I felt that it was overall a great learning experience. I was engaged throughout the project and never felt that the project was boring in any way. Some things that stood out to me include the motor testing, and the amount of specific information needed to build a working rocket.
Honestly I feel that I didn't learn THAT much science or technological things throughout this project, however instead I learned more of the decision making and building of a scratch rocket. For example I already know about thrust:gram ratio, surface area, etc. but didn't know the difference between a sugar motor and a black powder motor. Some knowledge that is necessary to know in building a rocket include but are not limited to: Motor type (fuel, half core? full core?), selection of materials that will work, and actually how to craft the parts from scratch.
I learned how to sometimes take it easy on a group project. Usually whenever I'm in a group I have always seemed to do a lot more work than my other group mates and essentially overwork myself. Because this time I was in a group of 4 with the 2 Alex's being super passionate about this project, I was able to accept that I don't need to do as much work as usual. That isn't to say I was being lazy but rather I wasn't necessary in a good chunk of the specific parts.
For this project I worked with Alex Wessel, Alex Soderberg, and Nancy. I personally contributed to just the overall parts building and feedback. As a unit we worked fine, no problems were run into.
If I were to redo this project, I would make sure to check the ejection charge before launch. My advice to the next class of rocket scientists would be make sure you are on time with your deadlines and ask for help if you need it. Although that is general advice, it's still good in this case.
My advice to Andrew would be to add a little bit more science into the project because I felt that this project was 90% crafting and 10% other stuff. It is a science project after all.
Honestly I feel that I didn't learn THAT much science or technological things throughout this project, however instead I learned more of the decision making and building of a scratch rocket. For example I already know about thrust:gram ratio, surface area, etc. but didn't know the difference between a sugar motor and a black powder motor. Some knowledge that is necessary to know in building a rocket include but are not limited to: Motor type (fuel, half core? full core?), selection of materials that will work, and actually how to craft the parts from scratch.
I learned how to sometimes take it easy on a group project. Usually whenever I'm in a group I have always seemed to do a lot more work than my other group mates and essentially overwork myself. Because this time I was in a group of 4 with the 2 Alex's being super passionate about this project, I was able to accept that I don't need to do as much work as usual. That isn't to say I was being lazy but rather I wasn't necessary in a good chunk of the specific parts.
For this project I worked with Alex Wessel, Alex Soderberg, and Nancy. I personally contributed to just the overall parts building and feedback. As a unit we worked fine, no problems were run into.
If I were to redo this project, I would make sure to check the ejection charge before launch. My advice to the next class of rocket scientists would be make sure you are on time with your deadlines and ask for help if you need it. Although that is general advice, it's still good in this case.
My advice to Andrew would be to add a little bit more science into the project because I felt that this project was 90% crafting and 10% other stuff. It is a science project after all.