First Launch Summary

Today was our first launch without any excess materials to help our bottle float in the air. We learned how to launch our water rocket and how to prepare our water bottle rocket so that we can get our rocket in flight.(video 3) We added around 1/4-1/3 of water into our water bottle. We pumped our bottle around 38 psi (less than 40) as shown in the video 1. Our first launch launched our water bottle rocket into the air for about 3-4 seconds.(video 2) For a bottle rocket, 3-4 seconds without any excess materials seemed pretty decent. The only problem that we need to try and fix is to shoot the bottle rocket straight into the air and not at an angle. The straighter the rocket goes the maximum height our rocket could reach. As shown in video 2 the bottle rocket goes decently straight into the air. We need to find a permanent strategy so the bottle rocket always goes straight into the air. Creating a more stable rocket might be a strategy but we will figure out whats best when we start adding our different types of material to our bottle rocket.