Fuel: Black Powder
1/4" Nozzle
Full Core 3/16"
Peak Thrust: 29.68 grams
While doing this project we learned about all the different fuels and thrust of rockets. At the beginning of this project we had to plan what type of stuff we wanted in our rocket. When we launched our rocket it had a pretty powerful thrust in a short amount of time. At first we thought that it was going to exploded because when it first started it was a super powerful take off.
When doing this project one of the cool things we learned is making a amateur motor. It was cool to see that simple things can make a powerful motor. Also it was cool to see what everyone rocket would do with different fuels.
Research:
Black Powder Motor: "A black powder rocket motor propels a model rocket using black powder. Black powder rocket propellants consist of charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate. Adjustments can be made to the amount of each component to change the rate at which the blackpowder burns."- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_powder_rocket_motor
We chose to use black powder because it has a lot stronger thrust and is less likely to explode. When we launched our rocket it had one of the highest thrust it also didn't exploded.
Little T- Stands for burnout time in seconds.
3.43 was our burn out time.
Big T- Stands for Average Thrust
1/4" Nozzle
Full Core 3/16"
Peak Thrust: 29.68 grams
While doing this project we learned about all the different fuels and thrust of rockets. At the beginning of this project we had to plan what type of stuff we wanted in our rocket. When we launched our rocket it had a pretty powerful thrust in a short amount of time. At first we thought that it was going to exploded because when it first started it was a super powerful take off.
When doing this project one of the cool things we learned is making a amateur motor. It was cool to see that simple things can make a powerful motor. Also it was cool to see what everyone rocket would do with different fuels.
Research:
Black Powder Motor: "A black powder rocket motor propels a model rocket using black powder. Black powder rocket propellants consist of charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate. Adjustments can be made to the amount of each component to change the rate at which the blackpowder burns."- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_powder_rocket_motor
We chose to use black powder because it has a lot stronger thrust and is less likely to explode. When we launched our rocket it had one of the highest thrust it also didn't exploded.
Little T- Stands for burnout time in seconds.
3.43 was our burn out time.
Big T- Stands for Average Thrust