Building a rocket

Holy cow, a water bottle rocket should be a household staple! Plus, they are super easy to make (if I did it, anyone can). Take a look!

How to Build a High-Powered Rocket: I've wanted to get into high-powered rocketry for a while now, so this year, I decided to jump right in to the hobby and start learning how to build, fly, and recover large rockets. For this project, I built a 6' tall rocket capable of flying motors…

2 Liter Rocket: Looking for something exciting to do? Try building a water powered rocket out of a 2 liter soda bottle! This can be completed in less than half an hour with simple household materials. Materials: 1 Two liter bottle Cardboard Card stock (or…

This EPIC Bottle Rocket Flew Higher Than our Two Story House! Use a soda bottle, baking soda, and vinegar. Super fun science and backyard project! Demonstrate Newton's 3rd law of motion.

Why make your own Estes black powder rocket engines? "This here's a story about a man named Ned, His grandson Jake called, and this is what he said, Pap, I've got an Estes rocket and a question for you, Can you make a motor for it, with a homemade fuel?" Swimmin' pools, movie stars... Oops, I'd better get back on topic here. I have to admit something right off the bat. I led a deprived childhood. I never had an Estes model rocket to play with. This might explain many things about my…

Building a Model Rocket - Introduction: Building a model rocket is a fun pastime, but it can be easy for someone new to the hobby to make a mistake. This guide is intended to help those who are new to the hobby complete all steps required to build a basic rocket called the Big Berth…

Full step-by-step picture tutorial for an easy, inexpensive, quick bottle rocket experiment. Fun science experiment for kids of all ages.

DIY Stomp Rockets: In this instructable I will show you how to make stomp rockets out of house hold materials. I first saw how to make these a while back in a class when we learned about how rockets worked, I did tweak the design a bit, so this isn't quite designed b…

Have fun exploring air pressure and flight with this cool backyard science experiment - making your own stomp rocket from just a few, inexpensive materials.

Many of us flew model rockets when we were kids. Check it out, it's still one of the most fun things to do with your kids. I have lots of great memories from my rocket days. It's a great hobby to share with you kids, and not just for kids.