Sunday, May 27, 2012

Making are nose cone

This is are rockets body and are soon to be nose cone.

Are nose cone idea.

Getting are nose cone to say on.

Making it heavier and look better.
We soon learned that it was still not heavy enough so we cut the top of the nose cone back opened, and stuffed it with pare. Then we taped it back up.

The final touches.

Trying to make are fins

This was a design for the fins.
Are first idea was to us old cards. We soon learned after drawing that the fins they were too small.


So then we debited to us cardboard. Then we destined that it would be a good idea, yet it was still too small.
Finally we got are perfect fins, that were made from cardboard.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Flight One 
Body:
Payload height (cm): 9.288
Nozzle radius (cm): 0.095
Fairing: Yes plastic
Fairing radius: 0.0070
Nose Cone:Shape: conical

 Material: card board
Propulsion: 0.005
Water (mil.liter): half full

Pressure (kPa): 27.951
Fin Design:
Fin high: 5.0

Fin shape: Trapezoidal
Number of fins: 3

Launch Stats:
Max Altitude (ft):7ft

Max velocity (ft/s):  -5.838
Flight two8.
Body:
Payload height (cm):5.0

Nozzle radius (cm): 4.0
Fairing: Yes sponger
Fairing radius:0.0070
Nose Cone:
Shape:conical

 Material: solid balsa
Propulsion:
Water (mil.liter): 50.025
Pressure (kPa): 27.951


Fin Design:
Fin high:5.0

Fin shape: Trapezoidal
Number of fins: 4

Launch Stats:
Max Altitude (ft): 7

Max velocity (ft/s):  5.895

Monday, May 21, 2012

Water Rocket Sim. Prototype

Water Rocket Sim. Prototype
Flight One  
Body:
Payload height (cm): 6.772
Nozzle radius (cm): 3.97
Fairing: Yes plastic
Fairing radius: 0.0070

Nose Cone:
Shape: Parabolic
Material: Solid Plastic
Propulsion:
Water (mil.liter): 54.05
Pressure (kPa): 35.2

Fin Design:
Fin high: 4.965
Fin shape: Trapezoidal
Number of fins: 3

Launch Stats:
Max Altitude (ft): 12
Max velocity (ft/s):  27.6 upward

Flight two
Body:
Payload height (cm): 5.756
Nozzle radius (cm): 1.584
Fairing: Yes sponger
Fairing radius: 1.086

Nose Cone:
Shape: Parabolic
Material: Foam

Propulsion:
Water (mil.liter): 50.025
Pressure (kPa): 50.22

Fin Design:
Fin high: 4.338
Fin shape: Trapezoidal
Number of fins: 3

Launch Stats:
Max Altitude (ft): 83
Max velocity (ft/s):  473.1 upward

Nose Cones, And Fins

Nose Cones
There are three type of cone conical, parabolic and ogive. Are group desisted to use the parabolic because it has less drag then the other cones yet, it has more surface area.  This nose cone is long and has a round point at the top. The ogive is long and rounded, and as for the conical it is like a triangle it side is angled then comes to gather a point on the top.

Fins
The fins are you to stable the rocket my group saw that there were 3 types of fins. We decided that we would use the second won on the list because it seemed to look the most aerodynamic.



Observations

 Bottle                                                                    Water                                Observations    
 2L                                                                          All Full                             The bottle did not go very far and when the bottle went up it curved.
 2L                                                                          ½ Full                               It went pretty far but not super high up but not low.                                                      
 2L                                                                          ¼ Full                               It went about ½ as much as the ½ full 2L and came down slow.
 2L                                                                          20%                                 Went as high as the ½ 2L and, went up pretty straight up.
 2L                                                                          None Full                         It went low then came tumbled down
 1L                                                                          ½ Full                               Low and, then it tumbled down
 1L                                                                          ¼ Full                               Low and curved a lot as it tumbled down.                                                                                                                                                            
 1L Different shape                                                ¼ Full                               Medium low yet, not a lot of tumbling on the way down.    
 Made rocket                                                          ¼ Full                              Went far but, not high.