Rocket reflection
In this exhibition, many rockets went to good heights including my partner and I’s second rocket. Our second rocket had a very good height although the parachute did not deploy and it was not our competing rocket we are still proud of its height capabilities. The first rocket in our queue was our two-stage rocket, that rocket spiraled out of control when the second stage fired. This exhibition has had a positive impact on me by showing me how to cope with failure. Also, it showed me to learn from mistakes.
This exhibition could be changed by possibly increasing the pressure of the rockets as well as to give more info on what works and does not work for two stage rockets from the instructor. This exhibition could be changed for me by having more pressure tests and more time for improvements after the preliminary launch. Some of the ideas that were total fails were the two stage rockets although those could be highly improved to create fantastic rockets. Next time I may work only on a single one-stage rocket that would go super high and have a deployed parachute that sets the rocket gently to the ground. If I were to use any other ideas that I saw at the exhibition would be to create a fiberglass nose cone to top our rocket with a good pointed tip along with a small overlap past the rocket’s edge to blow off the nose cone and release the parachute. Also, I would use a longer fin design to create more balance and better airflow. Next time I would create a better fin design
Apollo 52How the rocket worksNewton’s First law helped our rocket to fly. An object at rest (Rocket) will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force (pressurized water escaping the bottle). An object in motion (rocket flying) will stay in motion unless acted on by an out-side force (gravity). This had helped our rocket by propelling our rocket through the air twice with two different stages. Newton’s second law states that the force vector is the same as acceleration vector. That means that when we pressurize the bottle the force is building and in turn the acceleration will be building until released. When released the acceleration is at its highest point. This acceleration is what drives our rocket forward and up. Newton’s third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that when the water is escaping from the bottle at high speeds the equal force is propelling the rocket upward also the opposite reaction is also propelling the rocket upward. |
Physics Rocket Exhibition
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