Friday, March 2, 2012
Blogpost #3
today we had our second real day of rocketeering, we were required to have two launches,one with just a stock soda bottle and then another with some modifiers and to record our results. we had a very short time for unmodified time of about 3 seconds. we added four fins to try and prevent our rocket from wobbling through the air. we also added a very simple type of nose cone. this also acted as a way for our rocket to be elongated slightly so that it would also be more stable. the nose cone made the rocket much more aerodynamic so that it would cut through the air faster giving it more time before it hit the ground. at the end of the day (figuratively speaking of course, it was only one period) our adjustments bought us an additional 1 second of air time for our rocket, not bad for first adjust ments!!
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Glad to hear that your modifications are successful so far! As you begin to add different modifiers, you will see what works best for your rocket. Shelly and I are going to add 4 fins and a nose cone as well. Hope it can increase our time too!
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