2. ASK
• Some properties of a parachute that falls
slowly are no holes a big canopy and long
suspension lines.
• We can put all of these properties in a small
spacecraft if we find a way to compact the
parachute and we could fold it in a certain
way so that it fits.
• Two criteria that we will need to test are the
canopy size and the speed of our falling load.
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3. IMAGINE
• We are going to use
plastic for our canopy
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4. PLAN
Canopy area score
20in. + 20in. =40in.
Suspension line score
15in. x 4 = 60in.
Canopy score + lines core = 100 total score
We are mission ready
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5. CREATE
• My average drop speed was 2.91ft/sec
• We are mission ready
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6. IMPROVE DESIGN 2
• We are going to change the canopy size so that hopefully it
will catch more air and go slower.
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7. PLAN DESIGN 2
• We will increase our canopy to 25 inches.
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8. CREATE DESIGN 2
• Our new average drop speed is 3 ft/sec.
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9. SHARE
• Our parachute fell slower because our support cables were to
short for how wide our parachute was.
• We think we could improve our parachute even more by
increasing the length of the support lines.
• We think we could use this engineering design process to solve
other problems such as failed attempts to land on celestial
planets and make sure astronauts will have safer landings in the
water. We can also use this engineering design process to create
more energy efficient cars.
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