The first thing I did for this project was pick a partner. I chose someone that I work well with and can trust to do the work required. Once I chose a partner, we started sketching designs for what we wanted the rocket motor to be like. The sheet we did this work on is pictured below.
When I started this project I knew nothing about rockets. I had seen them made before but, I didn't know how to make it myself. Since I didn't know anything about rocket motors, I decided to research it. Below is a photo of the research that I did.
The static test of our rocket went really well. Our average thrust was 11.25 newtons and our total impulse was 1,148.18.
When we were doing the static test we were kind of scared because when we made the rocket it did not look completely right. Then when it worked we were excited because we made it on our own. Even though it looked like it worked really well, we wished that it would have lasted longer.
The cross sectional area of the rocket we want to build is .001256637061.
The mass of the rocket will be 150 grams.
Our peak altitude should be 200 feet.
For now we do not have any interesting ideas for our rocket but, we are thinking of some.
Overall I enjoyed this project. I found that I have learned a lot from doing this work. I liked how we had a chance to explore this topic on our own. I felt like I had a choice of what I was doing, instead of having to work on a project that I didn't want to do.
I worked well with my partner. I feel like I made a good choice of people to work with. I'm looking forward to working with him during the next section.
Now I feel confident in making motors and how they work. I have loved doing this and have considered doing something with chemistry later in my life.