For the building of the rocket I am still working with Savreen, and Evan which has been a lot of fun, but none of us were really sure what we wanted our final rocket to look like. After sitting together and brainstorming we came up with some ideas, and here they are.
Nose Cone: Evan is the one who came up with what our nose cone should look like, he said he wanted it to be pointed and made out of balsa wood. We aren't completely sure how to make a nose cone out of balsa wood, but quite a few students in our class have experience with this, so luckily we can turn to to our peers for help. Body Tube: I was the one who came up with the idea for our body tube, last year when I made a rocket I made the body using paper cut into strips and gluing them together. We also considered using a paper towel role, but Andrew recommended we all make our own body tube because it will turn out better. After all of that I thought that we should make our own body tube, Evan and Savreen both agreed with me. I think that our body should be around 15 inches because the motor we are using is the Trident Missile and it produced a large amount of thrust. Fins: Once again none of us were really sure what we wanted our fins to look like. After taking some inspiration from Autrina, Isabelle, and Elyse, Savreen thought that it would be best for our fins to be a clipped parallelogram shape. Savreen also recommended we use four fins, and if that is too heavy switch to three. Parachute, Shock Cord and Engine Housing: For the shock cord, we are going to cut one from an old rocket. Our parachute will be made from a trash bag that has holes punched through. Andrew told us that since our motor will fit perfectly into our body tube we wouldn't need any engine housing, but we will need a metal clip, to make sure everything stays in place.
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