Brevard Community College

Brevard Community College Aerospace Program
Air Powered Rockety Manual

This manual is intended to be a starting point that will open the doors to endless possibilities only limited by your imagination. The grade level is targeted to middle school students but can be adapted for high school students. Not every detail is included in this manual. There is room for adjustments due to substitution of parts and the availability of supplies. Students construct paper rockets and launch them with an air pressure rocket launcher. Using simple sighting devices, along with basic trigonometry and algebra, the altitude the rockets reach can be determined.