How to make a soda-bottle rocket launcher Text copyright 2001 Kevin Karplus. Images copyright 2001 Michele Hart. Design inspired by a similar launcher made by Manfred Warmuth. Permission to copy is granted for copies distributed for free‚ as long as this copyright notice is retained. This document can be found at http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus/abe/soda-bottle-rocket.pdf You need •about 6’ (2 meters) of 1/2” PVC water pipe •plumbing connectors for 1/2” PVC pipe: • 1 tee (two glue connections
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Introduction When Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen in 1774 and Joseph Priestley found oxygen in 1776‚ neither man would expect the effect these elements could have on modern science‚ namely rockets. But creating a rocket is just combining these two gases in a closed environment‚ and one spark. This lab exemplifies just that what happens when the gases H2 and O2 are chemically combined with a spark. In this lab‚ the objective was to see how far a pipette filled H2 and O2 could travel. One half
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and final velocities of an air powered projectile. Hypothesis: If the angle of the rocket is launched at 45 degrees than the distance and velocity will maximize. Materials: Rocket launching platform Rocket launcher Rocket body Air pump Safety goggles Rubber washer Nose cone 40‚ 45‚ 50‚ 55 and 60 angle wooden blocks Measuring wheel Procedure: 1. The rocket was assembled by the rocket launcher and screwed to the launching platform using two screws/washer/wing-nut set. 2
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von Braun can be known as one of the most important individuals to the development of modern rocketry. Wernher von Braun was instrumental in the development of liquid fueled rocket engines. He was also the head engineer of the V-2 missile. Wernher Von Braun played an important role in the development of liquid fueled rocket engines. One March 23‚ 1912 Wernher von Braun was born to the wealthy barons Emmy von Quistorp and Magnus von Braun. One of the most notable moments in his childhood was at
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The heated stem went up through pipes into the sphere and then escaped from two L-shaped openings on opposite sides of it. This propelled the sphere in a rotating motion. No one knows for sure when the first “real rockets” were invented. It is often speculated that the first rockets were mistakes‚ caused by the first century Chinese. They used a precursor to gunpowder that contained sulfur‚ saltpeter‚ and charcoal dust. This mixture was filled into tubes of bamboo and thrown into fires during religious
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October Sky Marion Eady The film October Sky (1999)‚ directed by Joe Johnson is based on a true story of Homer Hickman ( a coal miners son) who is inspired to build a rocket after the Russian launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into orbit. The film definitely focuses on the course theme of being a social outcast. This is explored in the film through three people‚ John Hickman (Homers Father)‚ the town of Coalwood and Mr.Turner (Homers principle). Firstly‚ John Hickman
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invented two of the most important rockets in the history of rockets‚ the V-2 and the Saturn V. Both of these rockets were very important to the development and furtherment of Missiles and Space Travel. Von Braun was born in 1912 in the Posen Province of then Germany. However after World War One this province was integrated into Poland. Early in his life‚ he stumbled on the book Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen by Hermann Oberth. Hermann Oberth writes: “The rockets... can be built so powerfully that
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Eva Elizondo English 99 July 2013 Final Draft Narrative Essay Silly Boys Girls Can Ride Rockets Too It was a warm summer day‚ as we were slaving away at Genie Industries. My son and I were both employed for Genie. It was just about time for the second shift to relieve us. A meaning my son should be walking in fairly soon. Just as I looked up‚ in trots my son‚ through hi bay three. Although the sun was shining brightly through the doors‚ which made his appear to be in a silhouette form‚
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gets thinner‚ lesser air enters the cylinder thereby chocking their efficiency to burn fuel. Rocket Engines Rocket engines produce the most power in the class of aircraft engines. They need so much of power in order to push the aircraft outside the gravitational pull of the earth. Rocket engines use a mixture of oxygen and a very combustible material to produce the thrust. The uniqueness of the rocket engine is that it carries its own oxygen to ignite its fuel. This is very different from the working
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of which was a Russian named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. He established the basics of rocket science. He made a rocket equation which determines the velocity of flight. That equation is still used today in modern rockets. Along with that‚ he also wrote the first theoretical description of an artificial satellite. The Germans also made a rocket called the A-4 rocket. It was first launched in 1942 and was the first rocket to reach space. It was also able to carry 2‚200 lbs of weight. Even though it was
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