Today, we were to get our groups together for the rocket project. In this project, we will design rocket motors to put in rockets that we design in our groups and see how well they turn out in the end. These project groups will last until the end of the 4th section. I decided to work with Garrett yesterday so today we started doing research. First, we had to figure out what kind of rocket motors we wanted. The two options we had were to make core motors or end burners. After, we also searched about what kind of substance we can use as the fuel in our rockets. We found that black powder was often used in end-burning motors and that sugar can be used for a core motor.
Garrett had the idea that we should use a core motor for the top part of the rocket, and use sugar in it. Next, he said that the bottom part should be end burning and that it should be filled with black powder. I thought that it was a good idea, so that's what we're going to try during the testing phase. We decided that we were going to make it so that 30% was sugar and 70% is black powder.
Garrett had the idea that we should use a core motor for the top part of the rocket, and use sugar in it. Next, he said that the bottom part should be end burning and that it should be filled with black powder. I thought that it was a good idea, so that's what we're going to try during the testing phase. We decided that we were going to make it so that 30% was sugar and 70% is black powder.