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MODEL ROCKETS INFORMATION
1) Print a copy of these pages.
2) Find the answers on the Estes webpage: http://www.esteseducator.com/cfusion/importantfacts.cfm
3) After completing all questions, place this research information in your design folio.
QUESTION 1 On the diagram below, label each of the following phases or stages the rocket undergoes:
Launch, Recovery, Upward coast, Powered flight, Drift back to earth, Parachute deploy.
QUESTION 2 Shown below is a solid fuel rocket motor. Indicate the meaning of each part of the engine coding.
QUESTION 3 Indicate the following rocket engine parts on the diagram below:
Clay retainer cap, Solid Propellant, Ceramic Nozzle, Ejection Charge and Smoke tracking & delay element
QUESTION 4 What do the following Estes rocket engine colour codes indicate?
Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
