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Water Rocket Simulation Results

Simulation number 13427, for 84.228.155.108

Parameters

Bottle Volume : 1650 cc
Diameter : 95 mm
Water Fill : 600 cc
Launch Pressure : 608 Kpa (88 PSI, 6.00 Bar)
Nozzle diameter : 22.0 mm
Nozzle viscous losses : 0.16
Dry mass : 120.0 grams
Coefficient of drag : 0.3
Initial Velocity : 0.0 m/s
Launch Tube length : 0.0 mm
Launch Tube diameter : 22.0 mm

Results

Launch and thrust phase

Initial thrust 429.7N
Initial burn acceleration 541.1 m/s2 (55.2G)
Average acceleration 777.4 m/s2 (79.3G)

Burnout

Burnout after 56 milliseconds
Burnout Velocity 43.6 m/s (157.0 kmh, 97.6mph)
Burnout Altitude 1.0 metres (3.3 feet)
Burnout acceleration 1026.9 (104.7G)
Drag force at burnout 1.5 newton (0.2kgf)
Deceleration due to drag 0.9G
Speed increase due to air pulse 5.9m/s

Coast

Drag-free coast 97.0 metres to apogee at 98.0 metres after 4.5 seconds
Actual apogee at 61.68 meters (202.4 feet) after 3.3.34 seconds

Crashdown

Crashdown speed 28.4 m/s (102.2 kmh, 63.5mph)
Total flight time 7.14 seconds

Altitude (Metres)