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Joel Chauvot |
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High Powered Rocketry - Science Experiment |
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I am helping my son do a science experiment. We are launching 4 identical 4" diameter high power rockets, each with 1, 2, 3, and 4 gyroscopes respectively. All 4 rockets will be finless. His theory is the rocket SHOULD go straight up and straight down. But we need help with 2 things. The first is access to any previous research or experiments of this type. Anyone know of any? The second is we need the inner mechanisms of higher quality gyroscopes. We've ordered some cheaper models and hope to convert them but it would be nice to find someone who has good quality ones they don't want anymore. The higher quality ones are very expensive. I work in a hospital and have salvaged 20+ battery operated high RPM motors that will operate the scope so that part is no problem. And we have all the rocket stuff and spares for accidents. If anyone can help us out, we would sure appreciate it. Thanks.
Joel (Dad) & Cory (Son) Chauvot
Chauvot@aol.com
309 Timrod Park Drive
Florence, SC
29501
843-667-9297 |
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8 March 2004
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webmaster@gyroscopes.org - 10/03/2004 23:52:10
| | | As I guess you know there are two main easy ways to control the direction of a rocket with a gyroscope. You either use the gyroscope as a gyro-stabilzer or for fin directional control. Both have the same effect of controlling the rocket. A couple of people have contacted me regarding directional gyroscopes but not using gyro-stabilzers
on rockets. I would be very interested in the outcome and try to help you out.
One of the rocket teams I spoke to was http://www.mars.org.uk/ but I don't if they actually used gyroscopes in the end.
The 'toy' gyroscopes are not very good because they are not that well built and not designed for high speeds. You really need quite light gyroscopes at high rpms. That way you will get a strong gyroscopic force and yet
wont be much trouble for the rocket to lift. I think the super precision gyroscope would do the job if it can handle the acceleration forces. But I'm not sure if it will be too expensive for you.
Good luck with your endeavours.
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