Throughout this lesson we will be learning about and building rockets. Some rockets use solid fuel like the boosters on the space shuttle or in smaller model rockets, while others use liquid fuel. Liquid fuel, or liquid propellant, rockets usually contain a type of fuel and an oxidizer stored in separate tanks. When the two are combined and ignited, the resulting burn creates thrust which pushes the rocket upward. Since the flow of the propellant can be regulated in a liquid fueled rocket, the engines can be throttled, stopped, and restarted. The rockets you will be building will be propelled using a liquid fuel (water) and compressed air.
Over the next few lessons you will learn about how rockets work, what parts make up a rocket, and how the various parts, depending on how they are combined, can make a water bottle rocket fly up several hundred feet, or just spin out of control and crash.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you build it well, it will likely fly well.
The final design is in your hands.
Over the next few lessons you will learn about how rockets work, what parts make up a rocket, and how the various parts, depending on how they are combined, can make a water bottle rocket fly up several hundred feet, or just spin out of control and crash.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you build it well, it will likely fly well.
The final design is in your hands.