Ok, so you all have to admit, today was a pretty miserable day for bottle rocket launching.
Especially when you can't even get 5 seconds of air time after four tries. :(
Anyways, the video below shows our last and best attempt (4 seconds air time)
before running under cover. As for an explanation of why we didn't do so hot,
I would say that 1: Our parachute always seemed to have trouble deploying and 2: The extra
strong wind this afternoon caused the rocket to launch at an extremely funny angle.
Finally, the last huge factor that played into this would have to be the rain. It rained so hard today,
that I believe it weighted down not only our rocket, but also the parachute, possibly preventing it
from deploying as planned.
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