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The Estes Viking Rocket

The Estes Viking Rocket. Simple Easy to Build Launches to 1,700 feet Able to manipulate variables. Estes Viking Instructions. Open the Package Inventory your parts Open the Instructions Build your rocket Add final details to your rocket Paint your rocket And finally; Launch your rocket.

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The Estes Viking Rocket

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  1. The Estes Viking Rocket • Simple • Easy to Build • Launches to 1,700 feet • Able to manipulate variables

  2. Estes Viking Instructions • Open the Package • Inventory your parts • Open the Instructions • Build your rocket • Add final details to your rocket • Paint your rocket • And finally; Launch your rocket

  3. Rocket Part Inventory • Body Tube • Engine Spacer Tube • Engine Block • Fins • Shock Cord • Launch Lug • Nose Cone and Nose Cone Insert • Streamer • Shock Cord Mount • Decals

  4. Body Tube • You may change the size of you body tube if you would like. • See Your Teacher for help!

  5. Fins • Your fins are made of die cut card board and must be carefully removed and sanded before they can be glued on to body tube.

  6. Launch Lug • Your launch lug looks like a short straw. • It is used to guide your rocket up the launch rod during launch. • It must be carefully glued along side of the fins for it to function properly.

  7. Shock Cord/Mount • Your shock cord is a piece of elastic that must be carefully glued into place with the shock cord mount before it can be used. • The other end of your shock cord must be tied to your nosecone.

  8. Nose Cone and Insert • The nose cone and the insert are made of plastic and must be glued together with model cement.

  9. Engine Spacer Tube • Not actually part of your rocket! • Used to push the engine block into place. It is then removed from the body tube and throw away. • Can be used to splice two body tube sections together.

  10. Engine Block • The engine block is a small green cardboard ring that must carefully be glued into place inside the rocket’s body tube.

  11. Streamer • Your streamer is made from a stretchable bright orange plastic material. • The stream is used to slow down your rocket during recovery. • It will burn so recovery wadding must be used.

  12. Decals • Stickers that are used to decorate your model rocket. • Some decals require • water to activate.

  13. The Final Product

  14. Nose Cone Assembly • Your nose cone and the nose cone insert must be glued together with plastic cement

  15. Fin Preparation • Find your fins • Pop the fins out of the die cut cardboard sheet. • Line up your fins and then sand them • Decide on the number and arrangement of the fins

  16. Body Tube Marking and Engine Block Installation • Make sure to correctly mark your body tube and engine block by measuring and marking using the marking guide • Install the engine block by pushing it into the body tube up to the mark that you have made on the spacer tube

  17. Fin Configuration and Alignment • You must decide on the number and configuration for your fins. • Once you have marked your body tube you may begin gluing your fins. • Make sure that your fins are evenly aligned and straight.

  18. Gluing Fins and Glue Detail • Glue your fins along the lines that you have drawn on your body tube. • You may apply extra glue after the glue that you have applied has dried

  19. Custom Paint or Decorate Your Rocket

  20. Rocket Controlled Variables • Tube Length • Number of fins • Fin Configuration • Rocket engine size “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D”

  21. Rocket Uncontrolled Variables • Weather Conditions • Wind • Temperature • Precipitation • Slight differences between the way the rocket is built.

  22. Rocket Building Tips • Follow directions carefully • Work slowly • Use appropriate building materials; glue, tape, scissors, exacto knives, sandpaper, ect. • Be as accurate and precise as possible!

  23. X-Ray View of Rocket Parts

  24. Parts of a Rocket Engine

  25. Rocket Engine Basics

  26. Rocket Launch System

  27. Launch Equipment • Launch Pad • Igniter • Engine • Electric Launcher • Recovery Wadding

  28. Rocket Flight Path

  29. Where can I purchase Rockets” • http://www.acsupplyco.com/estes/estes_rockets.htm

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