Designed and constructed over the course of the 2016-2017 NASA Student Launch season, "Typhon Heavy" was River City Rocketry's most sophisticated and powerful rocket ever built. The rocket, weighing 51lbs and standing 12 feet tall, produced 700lbs of thrust and experienced 15 g’s during liftoff, accelerating the rocket to 560mph in 2.3 seconds. Constructed from custom filament wound carbon fiber components, the rocket carried a dynamic apogee-targeting airbraking system, an autonomous multirotor payload designed for target detection and upright landing, and 4 custom parachutes manufactured by the team. The final configuration of the rocket featured in the video was flown for its fifth and final time at NASA competition launch on April 8th, 2017. The rocket reached an apogee of 5,303 feet, a mere 23 feet from the team’s target altitude of 1 mile, making it the most accurate flight in River City Rocketry's 6-year history. The design and performance of Typhon Heavy earned Best Vehicle Design Award, and landed the River City Rocketry its first ever NASA Student Launch victory, earning the team a 1st place finish against 40 other teams from across the nation.