luke strawwalker
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Hello every body on the rockit page,
my daddy is OL' JR, my name is keira. I am 6 years old. (Daddy starts typing to save time Keira dictates what she wants to say).
I am building the GbLV rocket. The GbLV is the Gumball Lofting Vehicle from Dr. Zooch Rockets. I like this rocket because it has a mini-capsule from a gumball machine for a nosecone. It is very cute! I am gonna launch a gummy bear and Mr. Penny in the capsule. The bottom half of the rocket is a BT-60 tube, and the top half is a BT-55 tube. It has four fins. The nosecone has its own parachute for the capsule, and the rocket body has a streamer. It uses A, B, or C motors. I would choose C motors for my rocket. The C motor makes the rocket go the highest (about 511 feet). The least it will go is 88 feet on an A motor. On a B motor, it will go 237 feet.
You are supposed to catch a bug to fly in the capsule, but I don't like bugs. So I'll fly a gummy bear.
There is a lot of parts. I thought it would be complicated, but Daddy said it would be easy to build.
The first thing we did was cut a slit in the tube for the motor hook. Daddy let me use the hobby knife. Daddy showed me how to measure things too. Daddy helped me cut out the strip of paper to strengthen the tube, and I glued it on. (Reinforcement band under the motor hook).
Then we put the motor hook on and taped it down with electrical tape. We put on a ring with a slot in it for the motor hook on the back of the tube. Then we put on the biggest tube in the kit (BT-60). We glued the ring on white glue.
Then we put another ring in the front of the big tube, and glued it in place. Then we put a little ring on top of it and glued it to the big ring.
Then I sanded the end of my tube so the ring would slide inside...
And then we put another little ring 1 1/4 inches in front of the other little ring and glued it in place. Then we put on the shock cord and glued it on. Then we put the last tube (BT-55) in the kit over the two rings and glued it on.
I'll chat more later! Bye bye...
Keira Roberts c:
my daddy is OL' JR, my name is keira. I am 6 years old. (Daddy starts typing to save time Keira dictates what she wants to say).
I am building the GbLV rocket. The GbLV is the Gumball Lofting Vehicle from Dr. Zooch Rockets. I like this rocket because it has a mini-capsule from a gumball machine for a nosecone. It is very cute! I am gonna launch a gummy bear and Mr. Penny in the capsule. The bottom half of the rocket is a BT-60 tube, and the top half is a BT-55 tube. It has four fins. The nosecone has its own parachute for the capsule, and the rocket body has a streamer. It uses A, B, or C motors. I would choose C motors for my rocket. The C motor makes the rocket go the highest (about 511 feet). The least it will go is 88 feet on an A motor. On a B motor, it will go 237 feet.
You are supposed to catch a bug to fly in the capsule, but I don't like bugs. So I'll fly a gummy bear.
There is a lot of parts. I thought it would be complicated, but Daddy said it would be easy to build.
The first thing we did was cut a slit in the tube for the motor hook. Daddy let me use the hobby knife. Daddy showed me how to measure things too. Daddy helped me cut out the strip of paper to strengthen the tube, and I glued it on. (Reinforcement band under the motor hook).
Then we put the motor hook on and taped it down with electrical tape. We put on a ring with a slot in it for the motor hook on the back of the tube. Then we put on the biggest tube in the kit (BT-60). We glued the ring on white glue.
Then we put another ring in the front of the big tube, and glued it in place. Then we put a little ring on top of it and glued it to the big ring.
Then I sanded the end of my tube so the ring would slide inside...
And then we put another little ring 1 1/4 inches in front of the other little ring and glued it in place. Then we put on the shock cord and glued it on. Then we put the last tube (BT-55) in the kit over the two rings and glued it on.
I'll chat more later! Bye bye...
Keira Roberts c: