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The Paper Puzzle Parade

The KitHow to

build

Send in

your record

Tips and

tricks

Back to the

parade

Hi there!

Still looking for something to

shoot into the sky on new year

eve? Here it is:

Build your own little paper rocket

- it comes complete with a

pneumatic launch pad.

Using pressurized air as it's only

fuel, the rocket might rise as high

as five meters. No fire and no

explosives are used - it's perfectlysafe for indoor use.

All you need is a printout of the rocket kit sheet -

a sheet of paper containing all paper parts forboth the rocket and the launching platform.

Simply download the

d your own paper rocket! http://www.groeg.de/puzzles/rocket.html

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rocket.pdf (70kB)

PDF file. The Tips and Tools page gives some

hints on how to get a proper printout of this file

and also show up all the requiered tools.

A color printout will make a cute rocket, butrockets made from black and white prints will

just fly as high ...

Many copy-shops can make both b/w and color prints from the files above.

Print the file onto a light cardboard (approx. 160 g m-2)

; most color

printers and copy machines can handle this.

Please take care: The original file fits onto a "DIN A4" sheet. If you have

to use the american "letter" sheets, you might have to resize the printout.

Building the rocket is rated "tricky". Folding the bellow requieres some

endurance. The most important thing to observe is that all bellow parts must be

air tight! The more precise you work, the higher the rocket will fly.

The most difficult part is the bellow's

side wall. Cut it out and carefully

scribe the bending lines! Then strictly

follow the bending lines:

Outside bend line

Inside bend line

as described in detail on the Tools

and Tips page. The bends must notbreak! If they do, close the slits with

adhesive tape, applied to the back side of the paper.

The folded bellow is then glued to the base plate. Remember: The connection

ought to be air tight!

Fold up the flaps at the front of the base plate and glue them to the top side of the

folded bellow.

Build the starting tube by coiling the part

around a pen or a stick. Slide it up throughthe top plate as shown on the left and glue it

on the back (bottom) side of the top plate.


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After

the

glue

of the first connections has dried, mount

the top plate on top of the bellow.

Check whether everything is air tight:Close the end of the starting tube with

your finger and carefully press the bellow.

If you find any escapes for the air, stop

them up!

Now build the rocket itself. Once again, the tubular part

should be prepared by winding the paper around a stick or

a pen. The finished tube must fit over the starting tube and

slide easily along it.

Form a cone as the rocket tip and glue it on top of the tube- once again: Air tight, please ...

Build the fins and glue them to the sides of the rocket.

Wait some minutes to allow the glue to dry.

Put the launch pad onto a robust

and unbreakable surface!

Remove all sharp or pointed object

around the pad!

Keep the airspace above the pad

free from all faces!

Now you're ready for the first take off:

Slide the rocket over the starting tube.

Carefully bash onto the top of the bellow with your flat hand.

Watch the rocket race into the sky - or most likely into your room's ceiling ... If

you did a good work with the bellow, five meters of height should be no problem.

If you have built the rocket - why not leave a comment in my guestbook?

New: Send in your flight data!


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Glue to top sideof base plate

Base Plate(top side)

Glue bellow side wall here

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Glue to bottom sideof bellow top plate

Bellow side wall

Rocket tube Rocket tip

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