Monday, May 21, 2012

Data from rocket simulator





DATA SHEET

Flight One
Flight Two
Body:
Payload Height (cm): 1.905 cm
Nozzle Radius (cm): 0.9525 cm
Fairing: Yes
Fairing radius (cm): 0.032 g/cs
Nose Cone:
Shape: Conical
Material: Hollow Plastic
Propulsion:
Water (liters): ?
Pressure (KPa): ?
Fin Design:
Fin Height: 3.81 cm
Fin Shape: trapezoidal
Number of Fins: 3
Fin Dimensions:
2.54 by 3.81 by 0
Body:
Payload Height (cm): 1.905 cm
Nozzle Radius (cm): 0.9525 cm
Fairing: Yes
Fairing radius (cm):  0.032 g/cs
Nose Cone:
Shape: Conical
Material: Gray Cardboard
Propulsion:
Water (liters): ?
Pressure (KPa): ?
Fin Design:
Fin Height: 3.81 cm
Fin Shape: trapezoidal
Number of Fins: 3
Fin Dimensions: 2.54 by 3.81 by 0
Launch Stats:
Max Altitude (m): 7
Max Velocity (m/s): 13
Launch Stats:
Max Altitude (m): 37
Max Velocity (m/s): 27
 This is my data...I used all of the same variables for everything except in the second flight I changed the nose cone material. It made a huge difference. When we build our rockets we are going to make our nose cone out of cardboard because it makes it cut through the air better and increases its velocity.

#1 Rocket Research

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=1376fd8bd1407475&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Dca71049099%26view%3Datt%26th%3D1376fd8bd1407475%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26zw&sig=AHIEtbRYuCLf99rkTcMXFZGxMuo7ei-IRw

This is my research from today...there are a lot of pros and cons to the size and shape of the fins. What do you think we should use? Also in the man's video I got this info from he does not use a closed pressure chamber...we will have to modify his design because we do not have anything to weld the bottles back together. For this experiment we will need two bottles, a weight (rubber band ball), poster card (for the nose) and a scale...I can get a rubber band ball and possibly a few bottles. I can also get the poster board...could you (Addison) bring a few other bottles for different shape types? Thanks :)