4-H Youth Development
Date of this Version
1988
Abstract
Extension Service 4-H 260: 4-H Model Rocketry; Advanced level, guide to organizing a club, why a club, organizing a club, what facilities and equipment, club fun time or activities, why funding is important to a club, programs for advanced model rocket activities, why bodies orbit is the first law of motion, when bodies are staged Is the second law of motion, what bodies push against is the third law of motion, engine types and classification, total impulse classification, rocket engine design, Estes engine comparative time/thrust curves, introduction to model rocket engine performance, engine and its purpose, propellants typical characteristics, design of the propellant grain, function of the nozzle, how they are tested, how big is that parachute, recovery supplies, art of the payload launch, payload parts or supplies, and a glossary.