Trial 1 went decently well. We succeeded our goal of reaching 10 meters by 7 meters. We noticed during the trial, when the balloon was blown up, it was touching the wheels of our car which caused it to slow down. After the balloon got small enough that it did not touch the wheels, the car got a little burst, and glided for a while. We figured if we could get the balloon to not touch the wheels from the get-go, then our car would reach its maximum potential. Our car has CD's for wheels, so the whole car revolves around the gliding aspect. CD's are heavier, so if the car does not get enough momentum in the beginning, then the car will not move. During the trials, we noticed other cars that were rolling well and seemed like they were going to go far, but they ended up hitting the lockers, or the doorway. We made sure that our car had straight wheels so we would not encounter that problem. We got 17 meters as our final distance for trial 1, which is a 100%, so we decided to make some changes and go for gold.
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