Chapter 3 air launched guided missiles and guided missile launchers guided missiles are selfpropelled objects. This launcher was first introduced to the world in make. Download the pdf of this project, and then subscribe to make magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend. Blow your friends away as you send this 25cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. Next, use the launch tube from the launcher kit as a mandrel to make sure it is. Thanks go to rick schertle for the original article in make. All the parts for this simple but impressive air rocket and launcher are cheap and easy to find. Description using air pressure, large paper rockets can be launched to altitudes of between 50 and 100 meters. Since the compressed air rocket project was published in make. The launcher is a chamber in which air is pressurized with a bicycle pump or small electric compressor. Air powered paper rocket launcher building instructions. The paper rocket designs can be launched by the same pop. Thanks so much for your interest in scratch building a compressed air rocket launcher.
Rockets made from paper and powered by compressed air are one of my favorite projects to lead with kids. Cut on the solid lines and fold on the dashed lines. Original paper and tape rocket template and building instructions. Following their rocket s flight, students rethink their rocket designs, modify them, and fly them again to determine how their changes have affected the rocket s performance.
They raved about how much fun the rocket launching was at maker faire in san mateo, and i wanted to bring a little bit of that fun home. The rocket launcher used for highpressure paper rockets may be. Water rockets, built from plastic soft drink bottles, are capable of flights greater than. Body tube pressure cap 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 fin guide fin 1 fin 2 fin 3 fin 4 compressed air rocket template cut on the solid lines and fold on the dashed lines. You can build this easy launcher and rocket with common. The bottles are partially filled with water and pressurized with compressed air delivered by a hand bicycle pump or. Since then, individuals, groups, and maker faires all over the world have had a blast introducing rocketry to kids and adults with this laun. The protractor was designed in solidworks as an addon to our standard compressed air rocket launcher. Rocket launcher described above or by a more impressive compressed air launcher. First, download this pdf and be sure to print it out at 100% on standard 8. Air rocketry involves the flight of rockets using compressed air as the motive force for the.
Compressed air rocket pdf blow your friends away as you send this rocket hundreds of feet in the air. After launching, they automatically alter their direction of. Compressed air rocket launcher diy air rocket works. Make projects compressed air rocket pdf maker shed. Thanks go to rick schertle for the original article in make volume 15. In addition to demonstrating thrust and newtons law, a feature of the. Summer is here, and i was looking for something to do with the kids. Rocket activity highpower paper rocket launcher objective construct a launcher for use with the highpower paper rocket activity. Blast reusable rockets hundreds of feet in the air with the compressed air rocket launcher v2. The launcher is made from pvc pipe, and has a chamber thats pressurized using a bicycle pump. All i needed to do was build my kids a kit version of rick schertles compressed air rocket launcher that was featured in make volume 15. A simple rocket powered by pneumatic or air pressure may be used to demonstrate thrust and newtons laws.
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