{"id":2739,"date":"2013-05-10T20:06:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T02:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/woldfamily.net\/blog\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2013-05-12T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T03:26:38","slug":"our-first-model-rocket-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woldfamily.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/10\/our-first-model-rocket-launches","title":{"rendered":"Our first model rocket launches!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After building our rockets<\/a> and fixing some mistakes<\/a> we received our order of rocket engines today in the mail. It was perfect timing because tonight was a beautiful night with little wind. So, we all jumped in the car and ran down to a local park for some initial launches.<\/p>\n

We were worried about losing Elizabeth’s rocket because of the small size and the altitude that it reaches so we stuck to the larger rockets that Joey and I built.<\/p>\n

As instructed, we started with the smaller engines and then got a little more confident and went with the ‘big boys’ on the second launches (my launch was not recorded).<\/p>\n

Thankfully we recovered the rockets with each launch and have more rocket engines for future launches. Carolyn is saying that I am enjoying this more than the kids \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Next up is taping a small HD camera to the rockets to record the flight – stay tuned…<\/p>\n

I recommend this activity for anyone with kids as it has been a fun journey!<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth launches “Big Bertha” – 200 ft
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