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Rocket Lab

Hayley Petit Tyler Quick Elijah Quick


Mrs. Logan STEM

Problem
What rocket design will launch at least 6 feet in the air and have the longest air time?

Materials
2 File folders (for 3 fins and a nose cone) Scissors 2 Liter pop bottle Air pump Water Duct tape Spray paint Klinometer

Procedure
This group took a 2 liter pop bottle and attached 3 fins made out of a file folder onto a downward-facing bottle using duct tape. Then, we wrapped a piece of a file folder onto the bottom of the bottle into a cone shape for a nose cone and held it down with duct tape. After completed, the bottle was spray-painted with red and brown paint. Filled partially with water, the bottle then had air pumped into it using an air pump, and shot straight up into the air. A person standing 100 feet away used a klinometer to measure the angle in which it was at its highest point. Using the angle and the distance, the group calculated the height in which the rocket shot and a quadratic function modeling it.

Results
The rocket traveled for 2.86 seconds, flew 15 yards (45 feet), and at its highest point it had traveled 1.43 seconds and was at an angle of 30 degrees. The maximum height, when calculated, came out at 19.33 feet. The quadratic function associated with the rocket is y= -0.04x2 + 13.96x + 0.

Conclusion

The rocket we created did fairly well. It met all the criteria, and excelled the minimum of a launch height of 6 feet. Filling the bottle with water supports Newtons third law of motion, stating that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Having air pumped into the heavier object created the force needed to push it up into the air. The highest rocket had no fins, and, although it didnt meet all of the criteria, it had less air resistance, thus flying higher.

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