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books literature model rocket propulsion if you choose the wrong rocket engine for your rocket it will crash not only have you wasted money on the wrong motor but you have destroyed the rocket kit too this two-volume publication explains in simple terms how a model rocket motor works making it easy for you to learn through many handson demonstrations you ll understand the basic principles of rocketry and how model rocket motors are similar to the solid rockets used by the space shuttle to launch astronauts into orbit by knowing how a rocket motor operates you will understand why they are used by nasa to explore space because it is written in a textbook format if you are a teacher you will avoid crashing by selecting the appropriate rocket motor a second 12-page booklet describes more than 16 different rocket demonstrations that can be performed to provide hands-on learning of the basic rocket principles also included is a full answer key to all the questions in the main text recommended for grades 6 and above find this book useful for an educational unit on rocketry or space exploration there are 11 easy to understand chapters 1 a brief history of the rocket 2 newton s laws of motion 3 momentum and newton s second law of motion 4 the thrust equation 5 the operation of the model rocket motor 6 model rocket motor classification 7 specific impulse ­ a measure of a rocket s efficiency 8 rocket motor examples 9 basic rocket performance 10 multi-stage rockets 11 clustered engine rockets model rocket propulsion written by timothy s van milligan p/n 01002 $11.95 make your own nose cones making a sleek nose cone with a smooth finish is easy if you know the techniques forget what so-called rocketry experts say you don t need any expensive machine tools to make them you ll save money because you ve made them yourself why do you need this video book because you want to save money when you make your own nose cones you are no longer dependent on manufacturers to make the shapes and sizes you need if you have a cheap tube you can make your own nose cone for literally pennies and you ll have an inexpensive rockets making custom nose cones with simple hand tools p/n 01073 $13.95 specifications the cd is not a dvd disk it is an ordinary computer cd-rom it works on both macintosh and windows computers requires adobe acrobat reader which can be downloaded free from the adobe web site and apple quicktime player which can be downloaded free from the apple web site perform real scientific experiments with your model rockets stop performing experiments like what fin shape is best these don t yield results that you can easily tell apart this book contains experiments you can perform that will give results you can clearly see and understand it concentrates on aeronautics the science of objects like rockets and airplanes moving through air all the projects are easy to perform so even young students can explore this subject students will develop an appreciation for the foundations of science such as clear note taking data gathering concise thinking adherence to procedure curiosity and patience the beginning of the book starts with basic information of what a science fair project consists of how to conduct them and other hints this is followed by an extensive section explaining various rocketry-related data collection methods each of the more than 69 projects are fully described with background material giving the reason why the project is useful and how to use it for future development of rockets and airplanes it gives a starting point of what type of equipment may be needed at the end of each topic idea the experimenter is given suggestions on where to find additional background research information this is not a cookbook approach the experiment must be designed by the researcher a great book for students of all ages book specifications number of pages 104 pages consisting of 5 chapters and 3 appendices cover 4-color artwork printed on 12pt cover stock size 6 x 9 x 1/4 thick binding perfect binding isbn 0-9653620-0-0 69 simple science fair projects with model rockets aeronautics written by timothy s van milligan p/n 01007 $13 .95 currently out of print but available as a pdf please call for availability 12 see our web site for more product features and item availability

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