BUILDING YOUR BOTTLE ROCKET

Look at the NASA website.
 http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/BottleRocket/about.htm

A Search of water bottle rockets will give you plenty of info and ideas. At a minimum you need a bottle, fins and nose cone after that you can get as fancy as you like. A few things to note: a. our launcher will not accept nozzles; b. using glue to attach things to the bottle may weaken it and cause it to explode; c. If the nose cone is made of hard materials, it should not be pointed for safety reasons; d. having a payload or parachute will add weight and take altitude off the flight (but may add fun).

YARMOUTH CLUB SHOOTS PAPER ROCKETS

 

The Yarmouth Middle School Rocket Club

Teacher Molly Smith with Etan, Henry Thomas and Paul

SUPER WATER ROCKETS

Article about governments efforts to use nano aluminum and water to power rockets.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090821163515.htm

Our Rocket Launchers

NATIONAL ROCKET CLUBS FOR SERIOUS ROCKETERS

This group uses rocket engines and multiple stages. They are not Pop Bottle people.
NATIONAL ROCKET CLUB FOR SERIOUS ROCKETERS

 Good site for information

 Interesting site with lots of information:
http://www.joecool.org/my_rockets.htm

Great Bottle Rocket Simulation

Try entering values as close to your rocket as possible.
http://extension.osu.edu/rockets//cgi-bin/design_zone.cgi

Try the same numbers with and without water and note the difference.

Next try some numbers to see about adding weight to the nose.

NASA has a simulator that works well but requires some downloading:
http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/BottleRocket/WRSimApplet/BRocket.html

Yarmouth Middle School Rocket Club

On Thursday, 11/4/10, the first of three MSSV rocketry session took place. A great time was had by all. In two weeks they will try their own homemade rockets.

Up, Up and Away

WELCOME

The MSSV Rocket Clubs are starting at Yarmouth Middle School.