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193717 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.193717 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2024-05 44 pages Reese, Jackson Cruz Lozano, Ricardo Murthy, Raghavendra Barrett, The Honors College Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program Text The objective of this project was to test new construction and launch methods for high-powered model rocketry. The two new methods that this project aimed to use were parallel staging and 3D printing. Research was done on different filaments and carbon fiber filled filament was chosen and tensile tests were done. Errors occurred with this filament and PETG was picked as the new filament. A rocket was initially designed in OpenRocket, later modeled in SolidWorks and then printed using various 3D printers. The connection method for the side boosters required several iterations. Once a design was chosen, the separation was tested prior to launch. Black powder was chosen as the method to separate the side and main boosters and several tests were conducted to finalize the final quantity of black powder to be used for separation. Once the rocket was printed and the separation mechanism tested, the rocket was launched. The launch was not a complete success. The two side boosters did not ignite at the same time causing the rocket to spin out of control. However, safety measures that were incorporated allowed the rocket to burn out the side booster without the main booster igniting, preventing any further hazards. It was concluded that an additional igniter and a rail system for launch would need to be used for future launches. 3D Printing rocket High-Powered Rocketry Parallel Staging Practical Applications for 3D Printing in Model Rocketry with Parallel Staging