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Possible Sketches

In this part of my sketches i will describe the problems with each sketch.

The one above is actually my prototype design and proved best even after its unfair base.

The top one actually provides to little area for the structure to be nailed doen.

Air pressure had no actual place to stay in due to all of the holes.

This one actually had the smallest structure of all and barely had a place for the bottle to set on.

This last image was fairly too weak, it had no strong base and was very weak and could not hold the bottle.

Global Market Analysis

There is no global market such as being a known big company. However the water rocket launcher does sale as a crafty project. The launcher is a very important addition to understanding the rockets in general. The global market stretches everywhere and even online. Anyone can buy this simple kit ranging from $10 to $150. The project is simply constructing the kit but its not that easy. This type of kit can be found at your local Wal-Mart, any craft shop and especially online. There is nothing special or difficult about getting the rocket. Anyone with the appropriate age of buying can get this product. 

History and Events

            The water rocket launcher has a long history.  The Water rocket revolutionized the 20^th century ideals about rockets. They provided use for the invention of actual water rockets. They further more helped us understand the use of actual rockets. There were many achievements that led to the creation of historic events for the Water rockets.

In reality there is no actual date which traces to the creation of the water rocket. I have found no online citation for who invented the water rocket, but a few hours spent searching in the US Patent Office archives yielded some interesting evidence. There are a large number of patents relating to toy rockets and guns, including the famous Park Plastics 2-stage water rocket. Patents before 1972 are not searchable for text, so this is a very slow process.

            These past patents may not be water rocket themselves but they do actually provide the same function. They are both powered by the gas pressure of life and they provide thrust through the propelling of water. These patents were mainly used for underwater purposes and do not imitate the water rocket design. The water rocket patents came about in the 20th century as I have said before.

            After the creation of these rockets, the modern age found a new way to make recreational events out of this. People would soon create festivals to actually celebrate the events in general. People would be willing to actually launch the rockets into the air to celebrate the matter. Nothing important happened except that this helped change the lives of many people.

            Records would be broken. People stride to make the highest launched rocket possible. Others would launch s many rockets as they could into the air. These people aimed to make new records and make a name for themselves. In history the highest altitude reached was of 2044 ft. This was marked by a rocket which was averaged from two flights. There was a camera on top to provide the air view of the flights accomplishment.  

Operation and its application

The Bottle is partly filled with water and then it is sealed. The bottle is then pressured with gas and in this case it’s usually from a bicycle pump and this is what I will be using. The water and the gas in the bottle are used as a combination. The gas provides the means for it to contain the potential energy and it is compressible. The gas in the water increases its mass fraction (the amount of mass left behind such as the stages of rockets) and allows for the rocket to go higher. Through my research I have learned that there are other substances that I can add to the bottle so that it can fly to a higher distance. Such items included could be salt which increases the density and results in a higher specific impulse. 

Creating a rocket is very tricky. When it comes to designing a real rocker the nozzle is what allows for thrust so that the rocket can be pushed into the sky. In my water rocket the seal on the nozzle of the rocket is then released and the water releases at great speeds until the propellant has been used up and the air pressure inside the rocket declines to atmospheric pressure, this meaning that it no longer has any pressure applied to it. A law which explains why the bottle sprite to a great distance is Newton’s third law. This law explains that there are always opposite and equal reactions to each and every reaction, thus explaining the idea why the rocket is able to be launched into the sky at such a high altitude. The usual pressure ranges from 75 to 150 psi. Of course the more pressure that the bottle has stored in , the more that it will increase in altitude. Another law which I have learned about in chemistry is the Boyles law. This law states that as pressure increases volume decreases. Though the volume decreases this does not mean that it will lose its potential energy, on the contrary it energy increases, thus producing a more kinetic energy.

Proposal

My proposal is simple. My objective was to reach a certain altitude, an altitude well above 100 ft.  This was accomplished after many errors and fixes had been made to my project. Nothing mattered more to me than actually getting the rocket to work and not launch upon the pressure of air had made instant impact. To actually explain my proposal I simply wanted to make sure that the launcher worked properly. Due to the fact that I did not have a parachute, my other proposal was to launch the rocket straight into the sky with no difficulties at all.