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Because of the generous gifts during the past 30 days, LRA is ever closer to launching Syncope and firing our engine! This quick video for you is our way of saying THANK YOU for making our dreams a reality!
The members of LRA are over the moon to announce that we reached 110% of our fundraising goal on HornRaiser! We are so grateful to all of our generous donors who are making more rocket science possible! Stay tuned for a special video updating you on our progress -- we are excited to share the recent developments in our projects with you!
LRA would like thank all of our donors from the past few weeks, especially those of your who contributed during the 40 hours for the Forty Acres campaign! Because of your generous donations, LRA has finalized construction on Syncope and prepared to test fire our hybrid engine Taurus. From all of us at LRA, thank you, and enjoy this video: https://www.facebook.com/LonghornRocketAssociation/videos/1636317133084374/
Thank you for supporting your local (or not so local) rocket scientists! We appreciate your generous support. This week, we have begun to finalize the fabrication of our competion rocket Syncope and finally finished construction of TAURUS, our hybrid engine. Your donations have made this possible!
A 20-ft section of stainless-steel tubing used to transfer the flow of nitrous oxide from pressure vessels to a hybrid motor on the hybrid motor test rig.
One 4-inch diameter fiberglass body tube, used for the fuselage of a competition rocket. Durable, lightweight, and relatively inexpensive when compared to other plastic composite materials, fiberglass components form the bulk of a competition rocket.
A top-of-the-line aluminum-tipped filament-wound carbon fiber nose cone for the Syncope rocket.
A sheet of 1/4" G20 grade fiberglass laminate. Used for fins and other internal structural components of Syncope, as well as for prototypes of an experimental active braking system.
A Cesaroni L1050-P L-class solid rocket motor. Required for each launch of Syncope, the competition rocket.
The ablative liner protects the Taurus hybrid rocket motor's aluminum casing from the heat of combustion. One is required for every test fire, and consists of 26 wraps of fiberglass, almost a kilogram of resin and hardener, and an ample amount of graphite powder.
Several high-performance pneumatic valves for the fluid systems of our motor test rig and launch pad. Will be used to implement automatic refilling of the nitrous oxide accumulator tank.
One large roll of course-weave fiberglass, good for several airframes, ablative liners, and other components.
