Do you mean one solid styrofoam piece? or do you mean something like styrofoam cups stacked up. I feel like it would be quite costly and time consuming if you carved your own nose cone out of styrofoam, and I know from nationals last year, that styrofoam cups don't work really well. I still think that plastic film is the way to go, but I have seen some successful teams use laminated paper that was rolled into a cone.SOCoach wrote:Has anyone had any success with Styrofoam nosecones? I was at a invitational in Ohio earlier this year and saw a team that had a 4+ foot Styrofoam nosecone that worked extremely well.
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Hello everyone,
I just completed states, and I just wanted you to know that the first place bottle rockets at NY states got 10 and 11 seconds. The PSI was 50.
I just completed states, and I just wanted you to know that the first place bottle rockets at NY states got 10 and 11 seconds. The PSI was 50.
I do oceanography a lot.
I also wish orninthology was an event this year.
I also wish orninthology was an event this year.
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Oh yeah, congratz at winning states! Goodluck at nationals. The back of our t-shirts say GeNiUS in periodic table element symbols, and it was funny because someone thought it said Gelinas xDgelinasdynamickid wrote:Hello everyone,
I just completed states, and I just wanted you to know that the first place bottle rockets at NY states got 10 and 11 seconds. The PSI was 50.
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What do you all use for fins?
I do oceanography a lot.
I also wish orninthology was an event this year.
I also wish orninthology was an event this year.
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I can't speak for the others, but our team has used cardboard, plastic sheets, and even paper. My advice would be to try a wide variety of materials and see which one works for your particular design.gelinasdynamickid wrote:What do you all use for fins?
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We were at the rustin Invitational and got 12 and 13 seconds xDJasperKota wrote:Oh yeah, congratz at winning states! Goodluck at nationals. The back of our t-shirts say GeNiUS in periodic table element symbols, and it was funny because someone thought it said Gelinas xDgelinasdynamickid wrote:Hello everyone,
I just completed states, and I just wanted you to know that the first place bottle rockets at NY states got 10 and 11 seconds. The PSI was 50.
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Yeah but that was at 60 PSI, and 50 really knocked a chunk off our scores.kendreaditya wrote:We were at the rustin Invitational and got 12 and 13 seconds xDJasperKota wrote:Oh yeah, congratz at winning states! Goodluck at nationals. The back of our t-shirts say GeNiUS in periodic table element symbols, and it was funny because someone thought it said Gelinas xDgelinasdynamickid wrote:Hello everyone,
I just completed states, and I just wanted you to know that the first place bottle rockets at NY states got 10 and 11 seconds. The PSI was 50.
I do oceanography a lot.
I also wish orninthology was an event this year.
I also wish orninthology was an event this year.
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Not to brag or anything, but my partner and I got 10 and 11 seconds on 45 psi at state, and our B team (which I made the rockets for) got 10 seconds and 13 seconds!gelinasdynamickid wrote:Yeah but that was at 60 PSI, and 50 really knocked a chunk off our scores.kendreaditya wrote:We were at the rustin Invitational and got 12 and 13 seconds xDJasperKota wrote:
Oh yeah, congratz at winning states! Goodluck at nationals. The back of our t-shirts say GeNiUS in periodic table element symbols, and it was funny because someone thought it said Gelinas xD
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Also, has anybody done bottle rockets last year? If so, what were your best times?Fanglin wrote:Not to brag or anything, but my partner and I got 10 and 11 seconds on 45 psi at state, and our B team (which I made the rockets for) got 10 seconds and 13 seconds!gelinasdynamickid wrote:Yeah but that was at 60 PSI, and 50 really knocked a chunk off our scores.kendreaditya wrote:
We were at the rustin Invitational and got 12 and 13 seconds xD
Problems are better pursued with General Electric GE90-115 engines.
2016 Nats:
Road Scholar:4th
Bottle Rockets: 9th
Meteorology: 11th
Gliders: 21st
(other events: Green Gen, Crime Busters, Helicopters, Hovercraft, Air trajectory)
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2016 Nats:
Road Scholar:4th
Bottle Rockets: 9th
Meteorology: 11th
Gliders: 21st
(other events: Green Gen, Crime Busters, Helicopters, Hovercraft, Air trajectory)
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Our team's best was around 28 seconds. At nationals I saw some teams getting in the minute range.Fanglin wrote: Also, has anybody done bottle rockets last year? If so, what were your best times?
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