rabidsheeep
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Well, HA! i laugh at my dad saying rockets arent helping me in school...
apparently the science olympiad team has to build a bottle rocket *ears perked up* for the national competition or something...
immediatly i start thinking of that huge bottle rocket that was on the LDRS discovery show...
well apparently science olympiads focus on going backwards in technology because it has to be an air powered 1 liter bottle of soda...
no problem though...
the rules are strict so basically everyones is gonna end up lookin the same... nosecone, fins, pumped fulla air
now i know how to pump the things and blah blah
the thing is that the contest is about how long the rocket can stay in the air
so of course it shoots 40 somewhat feet (we did it in camp once) and then falls and crashes...
except for the fact that i had an idea... stick a parachute on it (and maybe tie a string to an rc car and drive it around like a kit but thats "too cool")
now i have an idea how to do this but im thinkin the best way to do it would be to spring load it...
how in the hell do i go about doing this i have no idea (this is where you all flock to rescue me)
it cant use any explosives/pyrotechnics or anything slightly fun related
also what is the lightest material i could use for a chute? im thinking of getting my mom to get me a big sheet of mylar (moreso for my use ) but i dunno whats the lightest thing you could get...
and if ya got any ideas throw em out...
P.S.-- if i do good my teacher might forget about a few of those failing grades
apparently the science olympiad team has to build a bottle rocket *ears perked up* for the national competition or something...
immediatly i start thinking of that huge bottle rocket that was on the LDRS discovery show...
well apparently science olympiads focus on going backwards in technology because it has to be an air powered 1 liter bottle of soda...
no problem though...
the rules are strict so basically everyones is gonna end up lookin the same... nosecone, fins, pumped fulla air
now i know how to pump the things and blah blah
the thing is that the contest is about how long the rocket can stay in the air
so of course it shoots 40 somewhat feet (we did it in camp once) and then falls and crashes...
except for the fact that i had an idea... stick a parachute on it (and maybe tie a string to an rc car and drive it around like a kit but thats "too cool")
now i have an idea how to do this but im thinkin the best way to do it would be to spring load it...
how in the hell do i go about doing this i have no idea (this is where you all flock to rescue me)
it cant use any explosives/pyrotechnics or anything slightly fun related
also what is the lightest material i could use for a chute? im thinking of getting my mom to get me a big sheet of mylar (moreso for my use ) but i dunno whats the lightest thing you could get...
and if ya got any ideas throw em out...
P.S.-- if i do good my teacher might forget about a few of those failing grades