Rebel Rockets-Day 18

Today, we finished putting together the rocket that we started on yesterday. We added the fins, and they were spaced out almost perfectly. A better way of fitting the cone into the wider fuselage was made, and it made it look neater. This rocket had more padding on the inside than the last rocket, so this one was a bit heavier. We went to launch this rocket, with the accelerometer inside. The rocket did not travel very high at all. It probably went around 30-40 feet in the air. We would want the rocket to travel higher, however, since we are running out of time, we just need to get stuff done already. We then hooked up the accelerometer to the computer and then got the graph it outputted.

-Christian

Today we launched the rocket that we had begun work on yesterday. Probably due to the increased padding, this one traveled only about 40 feet in the air. Normally we would try to increase this, but due to our time constraints we will have to be satisfied with this height. We also downloaded the data from the accelerometer, and it again seems to have given us good data.

-Mike S.

We finished up the rocket we were making yesterday and it looks good. The fuselage was sturdy, the fins were spaced properly, and the accelerometer was padded and fit well. We also improved on how we placed the cone in the fuselage. We went to the school to test the rocket out but the rocket only went up around 30 feet. Then we went and outputted the graph from the accelerometer to our computer and the data gave us a similar graph as last time.

-Kushal

We worked on creating more rockets and then proceeded to doing another test launch. The rocket was built well and was sturdy, with extra packing to protect the accelerometer. The problem was that the extra packing added more weight, and so the rocket did not launch very high. This may not be a true problem, however, because the low height makes it easy to recover and keeps the accelerometer safe. Later in the day, we linked the accelerometer to the computer and got the data. It seemed to have worked out well and we will now be able to move on.

-Scott

We were able to do a new launch today. There was extra padding in the rocket to protect the rocket. Unfortunately, this caused the rocket to be heavier. This caused the rocket to go at a lower height. This helped to keep the rocket safer. It will also cause our data to have smaller changes. This will make the data harder to determine. I still believe that the rocket will work . The tests will work and we fill find out which variables will help the most.

-Ben W.

We did another launch today. We put a lot of padding in it just to be safe, but we think this made the rocket heavier so it didn't go as high. But this kept the rocket safer at least. However, the problem is is that this may make data harder to compare since we don't have the same amount of padding in each of the rockets, oh well.

-Mike B.