Rocket Project
Project Description:
In this project we built water rockets out of plastic bottles. We had two and a half weeks to build a rocket that had a working parachute, would hold pressure, not blow up, and look good. This project was a tied in to what we had been learning, which was about hang-time, acceleration, velocity, and other elements of motion.
Rocket Log
Day 1(10/17/11):
Goal: Figure out a design for a rocket.
Accomplished: sketched some designs.
Day 2(10/18/11):
Goal: Get material list and finish rocket drawing.
Accomplished: Finished Materials list and Rocket drawing
Day 3(10/20/11):
Goal: Start building rocket
Accomplished: Cut and put together the 2-liter bottles. And sanded down the smart water. Came up with idea for nose cone. Neuro bottle cap on top of 2 liter bottle top.
Day 4(10/25/11):
Goal: Cut fins, do pressure test
Accomplished: cut fins, did pressure test, found nosecone.
Day 5(10/26/11):
Goal: Get nosecone set up, attach fins, set up parachute, do water pressure test.
Accomplished: Cut flanges, built nosecone
Day 6(10/27/11):
Goal: Attach flanges and fins.
Accomplished: Attached fins and flanges.
Day 7(10/31/11)
Goal: Make parachute, reattach fins
Accomplished: Made parachute, reattached fins that fell off
Day 8(11/1/11)
Goal: Do launch test
Accomplished: Sanded nozzle and made sure it fit.
Day 9(11/2/11)
Goal: Do launch test
Accomplished: Launched rocket at 60 psi
Day 10(11/3/11)
Goal: Redo the parachute; reattach the fin that fell off.
Accomplished: Redid parachute, reattached fin.
Goal: Figure out a design for a rocket.
Accomplished: sketched some designs.
Day 2(10/18/11):
Goal: Get material list and finish rocket drawing.
Accomplished: Finished Materials list and Rocket drawing
Day 3(10/20/11):
Goal: Start building rocket
Accomplished: Cut and put together the 2-liter bottles. And sanded down the smart water. Came up with idea for nose cone. Neuro bottle cap on top of 2 liter bottle top.
Day 4(10/25/11):
Goal: Cut fins, do pressure test
Accomplished: cut fins, did pressure test, found nosecone.
Day 5(10/26/11):
Goal: Get nosecone set up, attach fins, set up parachute, do water pressure test.
Accomplished: Cut flanges, built nosecone
Day 6(10/27/11):
Goal: Attach flanges and fins.
Accomplished: Attached fins and flanges.
Day 7(10/31/11)
Goal: Make parachute, reattach fins
Accomplished: Made parachute, reattached fins that fell off
Day 8(11/1/11)
Goal: Do launch test
Accomplished: Sanded nozzle and made sure it fit.
Day 9(11/2/11)
Goal: Do launch test
Accomplished: Launched rocket at 60 psi
Day 10(11/3/11)
Goal: Redo the parachute; reattach the fin that fell off.
Accomplished: Redid parachute, reattached fin.
Dry Ice Cannon Lab
Quinn Haughey
Physics Mr. Heerschap 9/12/11 Title: Dry Ice Cannon
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