BIG HYBRID (2023)

UTK's highest impulse, thrust, and efficiency hybrid rocket engine ever.

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Overview

Big Hybrid was a test-fire-only engine program and never flew, but it became one of the most efficient student-built hybrid rocket engines ever developed at UTK.

Quick facts:

1,850 lbs - peak thrust.
1,200 lbs - average thrust.
7,250 lbf-s - impulse (half O-motor).
211 s - ISP
Aluminized Plastisol - Fuel
Nitrous Oxide - Oxidizer
11 ft - length, 5" Diameter