04 March 2012

Blog #4

Aloha friends, this one of many videos of the best of our three launches this past friday. On the first launch, we tested the rocket with 750mL of water. Being that rocket only stayed airborne for three and a half seconds, we decided to experiment with the amount of water that we put inside the bottle. Kalamaku, Chelsey, and I tested the launch with 500mL of water in the bottle, and twenty or so pumps for pressure. Also, We placed a cone on the nose of the bottle for aerodynamics. The cone was made to come off being that our parachute (a plastic bag you can pick up at your local grocery store [purchase more than likely necessary]) was stuffed underneath it. To keep the cone and the bottle together, we taped fishing line to each of the objects thus making our project a whole lot safer. The cone didnt stay on. .... lol

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