So for our 3rd day of launching, we managed to pull off 4.7 seconds of air time.
What helped us today the most was our parachute. Although the parachute was rather
ghetto in a sense, (just a plastic bag), it improved our air time. Sadly, my bad camera man skills
failed to show this, but our bottle rocket glided through the air, which indeed increased our time.
As gravity pushes down on our rocket, the parachute that deploys increases air resistance by expanding it's mass. This means more glide time for us, which makes for a better time.
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