If I had the chance to rebuild my rocket, I would change a couple of things. One aspect of my rocket I would change is that I would use an auto funnel instead of a paper nose cone. Many bottle rockets that were a success had an auto funnel so I would be curious to re-fly my rocket using an auto funnel to see if there is any chance of a better result. I cut up a medium sized eraser and put it at the tip of the paper nose cone to add weight. I would add more weight to the tip just to see the effects because I only used a small amount of erasers. Something I would keep is the shape of my fins. Instead of doing the typical triangular shaped fin, I designed more of an irregular shape and I think that helped me a lot. I also made the fin angled 2 cm to the right in order to cause a spin. The spin helped me go further and I am glad I made that modification to my rocket. My fin was made out of balsa wood rather than cardboard or regular wood. The balsa wood I used was very thick and sturdy rather than what other people used which is a thin balsa wood. This stayed on better when I hot glued it and it did not come off or move at all during the flight. …show more content…
They all did their design slightly different than mine but in the end we all got the same grade. One thing Nihar did different than me was that he used 5 cardboard fins, when I only used 2 balsa wood ones. Nihar’s bottle rocket had a great spiral and flew for a long time in the air. I think his worked well because the 5 fins caused it to fly far and for a longer time. His flew for 4.31 seconds and went very close to the school. Both our bottle rockets had balsa wood which may be why we had similar
Personally Saturday nights are my favorite, and I followed the same routine every weekend. So why would this weekend be any different? My room felt cozy as I looked up time to time to see my twinkling Christmas lights I leave up all year. I loved how the sweet scent of vanilla filled up the plain air of my bedroom. Wearing my biggest sweatshirt that dangled at my fingertips, I sat on my bed leaning comfortably on my pillows. Every now and then, the sound of a notification would break the sound of silence. This is how I preferred my Saturday nights to be.
At the beginning of this assignment, both McKenna and I had no idea how to build a bottle rocket. After visiting several websites and researching multiple ways of making it, we settled on a single bottle rocket with a rounded nose cone and three fins. This was chosen because it was the easiest model to create and that meant a less likely chance of messing up. We were just concerned with getting the rocket into the air. The rounded nose cone was created by layering paper and then rolling it and folding it in way that fit around the bottle and was not a completely pointed cone. We then layered it with duct tape to keep it somewhat stable. Before attaching it to the bottle, we put five fishing weights in the top and then stuffed the remaining space with paper. After that, an outrageous amount of duct tape was used to put the nose cone in place. Following that we started to work on the fins. There were two different fin shapes that we tried. The first was a long skinny triangle. The second type was a rather wide triangle with two of the corners chopped off a bit. Each of them was cut out of cardboard and was then covered in duct tape in order to keep the cardboard from getting wet and
The first launch went 500cm and I had to flick it off with my nail. I had to do that because it was leaking. The second launch went 500cm it went the same distance as the first launch but didn’t have to flick it off with my nail. The last launch went 568cm and it hit the cabinet. The average launch distance for 3mL of baking soda was 522.7cm.
The final agreed design would feature a reusable spaceplane, a disposable external tank and reusable solid-fuel rocket boosters. The ALT-12 mission was a success by being the first free flight of the space shuttle enterprise.The whole purpose of this mission was just to test the boundaries and flaws that the space shuttle had
Just recently, In the Months leading up to the culmination of the X-Prize there were two serious contenders for the fabled X PRIZE, A rocket known by its builders as Wild Fire, and an airplane referred to buy its builders as, Space Ship 1. "The da Vinci Project, led by Brian Feeney of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, registered as a contender for the X PRIZE on June 2, 2000." (About the da Vinci Project). Their Craft Wild Fire has a flight plan that first consists of the rocket being hoisted to 24 km. (80,000 feet) via hot air balloon, at which point the rocket slung under the balloon at an 80 degree angel, from the horizon, fires and hopefully delivers the rocket and crew into space. The manner in which the da Vinci Project went about reentry is somewhat low tech, "A reentry chute is deployed T plus 15 seconds after apogee and includes the base area high temperature cone which doubles as the landing absorption cushion to protect the engines." Unfortunately this team had some funding problems causing them to deviate slightly form their original plan of attack which did not include the hot air balloon (What happens during the Actual Flights).
