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2010 MESA CompetitionThe Mercury/Redstone (Sort-of) Anniversary Suborbital Egg Toss Leonard Vance
24 October 2009
“The purpose of the missile business is to make the landing site more dangerous than the launch site”
Wernher Von Braun
Objective of Competition How far can you launch an egg with a 2 liter
bottle rocket without breaking it. Single launch for score Minimal material restrictions – NO Metals MESA supplies launchers to each school
Summary of Launcher Setup
Trigger Block
Bottle Support
2 Liter Bottle
Egg Canister
Pressurization Tube(ALWAYS over trigger block!)
45 deg. Launch Angle
Lanyard
Summary of Specs (1 of 2) The bottle rocket must be made up of one 2-liter pop bottles. Attachments are allowed to the pressurized bottle as long as
they do not compromise its pressure capacity (i.e., duct or masking tape are safe. Paint, hot glue, super-glue and/or plastic glues are NOT safe).
An egg capsule must be incorporated into the design. The capsule may or may not separate from the pressurized bottle.
The maximum mass of the empty rocket assembly shall be no more than 450 grams.
The maximum length of the rocket assembly shall be no more than 70 cm.
Rocket components may or may not separate during flight. Separated components not containing the astronaut are not required to meet any distance or accuracy requirements.
Summary of Specs (2 of 2) Students shall be responsible for determining their own
launch pressure. The maximum allowed shall be 75 psi. The launch lanyard shall be greater than 4 meters long. The official distance is the projected downrange distance of
the egg container’s initial impact point. Any initial impact point more than 10 meters off center line is disqualified.
If the astronaut (egg) is damaged in any way upon retrieval, the distance score is divided by 10. If the ‘astronaut’ is seen to disintegrate in flight, the entrant is disqualified.
Immediately following the launch, team members will orally respond to a standard set of questions
The entry with the highest distance plus oral score will be declared the winner.
Maximizing Flight Distance Best pressure – 75 psi Best water level – about ¼ full Distance: upwards of 100m if egg not protected
But that said….
Distance thrown is not likely to be the hard part of this project
Egg Survival Tips Prevent local pressure to any
part of the shell Support the egg carefully in
the impact direction Compress around the center
of the egg Increase deceleration distance
with compressible material
Eggs are tougher than you think!
Impact Velocity
Sharp Pointy Things(Like Styrofoam Peanuts!)
Egg Survival Tips Prevent local pressure to any
part of the shell Support the egg carefully in
the impact direction Compress around the center
of the egg Increase deceleration distance
with compressible material
Eggs are tougher than you think!
Foam
Impact Velocity
LowPressure
HighPressure
Foam
Egg Survival Tips Prevent local pressure to any
part of the shell Support the egg carefully in
the impact direction Compress around the center
of the egg Increase deceleration distance
with compressible material
Eggs are tougher than you think!
Impact Velocity
Egg Survival Tips Prevent local pressure to any part
of the shell Support the egg carefully in the
impact direction Compress around the center of the
egg Increase deceleration distance with
compressible material
Eggs are tougher than you think! They will ‘scramble’ in the shell before breaking
Impact Velocity
CompressibleMaterial
Hard Outside
Shell
Testing Tips Figure out a way to test early and often: This
improves student participation and learning Astronaut canisters can be stand-alone tested
Increase velocities until egg breaks (not the other way around)
Measured survival velocities can be used to predict corresponding distances
Launches can be adjusted until distance is correct with an ‘egg surrogate’
Only then should a real egg launch be tried.
Getting Launch Distance from Astronaut Impact Velocity
d
Classic 45 deg launch TrajectorySimple Newtonian Mechanics – No air friction assumed
v
d = v2
gWhere:d = flight distancev = initial velocityg = gravity = 9.81 m/s2
Measure velocity of egg canister tests against the wall, and us it to adjust the rocket to fly that distance (or a little less…)