Rocket Building
Model Paper Rocket
Model Paper Rocket
Liam the Rocket
The body of the rocket was made out of a 8.5x11 piece of printer paper rolled up and taped with masking tape. The fins of the rocket were cut out of index cards with an xacto knife and taped to the bottom of the rocket. Finally, the nose of the rocket was cut out from the tip of a snow cone and taped into the top.
Carbon Capture Rocket
The carbon capture rocket body was made out of printer paper wrapped around a PVC pipe and hardened using Elmer's glue. The fins were designed on paper and then traced and cut out of balsawood. There were four fins made for the most stable base and attached to the body using hot glue. The nose of the rocket was also made of balsawood and sanded down to a pointed cone shape using a sanding machine.
Shaping the nose cone of the rocket out of a balsawood stick, which was sanded down into the desired shape
Carbon Capture Device
This carbon capture device was designed in TinkerCad and was supposed to be placed inside of the body of the rocket to act as a carbon capturing device. However, the 3D printers in the MakerLab were unable to complete printing in time to place it in the rocket.
The parachute we made out of a trash bag and string was placed inside the body of the rocket and secured in place at the top of the body using electrical tape.
The motor igniter was placed in the bottom of the rocket body and wrapped in electrical tape in order to be secured when lit
