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Student society Endeavour set a new record for the longest hot fire duration at the Race to Space National Propulsion Competition and won the Best Bi-Prop category.
Their Wee-Maxwell engine fired for 26 seconds, achieving an average thrust of 520 Newtons. The engine is the first student-developed bi-propellant liquid rocket engine in Scotland.
The Race to Space National Propulsion Competition, known for fostering future aerospace engineers, provided students across the UK with an unparalleled platform for practical experience. At the Westcott Space Cluster, participants had access to a professional rocket engine hot-fire test site, along with expert mentoring and networking opportunities directly connected to the UK's space industry.
The Maxwell team, which is one of four projects run by Endeavour, demonstrated their technical skills and showed the potential for student societies to contribute to the advancing space sector.
Stephen Spice, Team Maxwell co-lead and incoming Endeavour president said:
“Our Maxwell team has worked so hard to achieve this, it's a culmination of work done over the last few years. Massive thanks to the competition officials at Race to Space and Airborne Engineering, the University, and our sponsors such as Flowcopter for their support!”
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