Rocket Project
Rocket Reflection
The rocket exhibition went better than I thought it would go, even though my rocket kind of blew up, but overall I thought it was a great learning experience for me. When I was building the rocket with my partner I see now that we kind of slacked a little bit because when we ran into a problem we just said it would be ok. I think I’m proud of my rocket anyways because my partner and I did what we could to make our rocket fly. That didn’t happen and I think we could've
done more to make our rocket better in different ways.
Log
1. Log 1, day 6: Today we sanded our two bottles for attachment and attached our bottle to the other and put epoxy on the cut off section.
2. Log 2, day 7: today we put more epoxy on the cut off section to strengthen it and we sanded the sided to put our tube fins.
3. Log 3, day 8: Today we lost our fins and we are buying new ones. And we are cutting out our parachute today.
4. Log 4, day 9: We bought our fins and a new bottle for an extending rocket.
5. Log 5, day 10: Today we glued our fins on and lost our parachute.
6. Log 6, day 11: We glued our third bottle on and cut strings for the parachute.
7. Log 7, day 12: Today we put holes in the parachute and tied it to the stings.
8. Log 8, day 13: Today we attached our parachute to the rocket.
9. Log 9, day 14: Today I painted our rocket and made our nose cone.
The rocket exhibition went better than I thought it would go, even though my rocket kind of blew up, but overall I thought it was a great learning experience for me. When I was building the rocket with my partner I see now that we kind of slacked a little bit because when we ran into a problem we just said it would be ok. I think I’m proud of my rocket anyways because my partner and I did what we could to make our rocket fly. That didn’t happen and I think we could've
done more to make our rocket better in different ways.
Log
1. Log 1, day 6: Today we sanded our two bottles for attachment and attached our bottle to the other and put epoxy on the cut off section.
2. Log 2, day 7: today we put more epoxy on the cut off section to strengthen it and we sanded the sided to put our tube fins.
3. Log 3, day 8: Today we lost our fins and we are buying new ones. And we are cutting out our parachute today.
4. Log 4, day 9: We bought our fins and a new bottle for an extending rocket.
5. Log 5, day 10: Today we glued our fins on and lost our parachute.
6. Log 6, day 11: We glued our third bottle on and cut strings for the parachute.
7. Log 7, day 12: Today we put holes in the parachute and tied it to the stings.
8. Log 8, day 13: Today we attached our parachute to the rocket.
9. Log 9, day 14: Today I painted our rocket and made our nose cone.
Rocket specs and flight information
Conclusion
After the joyful building and launch of our rocket project we started our calculations. First my partner and I calculated our max apex angle by using tangent, which turned out to be 46 degrees. We also used to find the observer distance, which was 53m. We also calculated our max height by using the tangent method, which was 10.2m. We then calculated our actual velocity by multiplying how high the rocket flew, then by how long it stayed in the air, and it turned out to be 10.4m/s.
After the joyful building and launch of our rocket project we started our calculations. First my partner and I calculated our max apex angle by using tangent, which turned out to be 46 degrees. We also used to find the observer distance, which was 53m. We also calculated our max height by using the tangent method, which was 10.2m. We then calculated our actual velocity by multiplying how high the rocket flew, then by how long it stayed in the air, and it turned out to be 10.4m/s.