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EVALUATION DAY

Today was the today. The day where we tested our balloon car for our assignment. Surprisingly Mr.P only said " It has to reach 5 metres " to ensure our car exceeds 3 metres, which was the real requirement to recieve the minimun of 35/50 or 70%. Luckly, our car passed the finished line ! :) :) ... unfortunetly it did not go as far or as fast as we thought. We had to do many adjustments before our turn to race, we changed the position of the wheels, took off the alluminum foil off the wheels, and inserted rubber that would go around the wheels to reduce friction. The one thing that helped us was the rubber on the wheels ( WHY DIDNT WE THINK OF THIS EARLIER? haha), it made the car go straight. We actually didnt add the rubber to ALL the wheels because we just had one, but surely if we had two more, it would help our car a lot. We think our 4th design would of done better, even though that car did turn more than our car right now, it went very fast, but it's OK ! Therefore if we had another chance to do this assignment we would of stuck to our 4th design and would of changed the wheels, maybe to something more durable and steady ( real car wheels or something large yet not too heavy ).
We greatly enjoyed this ballooncar assignment.

Now we're done the car, it's time for the report; we're gonna do 150% better on our report, to make up for race day . But overall, We think we did the best we can do, compromising our ideas together to make the most decent XPLOSION ballon car :) :)

To summarize the race:
Trial ONE - I blew the ballooncar, hoping that it would reach the 3 metre mark. Mr.P says "GO" ... FAIL ! My hand got caught inbetween ... well with the ballooncar. SOOO then again, I had to blow into the car, ... here goes nothing. After, Mr.P repeats himself, and our car MOVES ... NOT ONLY WAS OUR CAR MOVING, IT WAS TRAVELLING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, and, it reached the 3 metre mark ! We were so happy ! =)

Trial TWO: Before this trial, we attached another balloon. Reason being, the balloon had so much saliva in it ! ( I know, NASTY !). I then blew the balloon and let it go for the second trial. The ballooncar didnt even move =( But atleast we made it on the first run! Why didnt it move ? The car did not move because we attached the balloon to the car with very tight tape. This ensured the air to escape the balloon slower and with less power and air to push the car.

The End.

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Materials we used :
alluminum foil->it reduced the turning of the car... a bit. This was a last minute thing, I could not find anything else to add to the car =(.
knex wheels->the best wheels we could find, plus the weight wasnt so bad =)
BBQ sticks->We wanted to be original =) Its light, and easy to work with
bristle board. WHY? For decoration.
straw-> it let the air esacpe the balloon slower, enabling it to move the car.
rubberband-> to attach the balloon to the straw
gluegun/glue/tape -> Obvious reasons :P
balloon-> used for the "gas" of the car. ( the air escaping the ballon car)

X-PLOSION BALLONCAR ! We fixed our car, and now it goes in a straight line ... (most of the time, still not perfect, but we tried our best =) ) !! YAY.Tomorrow is race day, and we hope our car does well !