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SUMMARY:The Falcon Rocket System and the development of rockets for the Bl
 oodhound project. - Daniel Jubb\, Co-Founder of the Falcon Rocket Project.
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CONTACT:Tim Wilkinson
DESCRIPTION:This is a joint IET/I Mech E/RaES event\n\nThe talk will cover
  various rocket projects\, through a history of Falcon. From the initial s
 tart as an amateur rocket project\, through the BLOODHOUND SSC land speed 
 record project and finally a summary of current developments and exciting 
 new technologies\, which are being tested at our Westcott facility.\n\nDan
 iel was born in Manchester in 1984 and has been interested in rockets from
  an early age. At 10 he received a model rocket kit\, and then launched hu
 ndreds of model rockets and then decided that he wanted to make much large
 r rockets to try to reach higher altitudes. In 1995 he and his grandfather
  Sid Guy founded The Falcon Project. Between 1996 and 1998 they built and 
 launched a number of rockets from the army ranges at Otterburn\, Northumbe
 rland. The capabilities of the rockets quickly exceed the maximum permitte
 d altitude for launches from Otterburn\, which was 20\,000 feet. The early
  rockets used commercially available rocket motors\, however we realised t
 hat to achieve our objective of reaching higher altitudes we would need to
  manufacture our own rocket motors. The Falcon Project set up a manufactur
 ing facility in the US and began manufacturing solid propellant rocket mot
 ors for commercial and military applications. We also established research
  programmes into liquid and hybrid propellant rocket engines. The Falcon P
 roject Ltd now designs and manufactures custom solid\, liquid and hybrid p
 ropellant rocket systems at facilities in the US and UK\, with application
 s ranging from mine disposal and target drones to high altitude research r
 ockets. My main experience is in rocket motor design\, propellant chemistr
 y and internal ballistics. He has worked with a wide range of explosives\,
  oxidizers and binders and has been involved with theoretical work\, model
 ling\, formulation development\, manufacture of propellants and explosives
  and trials work.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 0\, University of Cambridge Engineering Departmen
 t\, Trumpington Street\, Cambridge
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