The objective of this experiment is to duplicate the electric rocket using plans from Bill Beaty's website.

My work thus far

• Electric Rocket Experiment Mark 1 (unsuccessful)
• Electric Rocket Experiment Mark 2 (construction unsuccessful)
• Electric Rocket Experiment Cookie Cutter Construction Technique

Sources of tin

Here are some sources of tin in case you are having trouble finding some:

• Pearson Dental 1-800-535-4535 or 1-818-362-2600 (I purchased my tin for the Mark 2 version from here. See the above link for more)
• Benco Dental Co. 800-462-3626 www.benco.com (when I contacted them, they told me to contact Pearson Dental though I know others have bought from Benco)
• Alfa Aesar www.alfa.com

Links

• Yahoo! discussion group dedicated to the electric rocket
• The Eclipse Laboratory - James Batchelor's site
• Tom Kennedy's site