Conclusion

Of our three rocket flights, our first was the most successful.  We reached a height of 67 feet with the rocket separation, successful parachute opening, and a safe egg landing.  The only downside of our launch was not hitting the 75 feet mark, though 67 feet is still respectable. Our second was moderately successful with everything working as planned, except the rocket went even lower (59 feet).  Our third launch was our least successful, while we did launch 123 feet, the rocket did not separate, no parachute deployment, and an unsafe egg landing. The biggest thing to change for next time is to figure out a standardized combination on how much parachute to leave out and how tight to put the top half on the bottom.  This is the part of the rocket that was completely variable each test. A standardized “happy-medium” of how tight to put the top half on and parachute hanging out would allow us to successfully reach the 75 feet mark with separation, parachute deployment, and a safe landing. Overall, we greatly enjoyed this project as it allowed us to put to test in the field in an experimental environment, what we were learning in the classroom.  We were able to have creative freedom with much of the rocket design, allowing our group to work together to assemble a product of which we were all extremely proud.

Parts

Rocket Creation – Whole Team

Goals – Jake

Materials and Procedure – Jake

Results – Jake

Pictures – Oriel

Calculations – Buddy and Oriel

Conclusion – Buddy

Blog – Buddy