Authors: Kevin Ge, Daniel Vayman
This paper details the design, fabrication, and operation of UTD’s first liquid rocket engine. The engine was built in under 4 months with less than $2000 as a prototype solely for static fires and was not meant for flight. Successes, failures, and future improvements will be discussed.
This paper is meant to provide serious amateur rocketeers with a detailed build process of a fully operational liquid rocket engine. Reference equations and physical concepts may be covered briefly but full derivations and in-depth explanations will be linked in the footnotes.