This subteam is responsible for the design and construction of the rocket's airframe, as well as modeling the flight performance. Advanced composite techniques are used in construction of the fins, body tubes, couplers, and nose cone. Flight simulation, structural analysis, and computational fluid dynamics are all used on this team, making for an excellent balance of exiting hands on work as well as technical design.

Avionics mean airborne electronics, and this subteam is responsible for the creation and integration of our on-board computers that locate the rocket and trigger the parachute deployment events. Custom PCB design and manufacture, power systems, wiring, and RF engineering are all activities that you might find on avionics.

The mechanical subteam designs and builds the internal strcutre of the rocket, including the thrust structure, mounting plates, and bulkheads. Structural FEA simulations, CAD, and machining are all skills you can develop while working on the mechanical subteam!

There's no point in building a rocket without sending something up in it! Payload creates a brand new scientific experiment each year to fly as part of the payload challenge at our competitions. This is an extremely multi-disciplinary team with a lot of opportunity for creativity, as the payload is very open-ended. Previous experiments include a magnetic gradiometry sensor that measured the changes in the earth's magnetic field, and a proof of concept dark matter particle detector.

This subteam creates and develops a business case for the technology development category at the Launch Canada competition. This subteam, like Payload, is very multi-disciplinary and allows for a lot of creativity! Last year's project was a black box.