What To Do On A Day Like Thursday. . .

So, the team and I are officially, and without a doubt, stuck. We have tried various launches and still we have no lift. So far we've tried different designs of balloons and even free hand made balloons. However, none of them seem to want to lift off. Of course, with our various flight tests we have changed some more things around yet again!

1. We are not using a can engine anymore. We're trying to use a cotton ball dipped in rubbing alcohol as fuel. We're still not completely sold on this new idea, so we're thinking of using both or going back and forth between the two.
2. We're also trying to place the fuel/engine higher up into the balloon. Hopefully by doing this the hot air will be more focused on the top of the balloon right away.
3. We're also trying to seal the bottom of the balloon or at least make the hole smaller in size. That way the hot air can't escape through the bottom of the balloon.

And. . . That's it! We really don't know what to do. We've considered turning this balloon project into a flame thrower project, but I guess that's "too dangerous" or something. Our last hope is to go back to the beginning. We're thinking of using the same design as our first balloon, but with all the modifications we've worked out. We're thinking that the full scale model will actually work, versus our scaled down model of the same balloon. Hopefully it works, but we need materials and time to get those materials first. We'll get it done by Christmas though, I hope.