Thursday, November 5, 2015

Procedure

1. Using the cardboard from the shoe box, cut out four fins, all similar in length and width. Make them about 3 inches wide and 6 inches long

2. Duct tape them to the body of one of the 2 liter bottles. Tape them near the opening in the bottle but not too close. About 3 inches from the opening. Space them out evenly and tape them throughly. 

3. Once your fins are done and secured, cut the top and bottom off the second bottle. Cut about four inches from the top and as low as you can go on the bottom. Save all the pieces. 

4. Take the middle piece that you cut out and tape it to the top of other bottle. Tape it to the side away from the opening of the bottle. Make sure it is secure. 

5. Use the pieces of the top and the bottom of the bottle to create a capsule. Put them together and tape them together. 

6. Cut out three pieces of cardboard and tape them to the top of the capsule. Tape them in a pyramid shape and create a nose cone. 

7. Take the umbrella and remove all of the metal from it so it is just the fabric. 

8. Evenly poke 8 holes into the fabric of the parachute and tie string to these holes. Make the string about the length of the diameter of the umbrella. Make sure all of the strings are the same length.

9. Tape the loose ends of the string together. Tape this bunch of ends to the bottom of the capsule you created previously. 

10. Put foam inside the capsule and tape it shut. 

11. Fold up the parachute in an accordion fashion as tightly as possible. Wrap the string around the parachute and place the parachute in the empty container that is attached to the body of the rocket.

12. Place the capsule on top of the parachute. Do not tape it to the rocket. 

13. Place an egg in the capsule and launch the rocket. 



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