UrbanKnight
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I instructed them on building the rockets, and some of them listened carefully while others sanded the fins the wrong way, installed the fins in the wrong place, and/or packed the streamer too tightly. Still, 10 Estes Star Troopers made it up into the air.
A couple of them made straight and high flights, many of them made spirals, a few of them failed to deploy their streamers, and a 2 of them lost a fin mid flight. I'm not sure how this one got a chunk taken out of it's nose cone. Scraped the launch rod? Kickback from the ejection? Either way, with the streamer back on, how well do you think it will fly with that hunk of wood missing?
As a final note, I don't think I'm going to teach kids to build mini engine rockets again. They're harder to deal with. If I do this class next year, I'm going to stick with BT-50 size rockets. Their second rocket will be that size, so I hope it's a little easier to demonstrate and replicate.
A couple of them made straight and high flights, many of them made spirals, a few of them failed to deploy their streamers, and a 2 of them lost a fin mid flight. I'm not sure how this one got a chunk taken out of it's nose cone. Scraped the launch rod? Kickback from the ejection? Either way, with the streamer back on, how well do you think it will fly with that hunk of wood missing?
As a final note, I don't think I'm going to teach kids to build mini engine rockets again. They're harder to deal with. If I do this class next year, I'm going to stick with BT-50 size rockets. Their second rocket will be that size, so I hope it's a little easier to demonstrate and replicate.