MAGNETIC FLUX ROPES IN WHICH THE MAGNETIC FIELD IS CONFINED IN A TWISTED BUNDLE OF MAGNETIC FLUX ARE FOUND IN THE SOLAR WIND BETWEEN THE PLANETS (ALSO KNOWN AS INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS OR ICMES) AND ALSO IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETOSHEATH (AS MAGNETIC FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS OR FTES). THE FLUX ROPES AT EARTH PRODUCED BY TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AT THE MAGNETOPAUSE MAY BE THE EASIEST TO UNDERSTAND AS THEY ARE UBIQUITOUS AND WE HAVE ABUNDANT DETECTOR COVERAGE. WHEN SUCH FLUX BUNDLES ARE MADE IN TRANSIENT RECONNECTION EVENTS ON AND NEAR THE MAGNETOPAUSE THEY MAY BECOME TANGLED SO THAT TWO ROPES ARE PULLED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE TWISTED ROPES BECOME RECONNECTED FORMING TWO NEW ROPES AS THEY DISCONNECT. THIS PROCESS CAN NOW BE SIMULATED AND THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO COMPARE ROPES AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF ENTANGLEMENT WITH THE PREDICTIONS OF MODELS. THE GOAL OF THIS STUDY IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MAGNETIZED SOLAR WIND LEADS TO ENERGY TRANSFER INTO THE MAGNETOSPHERE DURING FLUX ROPE INTERACTION EVENTS.