Model Rocket Motion

On this page, you'll find links to other sites that have technical information and equations describing the motion of model rockets.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/rocket.htm How rockets work (elementary level).

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/bgp.html Beginer's guide to propulsion, and how it works (elementary level).

http://www.execpc.com/~culp/rockets/rckt_eqn.html Equations of rocket motion (high school level)

http://www.bomarc.com/Misc/rocket_equations.htm Rocket equations needed to figure out how high a rocket will fly.

http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/subsubsection3_1_3_3.htmlEquations of Rocket motion (college level)

http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~gatlin/rocket/rocket.htmlUniversity level - Equations of rocket motion, used in simulation programs.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/rktfor.html The definition (illustrated) of the four basic forces on a model rocket (high school level).

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/rktlo.html The definition of the forces acting on a rocket right at liftoff (high school level).

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/rktpow.html Definition of the forces on a model rocket during the powered portion of the launch (high school level).

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/rktcoup.html Definition of the forces on a model rocket during coasting phase (high school level).