Hot Air Balloon?

The Design

Design

Initially, upon first hearing of the hot air balloon experiment, my group and I had predicted that it would be much easier in comparison to the egg lander. However, we quickly learned that this wasn't the case. Our design was quite simple, resulting in a total of 8 candles, 4 of which formed a small square and another 4 that formed another larger square, surrounding the smaller one. A full length straw extended from each corner of the larger square and were attached to the garbage bag.

Results

After having already witnessed a couple of failures with groups' designs that were similar to ours, my group had lost what little hope we had. Once it came time for us to test our balloon, we lit our candles and prayed for a miracle. Unfortunately, our balloon failed to work due to the weight and size of the garbage bag.    Well, back to the drawing boards.