EXL-S101: Model Rocket Design

Model Rocket Design Workshop

Do you ever see a cardboard tube and immediately want to build a rocket from it?  No?  That needs to change.  So come to the rocket design class and bring a tube that you have laying around (should be > 25 mm/1" in diameter and less than 150 g/5 oz).  If you don't have one, don't worry, the instructor will bring a nice selection.

If you've never built or flown a model rocket, you will learn everything needed to get started and more!

We will go over all the steps needed to design a rocket from an existing tube, such as:

• How a model rocket works and the parts needed to make it fly safely,
• Which of those parts you can make using hand tools, a 3D printer, a laser or CNC mill, at home or at Makersmiths, 
• Rocket stability, so it will fly straight, and 
• Performance, so you can choose the right more and make sure it lands on your launch site.

We will meet in the basement classroom at the Leesburg location.

If not a Member of Makersmiths, a liability waiver will need to be signed before taking the class - https://waiver.fr/p-NVPOj. 

Questions? Contact the instructor Oliver Arend. 

If the class is full, click here to request additional classes.