This Rocket is designed to carry the payload of an egg and calculate it's own max height. Fits a C-class engine. Uses an ADXL 345 accelerometer ran by an arduino pro mini and a 3.7V RC car battery to measure it's own height. Accelerometer records steadily in Z axis only because it sits inside the gimbal. Sand paper on tip is to reduce the drag coefficient (see related photo). The egg added a little too much weight to the tip. Once it was removed it flew like a beauty.
Launch Video:
http://youtu.be/qeUkx9SPBbU
Rocket was designed by Eric Smith (The Man, The Myth) and Dan Sluder (The Science Tutor)
| ADXL345_Basic.ino | 4.6KB | |
| double_integrate.m | 1.2KB | |
| EEREAD.ino | 1.1KB | |
| Final_Report.pdf | 11.6MB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_ENGINE_CAP-1.STL | 292.6KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_ENGINE_CHAMBER_W_FINS-1.STL | 369.1KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_FUSELAGE-1.STL | 14.9KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_GIMBAL_CHAMBER-1.STL | 450.2KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_GIMBAL_CHAMBER_CAP_W_PARACHUTE_MOUNT-1.STL | 110.6KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_GIMBAL_CHAMBER_TO_EGG_CHAMBER_UNION-1.STL | 46.4KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_NOSE-1.STL | 377.0KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_platform-1.STL | 1.4KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_ups-1.STL | 45.6KB | |
| Rocket_Built_-_upsups-1.STL | 69.2KB |
