You are tasked with designing the propulsion system for Eagle Rocketry. You must first figure out how big the solid rocket propellant should be. You will use ammonium perchlorate propellant burning at 10 cm/sec to have an acceleration of 65 m/s?. If the competition requires your rocket to reach 29,807 ft, what is the minimum volume of propellant you will need in cm? Remember the rocket, for some time, travels up after the rocket engines turns off before it slows all the way down and reaches its peak height (AKA apogee). If you know how long the rockets are on for you can multiply this by the rate at which you burn fuel to get your final answer. This is a tough problem, but graphing the velocity versus time and knowing what the area under that curve represents, can save you a lot of time and algebra.

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You are tasked with designing the propulsion system for Eagle Rocketry. You must first figure out how
big the solid rocket propellant should be. You will use ammonium perchlorate propellant burning at 10
cm /sec to have an acceleration of 65 m/s². If the competition requires your rocket to reach 29,807 ft,
what is the minimum volume of propellant you will need in cm? Remember the rocket, for some time,
travels up after the rocket engines turns off before it slows all the way down and reaches its peak height
(AKA apogee). If you know how long the rockets are on for you can multiply this by the rate at which you
burn fuel to get your final answer. This is a tough problem, but graphing the velocity versus time and
knowing what the area under that curve represents, can save you a lot of time and algebra.
Transcribed Image Text:You are tasked with designing the propulsion system for Eagle Rocketry. You must first figure out how big the solid rocket propellant should be. You will use ammonium perchlorate propellant burning at 10 cm /sec to have an acceleration of 65 m/s². If the competition requires your rocket to reach 29,807 ft, what is the minimum volume of propellant you will need in cm? Remember the rocket, for some time, travels up after the rocket engines turns off before it slows all the way down and reaches its peak height (AKA apogee). If you know how long the rockets are on for you can multiply this by the rate at which you burn fuel to get your final answer. This is a tough problem, but graphing the velocity versus time and knowing what the area under that curve represents, can save you a lot of time and algebra.
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