Make Projects - Compressed Air Rocket - PDF

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MAKE Projects: Compressed Air Rocket (PDF) - send this 25-cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. You can build this easy launcher and rocket with common hardware store items in a n afternoon. All the parts for this simple but impressive air rocket and launcher are cheap and easy to find. Building it is a breeze and the modifications are endless. It's legal in a big city, reusable, clean, and can be launched even in high winds on a small field. Folks are quite taken by the 200- to 300-foot flights fueled by 18 or so bicycle pumps of compressed air. Whether you're launching on your own or with a whole group of rocketeers, watch the crowds gather … 3, 2, 1, and away! This project first appeared on the pages of Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 15. Includes embedded video. Show more