adhesives:
	1x	30 minute epoxy set
	1x	5 minute epoxy set
	1x	Everclear epoxy resin - gallon
	1x	Everclear epoxy hardener - quart
	1x	5 lb. bag of milled fiberglass