Small Rockets

SS-Tooson Vehicle 1 was our first vehicle. This vehicle started its life with a relatively structurally unstable design and flew for the first time on an A8-3 motor and was successfully recovered. With this flight complete, the design was certified to fly again and was heavily reinforced with copious amounts of super glue. This time, a very overpowered E12-6 motor would be used for flight, providing a thrust to weight ratio of 29:1. The vehicle successfully lifted off and made it to engine shutdown but did not survive the power of the ejection charge. Flight 1 was not recorded, however flight 2 is available here.

SS-Tooson Vehicle 2 was our most unbelievable vehicle. It may not seem special, but it was found laying in the ground, trampled by hundreds of people. When it was found, it was missing a fin and the forward section of the main hull was completely destroyed. However, the rest of the rocket (miraculously) was salvagable. The vehicle underwent major repairs, with part of the forward section being cut off as a repair and much of the rocket being reinforced with thick sheets of paper internally to provide strength after the abuse it was put through. On December 15, 2023, SS-Tooson Vehicle 2 lifted off from our new launch pad and successfully made it through to engine burnout. It exploded at the same point as SS-Tooson Vehicle 1 and was not recovered. However, for us in the field, it was much more beautiful than the previous vehicle as we saw the explosion take place in the dark.

BAR Vehicle 1 is the second largest rocket we have launched and was the first time we almost recovered a rocket. BAR was powered by an E12-6 just like SS-Tooson Vehicle 1 and it flew on June 4, 2023. It executed its entire flight perfectly. BAR made it to parachute deployment and slowly drifted down all the way to its eventual landing site, which we could not access due to it being in private property. For this reason, we shifted our low power rocket launch site which will allow for recovery operations to be much more successful in the future.

BAR Vehicle 2 is the second BAR rocket, based off the Estes Olympus kit. This BAR was powered by a D12 on its first flight. It became the first ASA SXC rocket to fly successfully through all stages of flight and be recovered in good condition. This vehicle will be used to create BAR XL.

Our first next-generation, two stage BAR. It stands at 3 feet and 5.2 inches tall, with an E12-0 on the first stage and a D12-5 on the second stage. This rocket's first stage will be made of a shortened BAR Vehicle 2, with the second stage being BAR Vehicle 3, coupled by a custom tube coupler.