Ultimately, Rocket Boys is about much more than rockets. As Hickam states, "Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my hometown was at war with itself over its children and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives. I didn't know that if a girl broke your heart, another girl, virtuous at least in spirit, could mend it on the same night. And I didn't know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a divergent passage was added. The other boys discovered their own truths when we built our rockets, but those were mine."
Robert Hutchings Goddard is an American rocketry pioneer; he is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. In 1926, Goddard had constructed and successfully tested the first rocket that uses liquid fuel. The flight of Goddard’s rocket on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Massachusetts, was as significant step to improving rockets. The first culture that started to experiment with rockets was the Chinese, the date reporting the first use of rockets was in 1232. The earliest rockets were used by the Chinese to defend their home from the Mongols by shooting a barrage of "arrows of flying fire.". They started to fill gunpowder into bamboo tubes, then they put the gunpowder filled tubes on arrows and began to launch them they eventually found that the gas can launch the arrows. When the
Guided rockets were one of Germany's most essential specialized accomplishments amid World War II. Rockets and rockets have been a piece of fighting since the late 1700's. At the episode of World War II, German experimenter Wernher von Braun and others had as of now been progressing in the direction of rockets for space investigation. The German government started supporting rocket inquire about in 1932, trusting rockets could be utilized as weapons, and by 1941 German researchers were trying a rocket called the Vergeltungswaffe 1 (Vengeance 1). This rocket, created by architect Robert Lisserr, utilized an extraordinary sort of stream motor and depended on a mechanical kind of "autopilot" for direction. There was no resistance, in any case,
Robert H Goddard invented the rocket by March 16, 1926. Goddard was interested in aerodynamics, he enrolled at University Polytechnic Institute with studies of mathematic, mechanics, and astronomy. He received his 13.5 degree, M.A. Degree, and Ph. D and later found himself in the university. After experimenting Goddard found that it applied with Newton’s third law of motion. Culture such as the chines and Mongols used "Chines Rocket-arrows" according to NASA, however the rockets were used as fireworks. Later the invention improved it Europe and England. Robert H. Goddard was interested in reaching higher altitudes since then the rocket became the first satellite called "Sputniks" was launched astronauts into space conquering future
There can only be one best type and style of rocket. In order to have the best type and style of rocket it needs the correct fuel so the rocket has enough thrust to fly high. A rocket needs the right shape and size in order to fly straight and be aerodynamic. Another element rocket need are fins and it needs to be the right shape, position and size so it can help the rocket fly. The nose piece shape and size of a rocket is also important because the rocket needs to have no edges so there is less air drag and the nose piece stops that.
The parachute of the bottle rocket deployed. It worked because it wasn’t “stuffed” into the nose cone. If it was, however, it would be stuck in the nose cone and not deploy. Even though the parachute deployed, it didn’t help the rocket decelerate too much. It was most likely because the parachute wasn’t big enough. If the parachute was made larger, the time of flight for the rocket would’ve increased.
Develop new technologies, techniques, and procedures for launch vehicle and spacecraft development and construction to minimize the creation of orbital
You need to submit a science project soon, but unfortunately you procrastinated so bad that you don’t have much time to do a complicated project. Or maybe you just want to learn about simple science by doing an easy fun project. Either way, it would be perfect to do this balloon rocket project that’s both easy and fun. This essay will explain how to successfully make a simple Balloon Rocket, which is typically used as a science experiment. The initial main step to making a balloon rocket is collecting the materials from a nearby store or arts and crafts shop. The second main step is to set up the experiment in your home or wherever you are making the balloon rocket. The last step is to conduct the experiment and record the data on different aspects of the experiment.
The first rockets we know about were used in China in the 1200s. These solid rockets were used for fireworks. Armies also used them in wars. In the next 700 years, people made bigger and better solid rockets. Many of these were used for wars too. In 1969, the United States launched the first men to land on the moon using a Saturn V
I never really thought about where my life was going. I always believed life took me where I wanted to go, I never thought that I was the one who took myself were I wanted to go. Once I entered high school I changed the way I thought. This is why I chose to go to college. I believe that college will give me the keys to unlock the doors of life. This way I can choose for myself where I go instead of someone choosing for me.