AP Physics Rocket

0:15 - skip the boring part

This was our AP Physics project for the year. We had planned on 3 launches, but a malfunction with the parachute cord caused a catastrophic failure upon impact with the ground. In short, it broke after the first launch. It was still great fun to build and then launch. It reached a peak altitude of 1,511 feet above the pad altitude, and reached a maximum speed of 360 feet per second, about 245 miles per hour.

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Science & Technology

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• model
• rocket
• amateur
• rocketry
• AP
• physics
• project
• launch
• crash

[Kroden35]

We had a small electronic board inside that used a pressure sensor to measure the air pressure as it went up. It also had an accelerometer. We calibrated it at 0 on the pad, then it recorded the changes and reported them back to us through a series of beeps and blinky lights once we recovered it.

[99F]

how did u find altitude and speed