team X Journal Entry 2

 
             The Team X project has been making good  progress .In our design test we experimented how many strings we would use in our experiment.The number we decided on was 4 strings because when we experimented the 4 strings versus 2 strings,.the landing time was not that much different.The whole point of this so we could figure out which one would have the better resistance,which means  the opposite of the atmosphere to forward movement,also called aerodynamic drag.The other being the amount of forcible impact with the landing surface.After conducting the we experiment  our hypothesis was correct, i.e, 4 strings is the best option.The reason we chose 4 string because the more strings pulling the parachute the easier it is to have air resistance.When we dropped our contraption we had a very stable design which let us have a solid drop.The 4 shock absorbers we had put on made a major impact which helped the contraption and prevented cranking the egg upon impact.The other object which made a big difference was the thick cardboard making the landing much reliable.But the thing not doing so well has been our design when floating in the air.Because when we tested it 6 six times the parachute floated the wrong way which makes it hard to aim at the mark.But the one thing we learned has been the 2 pipe cleaners we had bought were quite useful when dropping the design.The pipe cleaners have been responsible for holding the egg in the middle and it has done exactly as we expected and has also been a shock absorber inside.Overall we have made a lot of progress from blog 1 ,and we are ready for Wednesday's drop test.