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Green Rocketry

Chase chose rocketry as his 6th grade science project. It's been a hoot.
Airburst Mighty Missile, Digital Min/Max pressure gauge, Air Burst Rocket
Launcher (w FedEx ground still), polluted air, a bike pump, a shock pump,
a 12v tire pump, hours online, etc.

Hypothesis:
IF you increase Pressure or Volume
THEN the rocket's initial velocity and final height will increase
BECAUSE the PV product represents the energy lifting the rocket.

(The converse, inverse, and contrapositive are TRUE also.)


Vertical Motion Eqn:
h(t) = -16*t^2 + v0*t + h(0)
where
h(t) = height of rocket at time t
v0 = initial (and final) rocket velocity
h(0) = height of rocket at time t=0

v0 = 16*time_of_flight

(QuickTime can/did split the HD video clips into individual JPGs,
one per frame, showing the rockets in flight.)
Science Fair Poster Rocket at pump handle - 2' from impact: Fr#135 Tower Top: Fr#71 Rocket 18' up: Fr#15
Game Changer,  launch ready Rocket above fence, coming down: Fr#126 Modified Air Burst Mighty Missile Launcher Rocket starts up: Fr#8
ABRS Not Functioning Good 23Jan10 Launch Tube 1/2 sleeve - useful experiment ABMM Small Volume (4.5 in^3) Setup ABRS NFG results due to tip on left?
ABRS functioning well  24Jan10 ABMM Red/Yellow rocket going up Large Composite 5.43sec flight - view ORIGINAL  Frame grab a fraction of a second after the rocket launched.