Today was launch day for our rocket. My partners were Bijan S. and Trent. Our goal was to build a working model rocket that after launch, would come down with it's own parachute. Build Notes: To build our model rocket we had to first assemble the engine mount. To build the engine mount, we had to hold different pieces together for the gorilla glue to dry. Once fully hardened over night, we were able to move on to the next step of assembling the fins. This was more difficult than the motor mount because the fins had much less surface area for the glue to grab. After some trial and error we were able to mount all three fins on very solid. Final step was to make the parachute device. We did this by tying the parachute to the nose piece, and then a thick rubber band from the nose piece to the body of the rocket. Now that our rocket was built, we were able to pack our parachute and rubber band into the rocket itself. Trent then went to Fiesta island with some other students launching rockets and launched our model rocket.
Performance Notes: I think our rocket performed very well. We got our desired results and learned lots of useful information on rocketry and the chemistry behind it. When the motor is launched, it spits off power to the rocket, and since the rocket is guided by the launch pad, the rocket has more of a tendency to go straight up. And as shown in the video, ours did just that. Once it started to descend, the nose piece comes off and lets the parachute open up instantly, safely gliding it down back to earth.
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