Woomera test ahead of scramjet flights

University of Queensland scientists will fly a baby rocket at Woomera, South Australia in early October this year to test new systems ahead of next year’s full-scale scramjet engine experimental flights.

The new flight, using a tiny, reusable payload weighing only 5.8kg, will be known as HyShot Zuni I (or HyShot ZI).

Members of the HyShot international program Dr Ross Paull and Mr Myles Frost will use the HyShot ZI payload, which will be attached to a 1.5m Zuni single stage rocket, to explore notions for controlling high-speed vehicles during the small-scale test.