Slingshot Rocket
This project is simple, yet highly satisfying. The current record distance traveled is 74 feet… can you beat that? Make sure you launch these UP, not horizontally! You only need three items, all of which are in your house right now! First, you need a piece of…
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Hi! My son is very excited about the science camp!! This is agreat idea!! The Windows Media Player 9 works best on our computer. Thanks again!! Tina Smith
Hi Aurora,
Thanks so much for this wonderful opportunity! My kids have been begging me for a science camp! I haven’t even told them yet. I’m just going to surprise them with it. I can’t wait. The first (You Tube) video worked for us. I couldn’t get the second one to play.
Blessings…Connie
My sons tried a three-man launch with a cut open rubberband. I think we could rival the record height, but it wasn’t a single man launch. Try it!
This slingshot was fun and easy to make. My first launch was 30ft.
hey, this is not teresa knorr, but her 15 year old son caleb. me and my brothers just did this and i think we broke the record for how far this rocket goes. i measured it out and we shot one exactly 100 feet, and that was with a decent wind from the left.
“Hey, this is 15 year old Caleb. Me and my brothers just did this and i think we broke the record for how far this rocket goes. i measured it out and we shot one exactly 100 feet, and that was with a decent wind from the left.”
WOW! Awesome! Can you post a photo of you and your invention? We’re putting up the new photo site now…
are we measuring how high or how far?
Lily Yu wrote: “are we measuring how high or how far?”
I suggest only flying these things UP, as they go FAR and have a pointy tip, but you can’t measure height very easily (the protrator-straw-string height gauge is best for objects that don’t move). So, clear the area and fire horizontally to get your measurement.
Hi! I asked my son what would make it go farther and after some thinking, he said, “A bigger rubber band.” So I pulled a giant rubber band out of my pocket (the kind they use in the produce section), he laughed, and it goes so high it’s almost hard to see it. Of course, it then comes STRAIGHT down so watch out!!