I went to Liam's class to see them shoot off the rockets they made. They are constructed of soda bottles and use air pressure to launch. Liam's had a few problems on the platform, it fell over and headed through his classmates! Luckily no one was injured, but the rocket didn't fare too well.
Getting 'pumped'
I think this is just as the rocket fell over. You can see the cloud of water from the propelling system.
Back to the drawing board!
ReplyDeleteWhen my class did that project in middle school, we went out to Poker Flats to shoot them off. I think ours had some sort of flamable propellant because in mid-air mine burst into flames. It didn't help that I decorated it with sparkley nail polish. So I guess the Eberharts aren't quite rocket scientists, but we've got other good things going for us, like creativity!
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