First off, sorry the video is sideways. I didnʻt realize I was holding my iPhone the wrong way while recording. But anyways, this was probably the most depressing day for our group. We fixed it up, put all the fins on, and expected that the rocket was going to perform as good as it did the last time we launched it. But as you can see from this video of our best launch of the day, it didnʻt go so well. Our rocket either didnʻt go high, or the parachute didnʻt deploy, or we forgot to hook it up correctly and every launch was just a mess, and it confused me an Noah. We were frustrated because we didnʻt understand what was wrong. We tried less water, more water, more pressure, loosening the nose cone, tightening the nose cone, but we just couldnʻt get our rocket to perform as well as our first two launches, minus the launch that exploded.
The weather was horrible; the rain poured, and it was very muddy, and every time we launched our rocket we got splattered in mud. It was GREAT, except for our shitty launches. Our rockets usually got between 11 and 25 seconds of air time, but it seemed that today, our final day to launch, was our worst day of launching rockets. If we were given more time, maybe two more days to recreate, and launch another rocket, I believe our group could exceed our previous attempts at launching outstanding rockets.
Posted by (Darin and Noah)
The best time for our rocket was around six seconds, and these six seconds was either because the parachute would not deploy or because the rocket did not get enough height. I believe that the weather was a factor in our rockets demise, but it wasn't the key component of why it didn't perform to its full potential. Besides the rain and the wind, i think that our rocket may have weighed to much. The fins were taped, to add more stability but it may have put our rocket over the edge, plus the size of the fins added additional weight. If you were to ever take a look at our rocket, previous and past the fins were held down with hot glue. We wanted our rocket to last, and not fall apart. But even with all the added glue, the fins would still fall off and added excess weight. In addition the the weight factor, there was the parachute problem we were having. The parachute would seem to deploy either to late or to early. When it deploys to early that means the rocket didn't reach it's highest point. And when it deploys to late, the parachute doesn't get to really affect the flight of the rocket.
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