• ORCUS L3 Current Design - UPDATED: 16 December 2024 PROJECT: Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA) Level 3 Certification Rocket NAME: ORCUS is named after the Kuiper Belt dwarf planet 90482 Orcus. Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan and Roman mythology. TAP Mentors: Ben and Elaine Russell STRUCTURE ORCUS will be a simple dual-deployment rocket.  […]
• Go for construction - I’ve received the go-ahead to begin construction. A couple of changes: Since we all expect to be at Bayboro, NC, the last weekend in March 2024 for the full-scale test launch of UVA Rocketry‘s IREC rocket Sabre II, Ben suggested I do my flight there to remove the constraint of the 7000ft ceiling at BattlePark. […]
• ORCUS Level 3 Certification - (This is the original posting, now superseded…) PROJECT: Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA) Level 3 Certification Rocket NAME: ORCUS is named after the Kuiper Belt dwarf planet 90482 Orcus. Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan and Roman mythology. TAP Mentors: Ben and Elaine Russell OVERVIEW Like many other children […]