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Rockets

Rockets. Airframe Assembly. Your Airframe Assembly Needs:. 12” length tube or wood dowel Scissors Wet paper towel 12” ruler 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper 29” of 3” wide gummed paper tape Elmers glue Paper towel Drinking straw Pencil/Pen. Airframe Assembly Directions:.

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Rockets

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  1. Rockets Airframe Assembly

  2. Your Airframe Assembly Needs: • 12” length tube or wood dowel • Scissors • Wet paper towel • 12” ruler • 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper • 29” of 3” wide gummed paper tape • Elmers glue • Paper towel • Drinking straw • Pencil/Pen

  3. Airframe Assembly Directions: • 1. Cut the 8-1/2 x 11” sheet of paper in 1/2 to make a 4-1/4 x 11” • piece. Wrap this piece tightly around the 1” dia. plastic tube and • apply a narrow bead of glue down the overlapped seam. Make sure • you DO NOT glue the paper to your tube! • 2. Cut off an 11” piece of 3” wide gummed tape. Dampen the sticky • side with a wet paper towel and wrap it lengthwise around the paper • wrapped tube.

  4. 3. With the remaining 18” of the gummed tape, cut the one end off at a • 45 degree angle. • 4. Dampen and wrap the gummed tape around the tube at an angle as shown In the photograph.

  5. 5.Trim the end of your paper airframe • 6. Take the dowel/tube out of your airframe and use it to draw a straight line on your airframe about 7” long off the end. • 7. Cut the drinking straw to 3-1/4 inches long and glue it on • the line 3” off the end. (The top of the straw should be • 6-1/4 of the end of the airframe)

  6. Resources: www.pitsco.com www.estesrockets.com www.NASA.com http://images.google.com/

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