Rocket Modelling Workshop

Water Rocket with Parachute Landing:

When someone mentions bottle rockets, Do you envision placing a firecracker attached to a stick into a glass bottle and launching it? A water rocket is a type of model rocket using water as its reaction mass.

Water rockets at schools help students understand the principles of aeronautics. Designing, building, flying & landing a Water Rocket provides students with a real-world application of the scientific method.

Topics to be covered in this Workshop

Day I: Aeromodelling & Aircraft Designing

Session 1 - Introduction to Aeromodelling

• A brief introduction about modeling Aeroplanes -Static and Flying models
• Explore different categories - Free Flight, Powered Free Flight, Control Line and Radio-Control Flying
• Materials in Aeromodelling
• An Introduction to Glider & Flight
• What Makes Planes Fly?
• Overview of Flight Control
• Surface theory of Flight
• Understanding the Wing and its Importance
• Basic Technologies 

Session 2 - Designing & Construction of Chuck Glider

• Getting your Hand dirty
• Construction of Chuck Glider from the Pre Cut Balsa Wood.
• Sanding & Smoothing the Wings.
• Experimenting flying techniques.

Session 3 - Flying the Chuck Glider

• Flying the Chuck Glider

Day II - Water rocket with parachute landing

Session 4 - Introduction to Water Rocket

• Introduction to Water Rockets
• Understanding different part of Rockets
• Understanding launching & firing mechanism of Rocket
• Comparison between Actual Rocket & Water Rocket
• Understanding the mechanism involve in Parachute Landing.

Session 5 - Construction of Water Rocket

• Construction of Water Rocket
• Construction of Parachute for Water Rocket
• Attaching Parachute to Water Rocket