| Rockets - They are one of the most | | | | should be hard. |
| enjoyable pyrotechnic devices. Small | | | | Now fill in clay after making it a |
| lightweight rockets can be made using | | | | little moist and fill it in the space |
| Black powder, which is used popularly as | | | | where the room for air has been left. |
| rocket propellant and is easy to mix. We | | | | Now punch a thin hole in the clay using |
| have explained the basic steps that can | | | | a thin object, say needle. This is for |
| follow to make a simple rocket. | | | | the fuse. A ready made fuse can be |
| First make the black powder mix. Use | | | | obtained from a firecracker or by |
| Potassium Nitrate, Air Float Charcoal,80 | | | | coating a cotton string with the same |
| Mesh Charcoal, Sulfur in the ratio of | | | | black powder material. Attach the fuse |
| 16:6:3:4. This is a optimum mix ratio, | | | | to the under part of the rocket body |
| grind all the mix into a container and | | | | through the clay, also make a conical |
| make a fine free flowing powder. Pass it | | | | head of paper materials. |
| though a mesh preferably 20 Mesh steel | | | | Now tape a long stick to the rocket for |
| mesh. | | | | stability. The rocket is ready now, bury |
| Take a 4 Oz Engine tube for making the | | | | the stick in the sand upright and light |
| Body of the rocket. Now ram the fine | | | | the fuse, watch it skyrocket upwards. |
| grained black powder mix into the tube | | | | Jack Dalton is a writer for Monster |
| up to 80% and a little air room. You can | | | | Guide. You can find articles like How |
| use a 'ram through funnel’, which | | | | to Build a Rocket, How to Build a Bottle |
| will make our task easy, the rammed | | | | Rocket, and How to Build a Woter Rocket |
| materials inside the body of the rocket | | | | at Monster Guide. |