Space Derby 2010 "SWISS CHEESE ONE"

After much observation in previous space derby races we noticed that the lighter the vehicle the faster it goes...so what better way to loose some weight than to drill holes all through it!?!?! Swiss-Cheese One was definitely the fastest rocket there today. It FLEW past the other entries!! But for some reason after several runs it just pittered out. He came in third overall. We have several theories as to why, so we have lots of bugs to work out before next years race. Perhaps limburger one? maybe roquefort one? Swiss-Cheese two??? But most important is we had fun making the rocket, and we are very proud of our son who showed great sportsmanship today!

This is a race between swiss cheese one and the rocket that turned out to be the overall winner. This is early in the day. You can see how much faster swiss cheese one is. We think something must have happened with the rubber bands. It was a big disappointment to come in 3rd after such a great start! We took it harder than J did!! I am sure next year we will have even tougher competition when the others put holes in their rockets too!

don't forget to check out our previous cub scout space derby entries here and here.