Rocket Project
Rocket Log
Entry 1, Day 6- Todays focus will be installing the nose cone on our rocket.
Entry 2, Day 7- We now will put together and install a parachute.
Entry 3, Day 8- The objective today is to start crafting the wings.
Entry 4, Day 9- Now is the time to refine the wings and rocket.
Entry 5, Day 10- At this point, we will name and decorate the rocket.
Entry 6, Day 11- Today, we will test fire our rocket.
Entry 7, Day 12- Our rocket blew up. We are going to work our DPs.
Entry 8, Day 13- We are now exempt from the exhibition, and we are going to work on our DPs.
Entry 2, Day 7- We now will put together and install a parachute.
Entry 3, Day 8- The objective today is to start crafting the wings.
Entry 4, Day 9- Now is the time to refine the wings and rocket.
Entry 5, Day 10- At this point, we will name and decorate the rocket.
Entry 6, Day 11- Today, we will test fire our rocket.
Entry 7, Day 12- Our rocket blew up. We are going to work our DPs.
Entry 8, Day 13- We are now exempt from the exhibition, and we are going to work on our DPs.
Data Table
Reflection
Unfortunately, our rocket blew two days before exhibition, so we ended up being exempt from the exhibition due to that and other sports related reasons. Over the course of the project, things went really well. That includes the building of the rocket, the partner I worked with, the overall process of the project, etc. Although one thing that I could go back and change is the pressure chamber of the rocket. We think the cause to the explosion was a crack on the bottom of the bottle that had gone unnoticed.
Some helpful advice that I would give to next years builders is to be very ambitious throughout the course of the project. If I had been more into the project, my partner and I could have maybe noticed the problem with the rocket, before test firing it, and then have constructed a new rocket, and attended the exhibition. I learned that I need to raise my ambition level in all projects, whether it be in physics, humanities, Spanish, or any other class that Animas High School provides. Being motivated and ambitious in school is exremley helpful, especially in high school.
Some helpful advice that I would give to next years builders is to be very ambitious throughout the course of the project. If I had been more into the project, my partner and I could have maybe noticed the problem with the rocket, before test firing it, and then have constructed a new rocket, and attended the exhibition. I learned that I need to raise my ambition level in all projects, whether it be in physics, humanities, Spanish, or any other class that Animas High School provides. Being motivated and ambitious in school is exremley helpful, especially in high school.
Conclusion
First, we had classmates step back about 53 meters and they recorded the angle. Our angle was 12 degrees. We then found the maximum height, and to get that we had to calculate 53 time the tangent of 12. To find the average velocity in m/s,we had to find the distance divided by actual time. When calculating the hang time and theoretical hang time in seconds, we had to take the square root of the max height, divided by ½ of the acceleration. Then, for the percent error calculation, we took the actual flight time minus the theoretical flight time divided by the theoretical time. And we multiplied that by 100% to find the percent error. Our actual flight time is 4.23 seconds and the theoretical flight time was 3.03 seconds. Our rocket did not fly well, so we ended up with a lower flight time.