Rebel Rockets - Day 14

After receiving the accelerometer we realized how much larger we needed to make our rockets. In order to do this we needed something with a larger diameter to wrap the paper around. To do this Mike See used a piece of wood and a lathe and created a dowel with an inch and 3/4 diameter. We then constructed a fuselage using this dowel. It's not as sturdy as the other ones because it's a larger area, but hopefully it will hold. Also, we needed larger cones so we went to the hobby shop to look for larger ones, we got some, but they still aren't large enough so we have to find another way to attach them.

-Mike B.

Because we were unable to find any circular objects with a suitable diameter for our rocket I used a lathe to create a dowel of about 1 and 3/4 inches in diameter. Using the same technique as for our other rockets we then created a fuselage. The increased surface area caused a decrease in structural rigidity, but it is still acceptable for our purposes. We then went to the hobby shop to find larger cones. The cones that we bought were larger than those we were using previously but still not large enough for our current fuselage, so we will need to find some way to attach them securely.

-Mike S.

In order to fit the accelerometer into our rocket we had to find an object to model our fuselage after. Since we couldn't find one with the appropriate diameter, Mike See had to make a dowel with a lathe. We ended up making a fuselage with a large enough diameter to fit the accelerometer but it was not very sturdy. Later we went to the hobby shop to buy larger cones. We did find larger cones but they were not wide enough to properly fit them in the fuselage. Yet we can still find a way to secure them well.

-Kushal

The accelerometer is larger than we expected and this presented some problems. We needed to make wider fuselages to fit the accelerometer. We also needed something cylindrical to wrap the paper around. We decided we needed to lathe a dowel to a diameter of 1.75 in. Mike did that as others went to get larger cones. The cones were smaller than we needed and we will have to adjust to that. The fuselage that was made is very flimsy and may also present a problem.

-Scott

We obtained the accelerometer. We found that it was larger than we had originally anticipated. We had to make a larger rocket to fit it in. We could not find a larger dowel, so we had to create one out of a piece of wood. The larger fuselage causes the rocket to be weaker. This means that we may have trouble with the rocket falling apart. The new rocket is 1 and 3/4 inches high.

-Ben W.