Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Launch Day 2

Today was launch day number two. Adding special specifications to our rocket, in hopes of a longer and better flight for our water bottle rocket. Today we constructed a nose cone out of another bottle and wings approximatly 4 3/10 cm apart out of wood. As we launched our rocket we went to about 55 psi. Our rocket today didnt seem to go as planned as it stayed in the air for a short 3-4 seconds adding nothing to our previous flight time on day one. We realized that wood for the rocket is not a good material to use for the wings. The wood is too heavy and soaks up water which makes the rocket heavier. We need to find a better material such as plastic so that our flight time will be greater than today. Better modifications to our rocket will be thought out to make our bottle rocket fly higher.

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