Mamba
Vehicle Overview
Mission Objectives
100,000 ft MSL
Mach 3.5
Stats
11 feet tall
6” outer diameter
P-class motor
Mission Patch
Vehicle Focuses:
Airframe Thermal Protection Systems
Custom Propellant
Composite Motor Design
Testing infrastructure
Subassemblies
Stainless Steel Tip
Mamba’s nosecone is capped with a 315 Stainless Steel tip which protects the vehicle from intense aero-thermal heating present at three times the speed of sound.
Structure
Internally, Mamba’s nosecone consists of two fiberglass half-shells that were laid up and bonded together.
Flight Computers
Mamba has three independent flight computers for redundancy. Among them is the YONIX flight computer developed by our avionics team.
Structure
Parachute deployment events apply substantial forces to the avionics bay. Steel threaded rods, aluminum sled mounts, and garolite bulkhead ensure that the avionics bay survives high-G loads during launch and parachute deployment.
Nosecone
Avionics Bay
Thermal Protection System
The majority of our nosecone is protected from aerodynamic heating with a layer of P-50 cork.
Motor
Main Chute Deployment
The flight computers will deploy our main chute at an altitude of 1300 ft AGL through the use of black powder pyrotechnic charges.
Drogue Chute Deployment
The drogue chute is deployed at apogee also through the use of black powder charges pyrotechnic charges.