ERPL Liquids Propulsion Team

Currently the Liquids team at ERPL is working on the Escape Velocity 1 (EV-1) craft which is part of the Aquila project. The ultimate goal is to fulfill Embry Riddle Aeronautical University’s long term orbital launch initiative which involves being the first university to place a nano-satellite into orbit. Members of the team work on areas such as fuel feed systems, ignition, recovery, launch support equipment (i.e. launch tower and test stands) and recovery systems. EV-1 started out as a senior design project and then ERPL took over as the senior design classes began working on the next generation EV-2. This means that anyone of any experience, freshman to seniors, novice to experienced, can jump in and work on a real rocket that will fly meet specific launch goals and ultimately be launched to 10,000 ft. by the end of 2011 if all goes well. We have all majors participating from Aerospace engineers, software, safety, business and pilots.