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Intro- For this project in Pre-Calc we used the skills that we've been learning to create water bottle rockets to shoot off. We constructed these water bottle rockets to investigate parabolic motion.
Rocket Design
Rocket Design
Design/ Cone- This was our original design, we ended up following through with all our plans, and added more parts such as an aluminum head to allow it to pierce the upwards atmosphere easier.
Wings and Fins- After research and watching previous rocket bottle videos we decided on straight parallel structures for our wings, with a total of three.
Rocket Bottle
Rocket Bottle
This was our final result for our water bottle rocket.
Rocket Video
Rocket Video
During our rocket launch we recorded it, and also found it highest angle using an app called Angle Pro. Our total time in air was about six seconds.
Height
Height
To find the height we used trigonometric equations with the results above.
Trigonometric Height
Trigonometric Height
To find this we had to use an specific equation which was multiplying 90 by tan(50) and adding the height of the person who recorded the angle.
Parabola of Rocket
Parabola of Rocket
To find the parabolic shape we used this equation, (80)x- 16x^2.
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