Thursday, March 8, 2012

Launch 6 Caught By The Tree


For todays launch we decided to first fill our bottle with our usual 750 ml of water and pump to 40psi on our first run.  We were able to reach 6.2 seconds in the air because our parachute helped slow our rocket down by a lot.  Our second launch was the most sucessful because we reached 7.1 seconds with 750ml and 60psi.  On our final launch we decided to pump until 80psi with 800ml of water because our rocket was not reaching a height in which our parachute would open on time.  When we first launched the rocket, it seemed like it had a good chance or reaching the ten second goal.  The parachute deployed at the top of the peak height.  It was in the air for 5 seconds until the tree ate our rocket.  We were lucky that our rocket eventually came down from the tree.  We plan to remake our parachute because it got stuck in the three and launch tomorrow on friday.

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