Rube GoldbergA Rube Goldberg is a contraption that takes a simple job and completes it in a complicated way. For example my Rube put ketchup on a hamburger. Its started with pouring water down a tube which then flowed into a cup, causing the cup to fall down and knock the dominos over. The dominos ran until they hit a pre-lit lighter, the lighter then proceeded to fall onto a line of flammable glue. The fire traveled down the flammable glue and burn through a string holding up a rock. After that, the rock fell and landed on a bottle of ketchup, which then squirted onto a hamburger.
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Rocket Reflection
The one thing that I would change about my exhibition is that I wouldn’t re-make my rocket two days before the exhibition. The reason we had to remake our rocket is because Mila and I stupidly made a rocket with no pressure chamber so when we put it on the launch pad it did absolutely nothing. After we restarted our rocket we hastily put another one together by badly gluing on fins so that they barley stay put. The wings were so bumpy and lopsided that it affected the aerodynamics and how well our rocket few.
The design idea that I would like to steal is Dillon Cruse's whole rocket. He had such a high peek because of his outstanding rocket design. If I could take his whole design, I would be able to have a rocket that could fly as high as his.
The idea that was a total fail on our rocket was having a open rocket. This was put onto our first rocket. The open pressure chamber wasn’t necessarily a idea of ours, but more of a mistake that we didn’t notice until five minutes before our practice launch. We quickly flipped our rocket onto the launch pad, flooded it with pressure and pulled the trigger. At first I was expecting it to shoot maybe a foot, or at least blow up, so I was surprised when I pulled the trigger and absolutely nothing happed. The empty pressure chamber caused Mila and I had to start over our rocket, thus making it a total fail idea.
If I could do this project again I would probably build a bigger rocket and possibly make the rocket out of different materials. A bigger rocket would be able to fly higher than a smaller one. The different materials would be to just experiment with how different textures affect a rockets flight. One last thing that I would change on my rocket if I could redo it, would be the look of it. I would paint it completely pink with hearts all over it. The parachute would be one big heart, and glitter would explode out when it ejected. Finally I would color the water with purple food dye, so it would look extremely pretty when my rocket took off. The reason I would add all of these girly features is to purely piss of Mr. Heerschap, who believes that rockets should not be girly.
The design idea that I would like to steal is Dillon Cruse's whole rocket. He had such a high peek because of his outstanding rocket design. If I could take his whole design, I would be able to have a rocket that could fly as high as his.
The idea that was a total fail on our rocket was having a open rocket. This was put onto our first rocket. The open pressure chamber wasn’t necessarily a idea of ours, but more of a mistake that we didn’t notice until five minutes before our practice launch. We quickly flipped our rocket onto the launch pad, flooded it with pressure and pulled the trigger. At first I was expecting it to shoot maybe a foot, or at least blow up, so I was surprised when I pulled the trigger and absolutely nothing happed. The empty pressure chamber caused Mila and I had to start over our rocket, thus making it a total fail idea.
If I could do this project again I would probably build a bigger rocket and possibly make the rocket out of different materials. A bigger rocket would be able to fly higher than a smaller one. The different materials would be to just experiment with how different textures affect a rockets flight. One last thing that I would change on my rocket if I could redo it, would be the look of it. I would paint it completely pink with hearts all over it. The parachute would be one big heart, and glitter would explode out when it ejected. Finally I would color the water with purple food dye, so it would look extremely pretty when my rocket took off. The reason I would add all of these girly features is to purely piss of Mr. Heerschap, who believes that rockets should not be girly.