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| gailem |
 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: Pop Bottle Rocket |
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Ok, my class is doing a pop bottle rocket project and I was wondering how much weight, water, and pressure (must be 1 to 60 psi) does it need to reach the maximum time in air. Also the size of the parachute and length of a string to hold the parachute.
This project consist of a 2-liter bottle to hold the water, a piece of another 2-liter bottle to store the parachute, a parachute, a cone, 2-4 tails. Our objective is to launch the rocket and the longest airborne wins.
| Skiyk wrote: |
Gailem is my partner in RL for this project.
What he means to say is that we know how to build it but it's a competition against other students and we are wondering how to "jazz" it up so we can win. |
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| SteveF |
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| Skiyk |
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Gailem is my partner in RL for this project.
What he means to say is that we know how to build it but it's a competition against other students and we are wondering how to "jazz" it up so we can win.
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| William McCormick |
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Pop Bottle Rocket |
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| gailem wrote: |
Ok, my class is doing a pop bottle rocket project and I was wondering how much weight, water, and pressure (must be 1 to 60 psi) does it need to reach the maximum time in air. Also the size of the parachute and length of a string to hold the parachute.
This project consist of a 2-liter bottle to hold the water, a piece of another 2-liter bottle to store the parachute, a parachute, a cone, 2-4 tails. Our objective is to launch the rocket and the longest airborne wins.
| Skiyk wrote: |
Gailem is my partner in RL for this project.
What he means to say is that we know how to build it but it's a competition against other students and we are wondering how to "jazz" it up so we can win. |
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Can you get some liquid carbon dioxide and mix it with the water? Or is that cheating?
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| Skiyk |
| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure we could get it in there...
Thanks. Nothing like carbon if you want an explosion. That's why you never shake a pop can.
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| Alc |
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| how are you launching the rocket? how will you apply the air pressure? |
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