{"id":4470,"date":"2015-12-30T17:42:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T23:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nogginbuilders.com\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2016-03-18T09:52:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T14:52:54","slug":"stomp-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/2015\/12\/stomp-rockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Stomp Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Stomp Rockets<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00bd\u201d OD PVC pipe: (3) 1 foot, (2) 6 inch<br \/>\n4 way connector<br \/>\n45 degree connector<br \/>\n(2) end caps<br \/>\npaper<br \/>\nscissors<br \/>\ntape, clear and duct<br \/>\nempty water bottle<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stomp-Rocket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4473\" src=\"http:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stomp-Rocket-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stomp Rocket\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stomp-Rocket-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stomp-Rocket-510x383.jpg 510w, https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stomp-Rocket-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stomp-Rocket-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assemble the PVC launcher:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Insert the two shorter pipes into the 4 way connector so they are opposite each other<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Place an end cap on each open end of the shorter pipes<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Insert the two longer pipes into the 4 way connector into the two remaining slots so they are opposite each other<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the open end of one of the longer pipes, attach the elbow connector<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Insert the final pipe into the other end of the elbow connector<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Reinforce connections with duct tape, if desired<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Decorate with duct tape, acrylic paint (not washable) or sharpies if desired<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Make the rocket:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wrap a piece of printer paper around a piece of PVC pipe and secure with tape &#8211; IMPORTANT &#8211; the rocket needs to slide easily on the PVC pipe; it should fit nicely, but not be too snug<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Close off the tip of the rocket; pinch and tape (easier) create a nose cone using paper (advanced)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Add fins or other adornments to the rocket if desired<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To launch:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Place an empty plastic bottle over the open PVC pipe closest to the 4-way connector.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Slice your rocket over the open PVC pipe sticking up at the end of the launcher. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Make sure the launch area is clear<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stomp on the bottle and watch it fly!<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Test and improve!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Try different size bottles or rocket designs\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using just PVC pipe, paper and an empty plastic bottle, create your own rocket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nb-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4470"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5338,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions\/5338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}