Missile Technology on the Cheap.

Step 6 Further Ideas

Don't limit yourself by what I have written here. Use this as a starter for a personal project:

> Build several rockets to different designs and compare them.

> Challenge friends to rocketry competitions, or enter properly organised events yourself. School laboratories lack carpets, and should be fully equipped with fire extinguishers and first-aid supplies, so make good venues for matchstick rocket ranges. All you need is a friendly science teacher. As many pubs lack carpets, they can be popular locations for matchstick rocket ranges as well. Just remember - alcohol and rockets don't mix, and alcoholic spirits are flammable!

> Are you a Beaver, Cub or Scout? Water and A-R rockets can count towards several different badges, depending how you approach it.

> What about a Science Fair? Imagine the judge's face when you turn up with a whole rocket range in an Altoid tin!

Above all, be safe and have fun - these are real rockets, with real potential for fun and education, as well as the real dangers involved.

Comments

[Pfarmkid]

What do they call Boy Scout of America across the pond or is it just Boy Scouts or just Scouts

[Kiteman]

Here, in the birth-place of Scouting, we just call it "Scouting" (since girls are allowed to join as well).