Original Planning

Our original plan was to create a cone that would funnel in through the bottom of the second tennis ball can. As shown in the pictures we sketched out what we kind of thought our cannon would turn out as. The ball would go through the top of the first can and rest on the top of the cone. We would then ignite the ethanol, the feul produced by our teachers, and the pressure would build up in the bottom. The cone would funnel all of the pressure into the bottom of the cone creating a strong force propelling the ball through the second tube and carrying it further into the air. We would also make the tubes as short as possible to decrease the volume because the less volume, the more pressure.