An interactive introduction to MATLAB

92 additional exercises

Flight of a model rocket (continued)

Segment 3 - The motion from when the parachute opens until the rocket

hits the ground

In this segment the rocket moves with constant velocity (zero acceleration).

The height as a function of time is given by:

h(t) =h 2 +vchute(t−t 2 ),

wherevchuteis the constant velocity after the parachute opens. In your

script thiswhileloop should continue looping as long as the height is

greater than zero.