This is the paper rocket I put together, along with the launcher made from PVC pipe, bicycle inner tube, duct tape, and a 2 liter plastic bottle. I hope the children have fun with it. The PVC tube laying on the floor has a larger diameter, so that's the pipe I used for assembling the rocket. The spring clamp allows variable launch angles.
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Looks fun to me!
That sucker made some velocity across the living room on Thu.
Too bad it was raining all day, I would have liked to lay into it a couple good ones to see that sucker hum.
It was fun anyway. :)
Ian and Colette were here the other day. I had them each build a rocket of their own, and I used my prototype. We went through two plastic bottles in a half hour of fun. My prototype went the highest, I think because it had a smooth surface, or maybe because I have a bigger stomping footprint. Colette's went up about 100 feet, being made from coarse construction paper. Ian's didn't fly very much because after he saw the damage caused by the first few landings, he elected to refrain from launching his rocket.
The most excitment was when a car was coming down the road, and would react by either speeding up or slowing down to avoid being hit by the dangerous paper rockets.
I'll bring the launching and rocket building materials to Amboy in a few of weeks. We'll probably want to launch them horizontally down the driveway. I'll bet we can get one all the way to the bottom of the hill. The boys will burn off a lot of energy retrieving them.
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