This was Morgan and I's third rocket, Rocket Around The Christmas Tree 3.0. It was a model rocket that was given to us by Andrew. We had to figure out how to put it together (the stickers mainly being the hardest part) and attach a motor given just before the launch.
Rocket Around The Christmas Tree 3.0, worked out amazingly. When we were launching, the wind on Fiesta Island was really strong, making us possibly not launch. We were going to test one of the smaller rockets from Brian's class, but they weren't as prepared as we were. We volunteered to go first, since I had to get picked up soon. It was really windy and I wasn't sure how it was going to work out. I was praying that it wouldn't hit someone's car or someone. Once it took off, it went straight up and started to just free fall. I got a little freaked out because JP showed us how to wrap the parachute and I was afraid it might have gotten tangled. The parachute ended coming out and our rocket was one of the only to be recovered. Most of the rockets drifted beyond the sand dunes to who-knows-where. It was hard to recover it because we mainly just guessed where it ended up. The orange parachute was a dead give away that it was our rocket because nothing else in the plain sand was orange.
If I were to do this again, I would do it on a day where it wasn't windy at all. I was a bother to find the rocket because it was extremely far away from the launch site. Our rocket didn't go as far right as the other rockets did and went more in front. I was happy to recover it in plants and not on top of someone's car or in the middle of the road.
One thing I learned from the rockets was how to properly fold a parachute the way professionals do it. JP showed us how to fold it and it was kind of a mess for a little plastic parachute. I'm pretty sure it would look neater if it was a normal parachute and made out of something that would stay instead of unfolding. It was a pretty good takeaway because Chase and Liam ended up not knowing how to fold heir parachute and I got to help them. It's was confusing how to fold it at first, but it was easy enough.
Rocket Around The Christmas Tree 3.0, worked out amazingly. When we were launching, the wind on Fiesta Island was really strong, making us possibly not launch. We were going to test one of the smaller rockets from Brian's class, but they weren't as prepared as we were. We volunteered to go first, since I had to get picked up soon. It was really windy and I wasn't sure how it was going to work out. I was praying that it wouldn't hit someone's car or someone. Once it took off, it went straight up and started to just free fall. I got a little freaked out because JP showed us how to wrap the parachute and I was afraid it might have gotten tangled. The parachute ended coming out and our rocket was one of the only to be recovered. Most of the rockets drifted beyond the sand dunes to who-knows-where. It was hard to recover it because we mainly just guessed where it ended up. The orange parachute was a dead give away that it was our rocket because nothing else in the plain sand was orange.
If I were to do this again, I would do it on a day where it wasn't windy at all. I was a bother to find the rocket because it was extremely far away from the launch site. Our rocket didn't go as far right as the other rockets did and went more in front. I was happy to recover it in plants and not on top of someone's car or in the middle of the road.
One thing I learned from the rockets was how to properly fold a parachute the way professionals do it. JP showed us how to fold it and it was kind of a mess for a little plastic parachute. I'm pretty sure it would look neater if it was a normal parachute and made out of something that would stay instead of unfolding. It was a pretty good takeaway because Chase and Liam ended up not knowing how to fold heir parachute and I got to help them. It's was confusing how to fold it at first, but it was easy enough.