Tag: bottle-rocket

We recently spent the afternoon building a water and air powered bottle rocket. Initial trials were quite promising as seen in the videos below. The launching mechanism is inspired by a NASA design. The next steps will be to add some fins and a nose cone, and possibly a parachute and data logger. I’ve added…

NASA Rocket Educators Guide https://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/rockets.html NASA Bottle Rocket Launcher https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/VirtualAero/BottleRocket/historyofrocketrypostconfact.htm 3D Printed Bottle Rocket Launch Pad and Nozzle https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2407540