Certification Program
The HLA's professional development and skills building mission is acted out via two principal training programs:
- Sounding Rocket Design
- Solid Rocket Motor Testing
Sounding Rocket Design
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The Sounding Rocket Design Program is built around the Tripoli Rocket Association's Level Certification Program and the HLA's Sounding Rocket Design School. Participants 18 years and older complete the SRD School and attempt a Level 1 (L1) Certification Flight at METRA Rocket Club.
Participants 18 years and older who are L1 certified then go through the Advanced Sounding Rocket Design School and attempt a Level 2 (L2) Certification Flight at a TRA sanctioned launch at METRA Rocket Club. Once at the L2 level, the student is assigned into a Section in the HLA's Sounding Rocket Design Program and participates in experimental projects. To learn more about Tripoli, the Level Certification Program and METRA Rocket Club, see the links below: Tripoli Rocket Association: http://www.tripoli.org/ Level Certification: http://www.tripoli.org/Certification METRA Rocket Club: https://metrarocketclub.org/ |
CCNY students complete the first step in their high power rocketry journey: a Level 1 Certification flight. See below for the videos!
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Spring / Summer 2021 Build Season
Solid Rocket Motor Testing
Under the advisement of knowledgeable mentors, the HLA has begun educating itself in the science and art of potassium nitrate-sorbitol ("sugar rocket") solid rocket motor manufacturing and testing.
Unlike the Sounding Rocket Design Program, which benefits from the Tripoli Rocket Association Level Certification system, there is no such widely accepted training and education program for any kind of propulsion engineering.
As such, the HLA is not only working on learning the methods of solid rocket motor manufacturing but also on establishing a safe, rigorous and holistic training program.
The first static tests of HLA manufactured sugar motors are slated to take place no later than the end of 2021.
Unlike the Sounding Rocket Design Program, which benefits from the Tripoli Rocket Association Level Certification system, there is no such widely accepted training and education program for any kind of propulsion engineering.
As such, the HLA is not only working on learning the methods of solid rocket motor manufacturing but also on establishing a safe, rigorous and holistic training program.
The first static tests of HLA manufactured sugar motors are slated to take place no later than the end of 2021.
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Volunteers learn the basics of sugar motor manufacturing from a knowledgeable advisor and have a little fun in the process.