FAR-OUT: A Hybrids and Liquids Rocketry Competition

Be part of the world’s first dedicated hybrids and liquids student rocketry competition.

FAR-OUT, or the Friends of Amateur Rocketry - Oxidizers Uninhibited Tournament is a grassroots, first-of-its-kind hybrids and liquids tournament being held by the Friends of Amateur Rocketry group in the Mojave Desert, California. In this competition, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hybrids, research hybrids, and research liquids compete to most accurately simulate their rocket engine’s performance, aiming to get their rocket and payload as close to a prior-simulated “contract” apogee as possible. Teams are grouped into three groups for scoring purposes: Group A (apogees of 5,000’ to 15,000’), Group B (20,000’ to 40,000’), Group C (50,000’ to 110,000’), with exhibition flights permitted up to 240,000’. Teams are also allowed to static fire at competition to display efficiency of their motors.

We also host a conference at the Stuart Witt Convention Center in partnership with the Mojave Air & Space Port, where teams showcase their designs via a poster session and podium presentations. We are also doing hybrid L1 and L2 certification launches during the launch days - learn more here!

This year’s competition will be held from Wednesday, May 28th to Monday, June 2nd, 2025. Our opening ceremony and conference will be on May 28th, with Thursday and Friday being setup/test days and Saturday, Sunday, and Monday being our launch days. Signups are open right now!

Learn more about our 2023-24 teams here.