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UTA Aero Mavs September 2025 Newsletter 

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05 Oct, 2025 12:42

Rocketry: 
General Updates: 
❖  We started manufacturing! An initial layup for the upper section of our 2026 IREC 
vehicle was conducted. However, it will have to be redone due to poor quality. 
❖ Conducted a tensile test of fiberglass samples and extracted in-plane material properties 
for use in structural analysis. 
❖ CAD has been completed for all payload components and for most of the components of 
the subscale test vehicle. 
❖ Developed a MATLAB and Simulink model that models the roll dynamics of the vehicle + 
roll control. 
❖ Started tuning PID gains,   
❖ There are about 15 people actively attending and working on the L1 program. This last 
weekend 3 members attended a launch in Oklahoma. There was one successful L1 
launch and certification. 
Upcoming plans: 
❖ ASAP 
➢ Finalize selection of servos and prepare for upcoming assembly and launch of 
the subscale vehicle..  
❖ Manufacturing 
➢ Upper tube layup will be redone. Preparations have begun for the coupler and 
lower tube layups. 
Next workdays: 
❖ ASAP will focus on tuning PID to prepare for flight test, as well as working with the ES 
team to code PID and integrate electronics into the vehicle.  
❖ Payload team is in the process of making the electronics bay.

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