The Rocket Man
Grandpa Stretch has outdone himself this time. He took a piece of ABS, a sprinkler valve, a doorbell switch, some PVC pipe and his air compressor and made a rocket launcher. Last week I took the kids over to his house to pop off some rockets in the front yard. It's a great idea, especially since the rockets are powered by air, and can't spark a fire in someone's yard. The rockets are made from construction paper and tape, with 3X5 cards for fins. We found that we could get about 10 launches per rocket, before the air pressure blew out the paper. The kids used to want to go to his house to jump on the trampoline. Now they want to go shoot off rockets.
It's the final countdown!
The boneyard of spent rockets...
2 comments:
First time I've read your blog. Chris you are such a good dad! I'm so proud of you for what you've become and what you are becoming! Keep up the good fight. . . We love you!
Did you lose any to the trees? We did and Dad had to climb it to get it back. Can't wait till we can take it to Idaho where there is a more open space.
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