🚀 NL AQUILO Rocket Team Interview from 🎓 Inholland University Delft Rocketry in Netherlands
11🚀 Full #interview rocketry conversation with the AQUILO Rocket Team from the Inholland University of Applied Sciences. The team, comprising Kristian Georgiev, Rob Lampe, Conan Butler, Barbora Frynta, Óscar García de La Granja, and Ioannis Neofytos, shared their insights and experiences in rocket design and their ambitions for #EuRoC.
https://youtu.be/kdrShVSWiKM
We discussed various aspects of their team and university life, focusing on their innovative bi-stage rocket design. They emphasized the importance of comprehensive project documentation for future generations and the value of real-world testing and analysis, using high-quality DAQ systems (they're also fans of 🔺Dewesoft, just like me!).
Their journey from conceptualizing to creating complex rocket projects is a story of passion, teamwork, and relentless pursuit of knowledge. With a robust team structure, they're working on ambitious projects like the AQUILO 7, a supersonic rocket, and AQUILO 8, featuring their self-developed stage separation system and AQUILO 9 with airbrake system.
Their approach to recruitment, focusing on skills and personality, ensures a cohesive and driven team dynamic. The members get to specialize in various departments like Electronics, Propulsion, Recovery, and Structural, gaining hands-on experience in real-life engineering challenges. It's inspiring to see how they balance their rigorous academic commitments with their passion for rocketry. Their goals for the future are as sky-high as their rockets, with aspirations to participate in EuRoC 2025 and design a completely new rocket for the competition.
This conversation was not just about rockets; it was about the essence of engineering and innovation. Their advice for aspiring rocketeers? Start doing, embrace failures as learning opportunities, and stay curious. Their story shows the power of youthful ambition and the relentless pursuit of engineering excellence. Here's to the AQUILO Rocket Team and their journey to new heights in rocketry!
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - 🏁 How did your team start & grow?
01:39 - 🎓About Your University in what is different from TU Delft?
02:48 - 📲#Networking 💼 and job opportunities after university?
04:43 - Your Team🎯Goals &⛳Roadmap What are your active projects?
05:15 - Plan for EuRoC 2025
05:47 - The Aquilo 8 rocket
06:00 - 🤝#Recruitment and how #candidates can join your team
09:16 - 🧰What can members learn from your team (skills and using tools)?
13:41 - 📐Your rocket design process from concept to launch
15:14 - The importance of Data acquisition and real test
16:11 - 📚 The importance of technical documentation
16:53 - 🕵️ How do you test and measure the performance of your rockets? Do you use the data acquisition system DAQ?
17:50 - 🚀How and where we test our rocket
18:19 - 👫The Experimental Rocketry and Space Community in the Netherlands
19:42 - 🚀 Bremen Space Tech Expo event 📅
20:17 - Collaboration with nearby DARE Rocket Team
21:15 - Sharing info and experience with the rocketry community
21:45 - 📢#PR #PublicRelations How do you #promote your team online/offline
22:48 - 📢 The greatest PR tool is attending events
24:16 - 🗼 At the Space Expo we met 600 companies and we have a Pisa tower of business cards!
27:23 - 🏆Your #EuRoC experiences and plans?
28:45 - 🏆 What were some of the biggest challenges you faced while designing and building your rocket for EuRoC?
29:21 - 🏆 What are your goals for the EuRoC competition?
29:43 - 🏆 Are you willing to join another Rocket Competition?
30:53 - 🚀 How do you see rocketry evolving in the future
32:05 - More info about your Rocket
35:36 - 💰How much cost to build?
37:39 - 🔨 How much do you build your rocket?
38:43 - What 💻#Software in use to #design the engine
39:50 - ⚡Electronics sensor and #PCB 🛫#Avionics
41:22 - 🪂Recovery System, and separation mechanism
41:55 - 🧊Payload and 🥼Scientific Experiments
45:05 - 😂Do you like and play #KSP 👽Kerbal Space Program?
47:13 - 📢 Team Big Announcement or dream
47:45 - We are an international team and there will be a flag on the rocket for each nation
48:31 - 🐣 Advice to young rocketeers/space makers
49:40 - 🎬Favorite Space movies ▶ Favorites YouTubers
51:06 - 😎 Questions for me
52:10 - 🔺 DEWESoft Collaboration
🚀 AQUILO Rocket Team is a student-led team of Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Delft, the Netherlands. AQUILO aims to construct launch-able, composite rockets with the long-term goal of building in-house rockets.
👔 Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/aquilo-rocket-team/
🌐 Website http://www.aquilodelft.com
📸 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aquilorocketteam
📺 My YouTube Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpvmhNDLhZP8r_SQ9k84UCF8fLU7OfZZ8
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