First Stage:For this project Annika, Kazuha and I worked together. We started out by picking which rocket we would like to build out. There was one of two options, either the Cross Fire rocket or the Pay Loader. We went with the one that we thought looked the coolest, the Pay loader. After deciding which rocket we would like to build we began to do research on all the parts like the parachute and body tube. Here is a link to our research. We organized what we would like our time to look like as we go through this project in order to not get distracted. Second Stage:After we did all the research and got it approved by Andrew we began the building process. We started out by reading the instructions. Then began to piece together all of the parts. It was interesting to me to see how everything fit together, because this gave me a better understanding on how it all worked together in order to launch. A good example of this is the parachute, I saw how it fit inside of the body tube the motor would burn up and hit the ejection charge. When the ejection charges goes off it causes the parachute to eject and this provides the rocket with a safer more stable landing. While we were piecing everything together I was in charge of placing the fins were they belonged. Annika and kazuha took the measurements I cut and clued in order to make sure they stayed in place. This was the longest part of our process, because it took the fins a long time to dry and then we noticed they were crooked, this would cause the rocket to not fly as well, so we took them off and replaced them. After everything was put together we decorated it and waited for launch day. SS BaeBray its name:) Final LaunchFor the final launch we launched it at Fiesta Island. THis was a really cool experience, because I had never seen a rocket be launched. Annika and I went first. We shot off our rocket and it went out of view, so far infact it ended up about 10 feet away from the water which was on the opposite side of where we were. When we found our rocket everything had gone off correctly. The parachute went off correctly which caused the top to come off which is normal. The motor was still intact and nothing had been broken. The only damages was to the body tube which had a few dents, but nothing that made it unable to fly again. Something that I was very curious about after launching my rocket was how far did it go? I am really curious to how height and far the rocket actually went. If i were to do this experiment again I would really to like to document these things. I would also like to build a rocket from scratch, so I can figure out for myself exactly how everything works together in order to for it to fly correctly. I really enjoyed working with Annika and I feel like we make really good partners. I think overall we performed really well in order to make this project work. Taking out of this project I would really like to start taking notes as I go through my experiments, because I don't always blog right away and its hard to remember everything that happened and how I felt. I really enjoyed doing this, a lot more then I suspected and think that more rocketry will be fun to do.
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