Project Sparkmaker is a high-power project with the goal of consistently flying rockets past Mach 1, the speed of sound and learning about their flight characterisitcs. Project Sparkmaker takes everything that I learned from Project 767 and uses it to optimize newer rockets to fly faster than I have flown anything before. The major goals of this project are:

• Achieve speeds higher than Mach 1 (343 m/s or 767 mph)

• Consistently recover rockets in flightworthy condition

• Fly and test a miniaturized data recorder

• Gain more high-power experience

• Learn more about supersonic rocket design

• Record data from multiple supersonic flights

Project Sparkmaker is a personal project, but I will likely launch many flights with Purdue Space Program!