Monday, May 2, 2011

Launching Material

  1. What were some of the things that were successful with your launch and why?  The bottle was able to launch into the air after applying air pressure into the water bottle.  
  2. What were some of the things that were not successful with your launch and why?  The bottle was not able to float with its parachute because the parachute detached from the bottle at the launch.  The tape was too weak to hold the two together.  
  3. How did your launch compare with your prediction.  Yes,  our first goal was to allow the bottle to get into the air.  Now we are planning to enhance the bottles ability to float in the air with the parachute.  
  4. What are some possible improvements you can make to improve the performance of your rocket.  We want to improve on the floating time.  We may change the bag, fin the string, and find the right amount of water for the bottle to remain in the air for at least 5 seconds on our next launch.  

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