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Rocket Lab

Problem:
Find how high that each cap launches the rocket, the launch speed of each cap, and whether air resistance is significant

Hypothesis:
Air resistance is a factor in the times. It will make it take longer to go up than to come down.

Procedure:
Launch a rocket into the air and record the time it takes to go up and down. Use 4 different cap sizes (low, medium, high, and super). Do 3 trials with each cap, record the time, and average the time. Then, on the super and low caps, record the time it takes the rocket up and the time it takes it to go down.

Data:

Total Time
Cap Small Medium Large Super
Trial 1 (sec) 3.71...

Posted by: Joel Chibota

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