Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The IBatt launch
Contemplating on how were going to get the rocket off of the roof. We can't just climb up there and grab it. Shucks, if the parachute opened it wouldn't have fell that close. Okay hold up, let me start my story from the beginning. Today was our fifth launch with our highly modified and upgraded water bottle rocket. Our rocket had three fins, a parachute, and swagger designs. In our last launch our highest time was 11.4 seconds. With more time on our hands we thought that we would be able to sharpen our launch. But sadly today was a horrible launch day because the winds were blowing vigorously, the rain was falling harshly, and the ground was turned into a marsh. Today we did three launches, of which none of them our parachute opened. We thought that the amount of air pressure being pumped into the bottle was preventing the lid from coming off to allow the parachute to open. But in our last launch, with a scream of IBatt!, our rocket soared to a record height. But as the wind blew and our rocket flying closer and closer to the bus stop, Bam! Our rocket landed onto the roof of the Konia bus stop. Devastated we just left our rocket hoping for it to be blown off and found at a later time. Horribly that didn't happen and now we are beginning construction on our new and improved rocket.
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