OSU High Altitude Liquid Engine (HALE)

Poster Image
Event poster; details follow in description
Poster Session
B
Poster Number
06
Project Author(s)
Connor Dawson
Institution
Oregon State University
Project Description

The Oregon State University (OSU) High Altitude Liquid Engine (HALE) rocketry team has the goal of being the first collegiate team to send a liquid bipropellant powered flight vehicle past the Karman line. To achieve this goal, HALE plans to follow the design methodology of other OSU rocket teams and develop a sub-scale flight vehicle with a lower altitude goal to verify the technology necessary for the much larger and more expensive full-scale flight vehicle. During the 2021-2022 funding cycle, HALE was able to advance towards its goal of developing a sub-scale version of its flight vehicle. Students worked on the vertical test stand/launch platform, main valves, electric turbopumps, flight tanks, flight vehicle structures, and communications systems. Students designed, prototyped, troubleshot, refined, and tested the various systems to ensure they work reliably. They also documented their successes, failures, and overall progress to continue the flow of generational knowledge for future HALE team members. At the end of June 2022, all the major non-engine components of the flight vehicle have had the main pathfinding done and are ready for final refinement, testing, and integration into a launch vehicle. The work of the 2021-2022 students has directly enabled the 2022-2023 students to target a Spring launch of our sub-scale flight vehicle.