The BAHAR Project began when a couple of friends decided to start building rockets for fun in 1998. Since then a couple more people have joined the group and we have made lots of rocket related stuff. Our goal is to eventually put a satellite in space but we are starting with the basics for now! :)

Our first rocket which we call BFR I is being constructed now and hopefully we will be able to do some flight testing on it in the near future The BFR I vehicle is 7 feet long and 4.5 inches in diameter. It weighs 35 pounds at liftoff. It has a boost phase of 2500 pounds thrust for 3 seconds. The solid fuel motor uses a homemade fiberglass casing and a homemade ceramic nozzle. The complete payload capability of BFR I is 2 kg. It should carry this payload 120 km high when we balloon launch it from 100,000 feet.

The balloon launcher is used to carry our rocket up to a high altitude before we launch it. This will allow us to use a smaller rocket to reach a high apogee. If we wanted to launch to 120km from the ground we would need a much bigger rocket.

We are designing an electronic control package so we know what is going on when the rocket is out of sight range and also so it deploys its parachute and we have a chance of finding it with GPS. The computer monitors acceleration, air density, air temperature, and GPS NMEA strings. This computer will determine whether to terminate the flight and when to deploy the parachute as well as communicate with a computer on the ground. The data obtained during the flight is stored for physical download and is also sent to the ground stations via a two way radio.

Here is our contact info. Please feel free to send
us an email to let us know what you think of our rockets.
All ideas for improvement are very welcome.
The best designs appear when ideas are shared!

Rocket Research Organization 502-2361 Lam Circle Victoria, BC V8N-6K8 phone: 1-250-721-5274 fax: 1-250-474-0109 [email protected]

We are competing for the CATS prize. We started
competing late, but we will give it our best shot!
The contest closes November 8th 2000. Here is
a link to the CATS prize website and their logo.

CATS Prize

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