1. Rocket Fuels

2. Purpose
To find out which type of rocket fuel flies highest and fastest
To find any differences in weight performance

3. Materials One Assembled Max Trax Rocket w/Altimeter One Launch Pad
Various Solid Fuel Rocket Engines
Bicycle Pump
Compressed Air Chamber w/Stand (for air rocket #2)
Plastic Rocket Pump (for air rocket #1)
Stop watch
Altimeter (from the Max Trax rocket attached to the air rockets with packing tape
Packing tape
Blue paper tape
Science Notebook w/ Pen

4. Procedure Assemble rockets Get used to launching them
Experiment with different types of fuels and attach a altimeter to the rocket to measure distance traveled.
Record data
Repeat
Time rocket hang time
Record results
Calculate the rocket’s speed. Speed= Distance/Time

5. Results Rocket #1 Max Trax (built-in Altimeter) Height flown:1021 Ft.
Time: 3 seconds
Speed:510 ft/s
Type: Solid Fuel
Air Rocket #1 Tridium
Height flown: est Ft. (estimate based on hang time and advertisement on box)
Time:2 seconds
Height flown w/Altimeter: 201 Ft.
Speed: 100 ft/s
Type: Compressed Air w/ Bicycle Pump

6. Results Continued Air Rocket #2 Red, White and blue Height: 63 ft
Time: 2 seconds
Height w/Altimeter: 12 ft
Speed: 63 ft/s
Type: Bicycle Pump
This air rocket used a different kind of compressed air system that uses a weak bicycle pump that utilizes a button release valve system. If you don’t do it quick it gets weaker. Finding the altitude of this rocket was difficult mainly because the Altimeter was too heavy for the light plastic rocket and the propulsion system wasn't enough to propel it high enough. The results show that this type of propulsion system is inferior to the high pressure air release system used by the tridium air rocket and the solid fuel rocket but is still a effective rocket.

7. Discussion
The results show that the Max Trax was superior in speed but not unmatched in altitude.
The results show that the compressed air rocket can fly as high as the Max Trax but not as fast.