Launch Number Juan!

February 28 was our first bottle rocket launching! We learned how to launch and completed two successful attempts. During the first launch our bottle had 500mL of water and was released at 40psi. Our second try had about 700mL and released at 42psi. Our coke bottle had no modifications which means no fins or any additions that could enhance the period of time our rocket was in the air. When we released our first rocket it went into the air for 4 whole seconds! The second time our rocket stayed in the air for 4.5 seconds! From these two attempts we can say that an increase of water and slight increase of pressure will increase airtime.

Videos:
Right = Attempt #1
Left = Attempt #2

Rocket Power!

Remember that show Rocket Power? Ya, the one with that boy who had the orange dreads and the Hawaiian named Tito. Their theme song starts with, "We are riders, on a mission". That's us. We are on a mission to get our bottle rockets to stay in the air as long as possible. The link that Trevor posted, http://www.patrickcole.com/aiw/imd140/project.htm was a great intro on how to actually make a bottle rocket. We will use this resource to get started. Then the link that I posted, http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=2144, we can use to make adjustments to make our rocket as best we can. This link helps to answer questions such as how much water to use and how to use fins so that the rocket will perform as well as it can. This is our first Team H2 Whoa pic. Hopefully we will be this excited when the bottle rocket test is complete.