Body Tube

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Body Tube
Nose Cone
Spacer Tube
Engine Block
Launch Lug
Fins
Shock cord
Nose Cone Insert
Streamer
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Thin cardboard tube is specially treated to
resist fire
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Allows you to make the rocket more stable by
stuffing clay inside to make it heavier
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Pushes against the ring, inside the body tube,
and carries the rocket upward
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Only used in the first step to glue in the engine
block at the right distance
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spaced evenly around the bottom of the body tube
to keep the rocket flying straight
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Hollow tube slides over the launching rod, so the
rocket heads straight upward
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rubber band that attaches the body tube to the
nose cone. Absorbs the shock when the nose cone
pops out
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Slows the rocket down so it lands softly
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attaches the nose cone to the shock cord