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Welcome to Rocket Research 102

Stability

Wind Tunnel: FINS

Our bottle is missing fins! Before you add fins, you have to decide Where to put them. There are some choices of position in the wind tunnel. Try out as many as you can.

>> Open the Wind Tunnel <<

and select the fin position, size of fin, and then "Start" button on the wind tunnel page.

 

What is the best fin configuration?

a) Small fins, top of the rocket
b) Small fins, middle of the rocket
c) Small fins, bottom of the rocket
d) Large fins, top of the rocket
e) Large fins, middle of the rocket
f) Large fins, bottom of the rocket

 

 


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Last Updated: May 13 2021

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