The
Beginner's Guide to Model Rockets will show you the basic
math and physics that govern the design
and flight of model rockets.
Unlike full size rockets, aerodynamics
plays a major role in the flight characteristics of a model
rocket.
At this Web site you can study how model rockets
operate at your own pace and to your own level of interest.
Because the flight of the rocket involves the interaction
of forces on the rocket, we have
included several pages on the fundamentals of forces.
Because aerodynamics is involved with the motion of the rocket,
there are several pages devoted to basic gas
properties and aerodynamic forces.
There is a short index of topics
that you can access from any page, so you are never more than
two clicks away from any other Web page at this site.
This site was prepared at NASA Glenn by the
Learning Technologies Project (LTP) (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12)
to provide background information on model rockets
as teaching aids for math and science teachers. Some
of the slides were prepared to support RocketModeler,
an interactive educational computer program that allows students
to design and test rocket designs on a personal computer.
Other slides were prepared to support LTP videoconferencing
workshops for teachers and students.
RocketModeler is available as a
JAVA Applet that runs in your browser. This program can
also be downloaded
to your machine.
We have intentionally organized this site
to mirror the unstructured nature of the world wide web. There
are many pages here connected to
one another through hyperlinks. You can then navigate through
the links based on your own interest and inquiry. However,
if you prefer a more structured approach, you can also take
one of our Guided Tours through the
site. Each tour provides a sequence of pages dealing with
some aspect of model rockets.
NOTICE --- The site has recently been modified
to support Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Many of
the pages contain mathematical equations that have been produced
graphically and are too long or complex to provide in an "ALT"
tag. For these pages, we have retained the (non-compliant)
graphical page and have provided a separate, (compliant) text-only
page that contains all of the information of the original
page. The two pages are connected through hyperlinks.
- Beginner's Guide
to Aerodynamics
- Beginner's Guide
to Propulsion
- Beginner's Guide
to Model Rockets
- Beginner's Guide
to Kites
- Beginner's Guide
to Aeronautics
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byTom
Benson
Please send suggestions/corrections to: benson@grc.nasa.gov
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