TIAT

"This Is A Test" (TIAT) is the Yellow Jacket Space Program's avionics and controls testbed launch vehicle designed for at least 4 test flights. Each flight will verify and validate YJSP's flight avionics software and control system. TIAT also allows us to model, test and control aerodynamics of launch environments. Tests will involve, in increasing difficulty, control in subsonic and supersonic flight conditions with roll, pitch, and yaw control utilizing canards.

Recovery

The Recovery section houses dual deploy altimeters of the drogue and main parachutes, with double redundancy, each equipped with over 25 feet of shock cord as well as GPS tracking and camera feeds of launch and pyro separations.

Controls

The Control section houses the Canard Can, a densely-packaged actuator-linkage assembly with servos to control the canards themselves. It also houses all test-critical avionics, including the TIAT Flight Computer, flight software, flight sensors, external interfaces, cabling, and much more!

Booster

The Booster is designed to be a modular NAR L2 section that propels our control payload to flight test conditions. It’s designed to accept several different commercial motors with no refurbishment necessary required to fly again.