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    What we did for our project was create water bottle rockets. What I all learned from making water bottle rockets was really interesting. We figured out that the smaller the rocket is, the farther it will go. The reason it will go farther is because it has less weight on it, although some big rockets will go pretty far too. What I did for my rocket was get one 1-liter bottle and cut out four triangular cardboard fins. After doing that, I hot-glued the fins towards the bottom of the rocket. When I…

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    showing some exposed cables. He demanded 200k in cash (1.2 million in today’s value), four parachutes and food for the crew before releasing the passengers. The 200k he demanded were in twenty dollars bills, he tied the bag of money to himself he jumped off the plane somewhere North of Portland. Approximately 1,000 troops searched for D.B Cooper or his body but there was no sign of his body the money nor the parachutes he used. Nine years later there was a young boy digging a fire pit where he…

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    picture, are two men who are standing in the waves pulling a parachute. The man on the left is wearing a dark top hat and dark clothes. He is facing towards the right, but facing towards the horizon, which is behind him. The man next to him, on the right, is facing with his back to the camera and has his right arm out pulling the string of the parachute. He is wearing dark clothes as well as a harness. The strings holding the parachute span out to the…

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    two holes in the bottle, both around the middle towards the bottom and pulled two fingers of the glue through each hole and I taped them down. Lastly, I made the parachute. I took the bag I brought my supplies in and cut it into a parachute and taped string to it and tapes the other end of the strings to the bottle. I used a parachute to slow the fall. It didn’t…

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    a cone with a round top for our nose cone, a pentagon for our fins, and a parachute to help soften the landing of our egg. I specifically researched how to prevent the egg from crashing, a slower landing, the softer the landing. I found that if you cut a hole in the top of your parachute, it will greatly reduce the amount of swing making a more stable landing. Of course, the bigger the hole, the less effective the parachute is so you don’t want to make it too big. Our rocket is made out of a…

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    Egg Drop Research Paper

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    used straws because it would “soften” the fall. I also used a parachute to make it a smoother fall. After I completely figured out what I was doing I started building. I hot glued two straws against one straw until I had a square. After I got all the straws glued I used rubber bands to make sure they were secure. The egg was secured by the straws, so I had to glue the straws close enough together. I also made a parachute the parachute slowed the fall down and mad the landing on the straw…

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    dispersal. There are many types of seed dispersal for example wind, water, animals, and other biotic and abiotic factors. One of the biggest techniques of seed dispersal is wind. Plants use different types of wind dispersal. They can use gliders, parachutes, helicopters (whirlybirds), flutterer/spinners, cottony seeds & fruits, and tumbleweeds. These seeds use wind currents to carry…

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    Renaissance. He was very much important because of his artwork which impacted some of our modern day artists. Another reason why he was important was because he invented some of the products we used today. Such as a more accurate clock, an idea for a parachute, an Aerial screw for helicopters, the Anemometer, and an idea for a giant crossbow. Because of inventions like these, Leonardo Da Vinci had profoundly major influences in the design of hydraulics, mechanical engineering, and, structural…

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    Egg Drop Research Paper

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    into triple straws for more suspension. Before I dropped I was thinking of using rubber bands for suspension, the only problem was that it was too snug to fit the rubber bands in it. I’ve seen many peoples and let me tell you a lot of them used parachutes. Some worked and some didn’t. Most of them worked with a soft…

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    Skydiving Research Paper

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    Skydiving is a group organized and professionally guided sporting activity that involves individuals jumping from an aircraft, at a high altitude with parachutes and performing several acrobatic maneuvers during free fall before safely landing on the ground with the help of the parachutes. The free fall flights, which give people rests and restores them from work as a kind of recreation, stimulate people’s passion of lives and become parts of their wonderful memories. Jumping out of the airplane…

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