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<big>'''Instructor Required'''</big> | <big>'''Instructor Required'''</big> | ||
| − | ==1. Have the Model Rocketry Honor. == | + | ==1. Have the Model Rocketry Honor. == <!--T:3--> |
{{honor_prerequisite|category=Arts and Crafts|honor=Model Rocketry}} | {{honor_prerequisite|category=Arts and Crafts|honor=Model Rocketry}} | ||
| − | ==2. From a kit, build, successfully launch, and recover a boost glider. == | + | ==2. From a kit, build, successfully launch, and recover a boost glider. == <!--T:4--> |
A boost glider is a model having a rocket-powered ascent, transitions to a glider at the apex of its flight, and then glides (usually in circles) back to the ground using aerodynamic surfaces (wings). Most boost gliders locate the rocket engines towards the front of the aircraft, as this eases many of the design challenges involved in powered flight. The rocket portions are ejected from the craft during transition (gliders that do not separate are called ''rocket gliders'' rather than ''boost gliders''). The Space Shuttle is an example of a boost glider (though it is most decidedly not a model!) Estes makes a model Space Shuttle which is a boost glider. See [http://www.esteseducator.com/Pdf_files/2266.pdf here] for more information about boost gliders. | A boost glider is a model having a rocket-powered ascent, transitions to a glider at the apex of its flight, and then glides (usually in circles) back to the ground using aerodynamic surfaces (wings). Most boost gliders locate the rocket engines towards the front of the aircraft, as this eases many of the design challenges involved in powered flight. The rocket portions are ejected from the craft during transition (gliders that do not separate are called ''rocket gliders'' rather than ''boost gliders''). The Space Shuttle is an example of a boost glider (though it is most decidedly not a model!) Estes makes a model Space Shuttle which is a boost glider. See [http://www.esteseducator.com/Pdf_files/2266.pdf here] for more information about boost gliders. | ||
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Though these models are among the most challenging rocket models to build, a modeler with careful attention to detail has every reason to expect success. | Though these models are among the most challenging rocket models to build, a modeler with careful attention to detail has every reason to expect success. | ||
| − | ==3. Design, build (not from a kit), finish, and paint a single-stage rocket. Check for stability, and successfully launch and recover this rocket. == | + | ==3. Design, build (not from a kit), finish, and paint a single-stage rocket. Check for stability, and successfully launch and recover this rocket. == <!--T:6--> |
==4. Do one of the following: == | ==4. Do one of the following: == | ||
===a. From a kit build, finish, and paint a two-stage rocket. Successfully launch and recover this rocket. === | ===a. From a kit build, finish, and paint a two-stage rocket. Successfully launch and recover this rocket. === | ||
Revision as of 20:25, 7 January 2015
Instructor Required
1. Have the Model Rocketry Honor.
For tips and instruction see Model Rocketry.
2. From a kit, build, successfully launch, and recover a boost glider.
A boost glider is a model having a rocket-powered ascent, transitions to a glider at the apex of its flight, and then glides (usually in circles) back to the ground using aerodynamic surfaces (wings). Most boost gliders locate the rocket engines towards the front of the aircraft, as this eases many of the design challenges involved in powered flight. The rocket portions are ejected from the craft during transition (gliders that do not separate are called rocket gliders rather than boost gliders). The Space Shuttle is an example of a boost glider (though it is most decidedly not a model!) Estes makes a model Space Shuttle which is a boost glider. See here for more information about boost gliders.
Though these models are among the most challenging rocket models to build, a modeler with careful attention to detail has every reason to expect success.
