Bottle Rocket Lab

In the bottle rocket lab, our rocket was able to achieve lift off after filling it with water and compressed air. We estimated that our rocket went thirteen and one half meters into the air for an awesome six seconds. When we launched our rocket, it followed a parabolic arch from the launch pad to the landing area. As our rocket was flying through the air, it maintained its stability through the air due to the fins that were on the side of the rocket which helped to push the air in an even streamlined path behind the tail of the rocket. Our rocket came second in height achieved and furthest in distance displaced.
We built our rocket the way that we did because we felt it would launch higher up than the rest of our competitors rockets could. We used the tri-fin design on our rocket because we felt that it would work
The group which was most successful in height achieved was also the heaviest of the bottle rocket designs, which means that had more weight to the rocket, the winds’ normals forces would have had a lesser effect on and not pushed it off course and made it unstable as much. The added weight also gave their rocket more momentum, because of the increased weight, which helped there rocket travel further up into the air. The fins we made for our rocket were are of our own design rather than following a template and weren’t perfectly symmetrical on the body of the rocket. If we had added more weight and attached the fins better, the rocket would go higher due to the increased momentum from the increased weight and the increased stability due to the air passing over the fins symmetrically. Also if we had used increased pressure, the rocket would have gone higher due to the greater force at which the water and the air would have escaped with. The increased force would have pushed the rocket harder, increasing flight time, height, and