Stomp Rocket

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Stomp Rocket

A bottle connected to pvc pipe with a notebook paper rocket next to it

PIRA: 1H10.05

Materials: Launcher (1.5 meter PVC, 8-11 cm PVC, PVC elbow, 2 liter pop bottle), Rocket (piece of paper, furniture tip), duct tape, scotch tape

This demo is to show Newton's Third Law. It shows that when the air pushes on the rocket the rocket in turn also pushes on the air propelling the rocket upward and forward.