Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Fouth Launch

For our fourth launch our group made some modifications to our rocket. We added six small fins at the bottom to give our rocket stability. We used the bottom of another water bottle with a cone duck tapped to the top of that to hold the parachute in. On the launch day the weather was really bad. Not only was it rainy but it was also extremely windy. Our rocket shot up into the sky like a bullet to the point where we couldn't see it but the parachute did not deploy and our rocket landed on the roof of the auditorium after 7 seconds. We will have to work on getting the parachute to be useful next time.

1 comment:

  1. Yea, I totally agree the weather was TERRIBLE.
    I know how you feel as well with losing your rocket :P
    We lost ours twice, but I saw your launch and it was crazy high!
    You guys definitely nailed it with the launch, but it was too bad it got
    stuck on the roof :P
    The idea of the six fins for stability sounds perfect and you should definitely incorporate it in your other attempt :)

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