Flight Science

Technical Report

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Group Name: 1. __________________________________

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Objective/Aim: . To investigate the relationship between _____________ and ___________________
Variables:
Independent

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Dependent

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Constant

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Apparatus/Materials:

Diagram: Technical Drawing

Side View

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Procedures:
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Top View

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Result/Data:
Front View

Discussion:
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Conclusion:
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Flight Science

Challenge questions
1.

Describe in detail how your groups rocket performed. Was it able to lift off the
ground?
How high did it go? Did it maintain stability? How did your rocket compare with
rockets made by your classmates?

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2. How could you improve your rocket to make it travel higher and farther? What
are some specific things you would change/alter?
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3. Describe how changing the weight would affect the flight of the rocket.
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4. How can we tell if the forces are balanced once the rocket is in flight?
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5. Describe how the rocket would fly without a nose cone. What would it do differently?
Why?
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6. Describe how the rocket would fly without fins. What would it do differently? Why?
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