Pre Culmination Prep

It was really easy today because Lucy and I had already finished everything else yesterday. So today, we did the one thing that we could do, we helped everybody else! Theres nothing really to report except that the balloon station is apperantly supposed to have a smaller basket (according to Rhys and Cecilia) and it seems like Lenas station, the launching station, isn't really working out that well. But we'll see!!!!! Wish us luck for the mini culmination!


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Pre Culmination Prep

Today Lucy and I made the basket so that it would hold anything without letting it fall out. Then, we tied the parachute strings so that if the robot pulled on one side, it would unravel and they could grab the thing inside of it. We get it dropped consistently in the same spot, and all we have t worry about now is if the robot can unravel it well. :)

Pre Culmination Prep

Today we built a box which we would use to hold the things to transport. We cut the hole and added the box but it kept going really far to the left. So we cut a bigger hole (by about an inch) and made the box a sack again and threw it down the stairs. It worked better this time but it wasnt going anywhere where the robot could pick it up. Then we had a bright idea, we swung the parachute and right when it was going to swing to the right, we dropped it. It landed on the 1st step with the parachute on the ground floor! I hope the robot claw works!

Pre Culmination Prep

Today Lucy switched with Hannah so now Hannah is doing the parachute with me. To start, today we connected the strings then made a pouch with the leftover garbage bag. We tested the parachute out and it worked with some heavy weight but then it started going to the side and backwards. I confronted Mary Margaret about this and she advised me to make a hole in the top of the parachute. Next lab class, Hannah and i will start with a small hole in the top and work from there.

Mini Culmination Prep

To begin, our group (The Pirate Ninjas/A1) took a really long time to pick the jobs. Most of the people, including me, wanted to do the robotix lab. I ended up being placed in the one section that I said I didn't want to be in and wasn't good at. we ended up having to pick a number between 1 and 100. After the jobs were picked, Lucy and I went to go start making the parachute. We went and grabbed the big trashcan bags and cut it into a big square. The farthest we got today was punching holes in the corners. The trash bag is now in my file cabinet!

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My partners and I set out with the challenge of creating a parachute that would balance perfectly when dropped off a ledge. When we opened our supply bag, there was already a parachute made. We then tested it by going up to the sixth grade and dropping it down the stairs. It worked well. Our next task was to delay the fall even more. W e layed out the parachute and made the strings tight to the middle. we then connected it to the weight. That was the one that worked the best. We then realized that we could unfold the bag that was the base of our parachute. We unfolded it and made the strigs tight to the middle again. We lauched it, but it folded in half and didn't have any resistance. That was because the strings weren't the same length.