Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Bloop goes bang!

 


Balloon burst via rocket powered action! This is a test showing how the rocket can pierce the balloon filled with feathers, and also shows the effects of the falling feathers. What we did was put a needle (0.0) on the tip of the rocket so that it peirces the balloon. What we found is that it is successful in peircing the balloon, however, it is not very safe, and what we need is safe. These rockets will be falling from up to 8m, so we need to design it so that we control the rate at which the rocket descends, and come up with a solution as to how we can make the rocket head safer without removing its ability to peirce the balloons.