OVERVIEW

PSP Hybrids is committed to the development of Hybrid Propellant Rockets

PSP Hybrids was formed in the Fall of 2018 with intentions of revitalizing Hybrid rockets here at Purdue and help put Purdue on top of the rocket competition world by having three concurrent experimental rocket teams (PSP Liquids, PSP Solids, and PSP Hybrids). PSP Hybrids is committed to providing its members with technical experiences to prepare them for the aerospace industry, such as student-researched-and-designed propulsion, fluid systems, avionics, structures, and simulations.

What is a Hybrid Rocket?

A hybrid rocket is any rocket in which one of its propellants is a solid, and the other is a liquid or gas. The classical configuration for hybrid rockets, which is used by PSP Hybrids, is a liquid oxidizer injected into a combustion chamber housing a solid fuel grain. Hybrid rockets boast unique advantages to liquids and solids, such as storable and safer propellants, however, they are more prone to combustion instabilities and shifting mixture ratios.

Current Project

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Subteams

Airframe

The airframe team is responsible for the aerodynamics of the rocket, structure, deployment, and integration between other subteams. On this team, you will gain skills in CAD, manufacturing, and flight simulations.

Pavionics

The pavionics team is responsible for the construction and operation of the rocket payload and the avionics/recovery of the rocket. On this team, you will gain skills in CAD, programming in C++ and Python, 3D printing and rapid prototyping, electrical layouts, schematics, and PCB design/manufacturing.

Propulsion

The propulsion team is responsible for the design, manufacturing, and testing of the rocket’s combustion chamber, oxidizer tank, and ground support equipment (GSE), and spend a majority of their time at Purdue’s on-campus rocket propulsion laboratory, Zucrow Labs. Members of the propulsion team gain experiences in combustion analysis, rocket engine simulation and sizing, fluid systems design, pressure vessel design, CAD, manufacturing, and testing.