Rebel Rockets-Day 6

Today we tested to make sure the parachute would eject since it didn't last time. We duck taped it to a tree and lit it off, and the chute popped out, so we're hoping that with the less wadding and the less tightly packed cone the next time we will have success. We also continued to look for a better way of folding the parachute and continued to build more rockets. We should probably be able to launch another next time.

-Mike B.

Today we continued to test the parachute and build more fuselages. We tested the parachute by taping a fuselage with a parachute and a C6-O rocket inside of it and the cone on top to a tree. We then ignited the fuse to the engine and the rocket engine's backwards propulsion was great enough to shoot the cone and the parachute into the air. The next step is a launch with a successful parachute ejection. This is an important part of our experiment as we will have delicate equipment inside the rocket and will need the parachute to eject.

-Scott

We tested our parachute apparatus today and it worked this time as it failed when we fired our first rocket. We have a feeling that the cone was to compact to allow pressure to make it eject. What we did was we taped a fuselage to a tree with an engine and lit it off with the parachute attached. It managed to come lose this time. We also found the best way to fold the parachute so it will unfold properly when it ejects by testing the parachute some more. Hopefully we will be able to test to see if the parachute works properly in a real launch so our accelerometer won't be damaged.

-Kushal

Today we were concerned mostly with making sure that the second charge of the engine would eject the parachute without problem. To accurately observe the actions of the rocket we attached it to a small tree with copious amounts of duct tape and lit it. The deployment system functioned without problem, giving us good hope for the next test.

-Mike S.