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Fin Position Lab Report

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The worse thing that could happen is for you to sink on a ship. But with a submarine, that exactly what you want! The purpose of my science fair project was to find out how the presence or absence of a stabalazing fin will affect the movement and funcntion of the submarine. I was also trying to find out what fin position is the best for the submarine to move properely as desired. My hypothesis was that the submarine will need a fin to move and function properly, so that it doesn’t go out of control. I also think that the best position for the submarine is to put the fin in the centre of the bottle because it will have an equal amount of buyoncy on both sides of the bottle. The controlles variables or the constants (what I keep the same) in my experiment was the submarine bottle, the timer, propeller, tub, amount of water in the tub, ruler, and the number of times I supn the rubber band to get the propller moving. …show more content…

The way I measured the dependant variable (what I observe) using a timer to time how long the submarine moves in the water. I also observed the movement of the submarine depending on the fin position. The results of my experiment was that a submarine defientely needs a fin to function properley. This is becuase wothout one, the submarine seems to move randomly without a specific dorection. However, when a stabalizing fin is present, the submarine moves at a specific rate and direction. I also found out that if you move the fin to the right, the bottle will turn right aswell, and same goes for the left side. The more right/left you push the fin, the wider the turns get, while if you move the fin a little, the turns are quite sharp. According to my experiment, the best position for the stabalizing fin was in the middle of the bottle because the submarine seems to move at a normal

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