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TLHS Phy Sci #11
Rockets
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nose Cone | minimizes air resistance |
| Recovery System | Increases air resistance to decrease damage upon landing |
| Parachute | Recovery System for heavy rockets |
| Streamer | Recovery System for light weight & high performance rockets |
| Body Tube | Frame for attaching all parts |
| Launch Lug | Guides rocket until it reaches the necessary speed for fins to control flight |
| Fins | Guide rocket in precise flight pattern, can be 3 - 5 |
| Engine | Provides power & thrust (demonstrates all Newton's Laws) |
| Engine Block | Keeps engine from sliding into the body tube (with engine demonstrates Newton's 3rd law) |
| Recovery Wadding | Protects Recovery System from heat of the engine |
| Center of Mass | Place on the body tube where all mass is perfectly balanced; |
| Control Systems | Keep rocket stable during flight; two types - active and passive |
| Payload (weight) | amount of mass the engine is expected to move (with engine demonstrates Newton's 2nd Law) |
| Flight Sequence | 6 stages of flight |
| Drag | force pushing down on nose of rocket while it is in flight |
| Thrust | force pushing up on tail of rocket |
| Newton's 1st Law | Object will keep doing what it already doing unless acted upon by an unbalanced force |
| Newton's 2nd Law | Greater the mass of an object, the greater the unbalanced force needed to move it. |
| Newton's 3rd Law | For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction |
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