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The Winning Rockets

MMR Inc. The Winning Rockets. By: Matthew Leonard Mathew Parrott Raven Clark. 3-2-1 BLAST OFF!. Our Main Topics. Force, Angle, and Motion The History of Rockets Limitations What we Researched NASA Rocket Simulator Final Design. Force, Angle, and Motion.

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The Winning Rockets

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  1. MMR Inc. The Winning Rockets By: Matthew Leonard Mathew Parrott Raven Clark

  2. 3-2-1 BLAST OFF!

  3. Our Main Topics • Force, Angle, and Motion • The History of Rockets • Limitations • What we Researched • NASA Rocket Simulator • Final Design

  4. Force, Angle, and Motion • Using NASA’s Rocket Simulator our challenge was to make the rockets go as high and far as we could get them. • The pressure had to be 100 PSI to match the air compressor. • Certain angles had to be set using trial and error to determine the distance and height.

  5. Rocket History • A few examples of early rocket-like devices are: • Archytas in 400 B.C. (wooden bird) • In 100 B.C. Greek inventor created the “aeoplilie” (sphere kettle) • Chinese fireworks in 1232 (bamboo, arrows, gunpowder) Stories of rocket like things appear throughout history. It is said that the first rockets were accidents

  6. Limitations • Unlike the model rockets you may find at Wal-Mart, we had to build our rockets using only: • Balsa wood (for the fins) • Paper (for the body and nose) • White Glue (to hold it all together)

  7. Our Research • We had to look up fin designs because it is a vital piece of the rocket. • Without the right design the rocket won’t fly well

  8. More Research • We used the NASA Rocket Simulator to test how far and high the rocket would go by setting certain measurements like: • Length • Width • Air compression • Angles

  9. Final Design • When our rockets were finally complete the measurements ended up being: • 7 in. long on the body • 12 cm high on the fins • 5 cm wide on the fins • 2 in. on the nose Our rocket!!

  10. Thanks for Watching! In the end our rockets came out great! We were all very proud of our hard work and hope you enjoyed the presentation.

  11. References http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112188/history_of_rocketry.htmhttp://history.msfc.nasa.gov/rocketry http://search.nasa.gov/search/search.jsp?nasaInclude=rocket+simulator http://www.jamesyawn.com/modelrocket/fins/index.html Shivani Patel

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