Rocketry

Attaches the rocket to the launch rod. Keeps the rocket moving in an upward direction until it has gained enough speed and momentum to continue traveling up.

• Nose Cone

• Launch Lug

• Shock Cord

• Parachute

Parachute

• Glued inside the rocket

• Gives the rocket stability

• Holds the engine inside the body tube.

• Creates Drag to slow the rocket's return to the ground

The Flame Resistant material that protects the parachute from getting damages from the heat the engine during flight.

• Recovery Wadding

• Engine Mount

• Shock Cords

• Body Tube

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The front part of the rocket designed to cut down drag (wind resistance) as the rocket is propelled through the air

• drag

• nose cone

• igniter

• stability

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The part of the model rocket engine that accelerates the exhaust gas to a high velocity as it is expelled from the engine.

• wadding

• velocity

• nozzle

• streamer

Used for direct electrical firing of rockets. An igniter must be inserted into the nozzle of a rocket so that its coating touches the propellant grains before connecting the microclips to the launch system.

• shock cord

• ejection charge

• igniter

• clinometer

An elastic rubber band usually attached to the nose cone and glued to the inside of the model rocket body tube by a shock cord mount. Is it designed to absorb the shock when the ejection charge blows the nose cone off the body tube.

• Shroud lines

• streamer

• shock cord

• blast deflector plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The third of three charges in a model rocket engine that is designed to pressurize the body tube and effect the recovery system.

• delay charge

• thrust charge

• ejection charge

• rocket charge

The forward force produced in reaction to the gases escaping through the nozzle of a model rocket engine.

• thrust charge

• force

• velocity

• thrust

The point on a model rocket where an air current will no longer cause either end of the rocket to point into the wind. If the center of pressure is behind the center of gravity on the model, the air pressure will exert the greatest pressure against the fins forcing the model to fly straight.

• center of gravity

• center of pressure

• center of stability

• center of velocity