Final Blog

This was our final launch, and it did not go as planned. We filled our bottle with about 1/3 of soapy water and pumped 60 psi into it. This was the same measures or water and psi as we used for our last two launches. This launch was timed at 5.23 seconds. Although this was devastating for our team, it was also a learning experience. We realized that we needed to make our parachute so that it deployed better. It probably had something to do with the way we folded it. Also we could have made the nose cone better so it fell off faster and gave the parachute more time to deploy. We put water weight on the top so that it would be more stable and go higher. Unfortunately, the weather was not the best and the water and wind had a big impact on our launch. If we were to have another launch, we would use it little less water weight and improve upon our parachute deployment. Also we would add bigger fins for more stability and maybe elongate the rocket.


Here are some link that contributed a lot to our rocket construction:


-http://www.tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html


-http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,20258045,00.html


-http://home.comcast.net/~timhesterberg/WaterRockets.html


Even though our water bottle rocket launches were not consistent with well planned and successful launches we have learned how to take criticism and also learned how to take others ideas and opinions into consideration. We have worked well as a team. GO TEAM BRONSON AND TYLER!!!

Day 5

Today was our final day. We made a rocket with the combined ideas we had last time. This however did not go as planned. The pouring rain could have been a contributing factor to this disastrous launch. When we launched our new rocket. The parachute deployed but stuck together because of the massive amounts of water that it was drenched with. This launch was only for a mere 5.23 seconds. We needed to reach 10 seconds to achieve our goal. I think the weather is a big contributing factor to the success of our launch. Unfortunately the weather was not on our side today. Hopefully we can make the necessary improvements and get a much better launch, if the weather permits, tomorrow.

Day 4

Today was launch #4, Me and Tyler had combined our thoughts and observations from our two different rockets on Day 3. We both thought that are rocket would be superior to our other classmates.... EPIC FAIL!! Our water bottle rocket didn't even pass the our day 3 launch time. What we did wrong was, putting water mass at the tip of our rocket. Our rocket didn't get to launch to a high altitude and also when it started to descend down the parachute wasn't able to keep the bottle rocket elevated long enough. the parachute did no good because the mass of the rocket was too much. We will work on a new rocket for Day 5. It will be bigger and better

Day #3

Today was day number 3. Bronson decided that his rocket was best, so i made a second rocket to see who's was better. Bronson's rocket was the same as day two, with a parachute add on. My rocket however had water in the tip to add mass. The time of Bronson's rocket was 6.98 seconds. The time of my rocket was 7.96. Therefore showing that my rocket building skills are superior to Bronson's. After testing our rockets, we decided to put our ideas together to make a good team rocket. This will consist of a parachute with water on the top. The extra mass will propel the rocket higher and the parachute will keep it in the air longer. But we will come back to day #4 with a new rocket and a new design.

DAY 2: The Legend of the Lost Bottle Rocket

The day 2 launch was a very successful, but yet stressful and heartbreaking. Me and Tyler's Bottle Rocket took off in an angle which made it end up in the rain gutter of Konia building. At first, we didnt know where our rocket went so we went on our adventure searching for it. It tooks us more then 20 minutes to find out that it actually ended up on the roof of Konia. We are not sure if we could ever make another bottle rocket as perfect as the first. But during the launch we will make sure the bottle is facing straight up and down.

Launch Day #2

This was our second launch day and Bronson and I came out ready to succeed. We brought another bottle and cut our old bottle in half. Then attached the top to the bottom of the new bottom. This created a nose cone for our aircraft. Then we used the hot glue gun to glue on fins. There were four fins in all, equally spaced around our rocket. Then it was launch time. We quickly hurried down to konia field where we set up. I pumped the rocket many times and as Varde pulled the string I knew it would be a winner. The rocket went straight up and we lost sight of it. So Bronson and I spent the rest of the period looking for our missing rocket. But finally, when all hope was lost, we spotted the rocket in the gutter of the Konia building. This launch was a huge success for the height and air time, but at the same time, quite unfortunate as to the rocket landing on the roof. So we will make a new and improved rocket and bring it ready for launch day #3.

Water Bottle Rocket Launch

This was me and Tylers first launch on Konia Field. The main reason to this complete failure was due to the pressure from the crowd and Tylers pulling technique of the string. When the bottle landed flat on the ground I was waiting for it to launch, it took a while but it did. We filled the bottle with a little amount of water with the thought that with less water, there would be less mass which would increase the hight that the bottle reaches and would increase the duration of time it would stay in the air. Our second water bottle rocket launch was much better then our first launch. More effort was put into this launch and the main improvement was that it actually went into the air, and not on the ground like our first attempt. Tomorrow will be better because we will be adding our modifications. CANT WAIT!!