Make Special Issue: Spring 2013 by Dale Dougherty

Author:Dale Dougherty
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.
Published: 2013-10-12T04:00:00+00:00

TIP: If you can’t fit the bottle over the O-ring, try these tricks: 1) bevel the inside of the bottle mouth by carving or sanding, 2) deepen the O-ring groove slightly, or 3) shave the O-ring with a razor to reduce its diameter.

5. ASSEMBLE THE ROCKET

Water rocket designs range from a simple finned bottle to those with elaborate six-stage systems with rocketdeployed parachute recovery and onboard video cameras. Ours is a painted single bottle affair with wood fins and parachute recovery. Chute deployment is by the passive “nose cone falls off at apogee” method.

5a. Cut 3 or 4 fins from a light, stiff material such as balsa, thin plywood, or Plastruct sheeting. Search the web for “water rocket fin template,” and you’ll find plenty of shapes to try.

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