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Team America Rocketry Challenge Progress

Report 11

By Amy Nguyen and Sidney Boakye

04/06/2017

Junior Physics Mentorship

Governors School @ Innovation Park

Objectives: To finish the construction of the rocket and conduct the qualifying test for the rocket.
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Materials and Methods

List of materials:

RockSim (rocket modeling software)

Rocket Nose Cone

Dialogue for the Past Two Weeks

Figure 1: The date to collect the qualification data was missed. The rocket was unable to be

flown in time.
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Figure 2: The RockSim simulation shows that, theoretically, the rocket would be able to fly.

Figure 3: The dimensions of the nose cone and what it would physically look like if it were 3D

printed.

As mentioned in Figure 1, the rocket was not fully completed and in turn could not flight
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before the unable to be built on time and the rocket was not flown. Because the deadline was

missed, the project is considered a failed project. Figure 2 was a RockSim simulation that

theoretically shows that if we had flown the rocket, it would fly 1,632 feet in the air. The nose

cone had been bought online as the 3D printer at the Governors school and the 3D printer at

base school were all unavailable due to the demand for other items to be 3D printed. In regards

to the testing, it has been discovered that notifying authorities before flying the rocket is not

needed as the rocket weighs less than three pounds and has little propellant.

Plan for the Next Two Weeks

Testing will be done during Spring Break and the last piece of the rocket would be

attached, the nose cone. Since the rocket was unable to be flown on time, four flight tests will be

conducted and the results will be analyzed for physics properties.This will be the project for the

remainder of the year.

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Data

RockSim Data:

Max altitude: 1632.84 ft

Max Velocity: 571.46 ft/sec

Time to apogee (Maximum altitude): 6.20 Seconds

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References

Engine Mount. (2007). Instructions for Building Model Rockets:Installing the Engine

Mount

When Building Model Rockets. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz1sRgRFvq8

Motor Mount. (2009). Retrieved July 20, 2009, from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyTu-r4j6wU

Rocketry One. (2008). Rocketry How-to Part 1: How Model Rockets Work.

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYh1pWHoQXE&t=2s

Rocketry Two. (2008). Rocketry How-to Part 2: Components for a Rocket.

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kAkitKKKlA

Rocketry Three. (2008). Rocketry How-to Part 3: Construction Techniques and

Supplies. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxQ7vGgXx5Y

Rocketry Four. (2008). Rocketry How-to Part 4: Finishing the Rocket's Fins.

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS021hCT3LU

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Rocketry Challenge. (2015). Team America Rocketry Challenge. Retrieved from

http://rocketcontest.org/

TARC 2016. (2016). TARC 2016 Video. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZZMcnH-WA8&t=7s