How to Build A Cheap Rocket Launching
Platform For Rod Or Rail
Accepts .25" to 3/4" Copper Pipe or Rail
Increase the size of the pipe to 1.5 and the platform can accept anything up to 1.5" in diameter.
You can construct rocket launching platform for under $60 that can handle rockets up to 150 pound. If you increase the length and diameter of the pipe used in this example, you can handle 300 pound rockets with no problems.
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Material needed:
Buy the following from Home Depot or any other store that carries rigid gas pipe either black or galvanized (galvanized rigid gas pipe stays cooler in the sun, but costs a little more):
Four 3x4 x 3' rigid pipes.
One 3/4 x 1' rigid pipe.
Two 3/4" x 3/4" Ts.
One 3/4" cross fitting.
Three 3" flanges.
Three 3/4" 90 elbows.
Two 3/4" end caps.
One 3/4" union.
One 3/4" to 3/4" threaded gate ball water valve.
Three 3/4" x 1.5" threaded rigid gas pipe nipples.
Two 14" pipe wrenches.
Instructions:
