Spring, 2017
Bottle Rocket Launch
For two or three classes, my class worked on bottle rockets. We paired up into teams of two, in order to complete the task quickly. I paired up with Madeleine E. The class brought their own bottles and printed a nose, a cone, and fins. Here is a video of our first launch.
Our first launch did not go so well, but after straightening the tip and re-gluing the fins on, our rocket launched very high. Unfortunately, we did not get a recording of the second launch. We do, however, have a slideshow of the process of building the rocket.
This is our cone design. We made it on Auto Cad and printed it using a laser printer.
This is our fin design with measurements. We also made it with Auto Cad and printed it using a laser printer.
This stand was created to stabilize the cone sitting on the top of the rocket.
This is the cone right after it has been cut out. All we had to do then was to just "peel" the shape out.
For our rocket, we chose to use three fins, spread evenly around the bottle. Here, the fins were just printed and ready to be taken out.
This is what our final bottle rocket looked like. All the pieces were attached with hot glue, tape, insta-cure, and _______ glue. The arrows point out where the cone stand and nose tip rests. The cone stand is on the inside of the bottle rocket, where it must lie flat to ensure a vertical cone. The cone tip rests at the top of the rocket to create aerodynamics.