Structures also produces tubes for the Alka project team when that competition was being held prior to the COVID 19 Pandemic. For more information on this, take a look at our Alka page under our Archive
The team designed a fincan with aluminum binder pieces and aluminum bronze fins for the 2023 high altitude project.
For the 2024 SAC competition, we had a fully composite 4 fin design with 3 layers of carbon fiber tip-to-tips for increased strength.
The structures team are the experts in composites manufacturing & machining on the team. Pictured is using the student machine shop's water jet to cut our carbon fiber fins out