Project Spartan Spear

A project in San Jose, CA by Project Spartan Spear
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SJSU students strive to design and test a 3D printed liquid fuel rocket engine to push the boundaries of the aerospace industry
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Backers: 54
Average Pledge Per Backer: $144

Funded: $7,801 of $25,000
Dates: Jan 28th -> Feb 27th (30 days)
Project By: Project Spartan Spear
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Latest News

Air-launch of nanosats for space development

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Contributor "RocketSciRick" is a mentor/advisor for the project. He's written his personal view of why the Spartan Spear project was started, specifically, the need it fills in space development.The original article can be found... (Read More)

New Regenerative Cooling Configuration

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
First, we want to extend our sincere gratitude to all of our backers.  Thank you for all of your support, it is really appreciated.  In the past few weeks, there have been some changes made to the configuration of our engine.  It came to our... (Read More)

Test Throat Section of Engine

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Press Tool for Cooling Tubes  The above tool was fabricated using a mill and was used to press our cooling tubes into the shape needed for the engine.  The cross sectional area remains fairly constant along the length of the tube.  The image... (Read More)

Cooling Tubes Test

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
This is a test we ran in order to determine whether silica bronze braze would hold under extreme temperatures with water running through the cooling tubes.  The torch was held to a cooling tube with no fluid running through it initially and then to... (Read More)

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