How to Make a
PAPER TIGER
STEP 1: MAKE BODY TUBE
1. Use a
spent
engine to
roll
your body
tube
out of
copier
paper
the short
way
3. Wipe a line of glue across
edge of paper and seal smoothly
2. Test the
size by
sticking the
engine in
the ends.
It should be
tight
enough to
hold the
Engine but
loose
enough
to insert
and
remove
easily
STEP 2: MAKE NOSE CONE
1. Roll ½ a sheet of copier paper
into a tight cone
2. Wipe a small amount of glue
On the edge and seal smoothly
STEP 3: MAKE LAUNCH LUG
Cut a piece of straw 4 cm long
Cut a strip of paper 8 cm X 4 cm
Cover the paper with glue
Roll the straw in the paper
Smoothly seal the edges
Set aside.
STEP 4: INSERT ENGINE STOP
1. Cut piece of cardboard
8 cm X 2 cm and roll into a ring
2. Choose end that engine fits best
Cover outside of ring with glue
Place inside end of rocket
3. Hold spent
engine with
fingertips and
push ring up
inside rocket
until your
fingertips touch
with a twisting
motion in, up
and out
WARNING!
This is the
CRITICAL
PART of building
the rocket! Spent
engine may get
stuck if you do
not keep moving!
STEP 5: PICK OUT FIN DESIGN AND
CUT OUT 3 OR 4 FINS
1. Cut out
the fin
design of
your choice.
3. Use
this fin
to trace
the
other
fins
2. Trace the fin
on cardboard
And cut out
With a box
knife
On the
clipboard
4. Trim
your fins
With
scissors
Make sure
they are
Exactly
alike
STEP 6: CREATE AND ATTACH FIN
ALIGNMENT PAPER
1. Find Circumference
4. Mark the creases
2. Trim to fit
5. Apply glue
To opposite side
3. Fold paper (thirds for 3 fins
Or fourths for 4 fins)
6. Apply to the end
of Rocket with
engine stop
7. Apply fins on
each line and
where the paper
meets
STEP 7: ATTACH FINS
Wipe a small line of
glue on the line on the
rocket and a small line
of glue on the edge of
the fin.
Hold firmly in place
until it dries.
Do the same with the
other fins.
STEP 8: ATTACH LAUNCH LUG
Glue
Launch Lug
Halfway up
body tube
Not in line
with any fin
STEP 9: TRIM NOSE CONE
1. Place untrimmed nosecone on the
top of the rocket.
2. Feel the top edge of rocket
3. Trim the nosecone so 1 cm overhangs
the rocket.
STEP 10: MAKE STREAMER AND
ATTACH TO STRING AND SHOCK CORD
Create a streamer:
(Instead of a parachute)
SHOCK CORD:
Cut a piece of ribbon
30 cm long.
Reinforce one end
with piece of masking
tape.
Punch a small hole
In the tape and tie one
end of a 30 cm piece
of string to it.
Cut into 1 – 2 cm
vertical strips.
Cut a thick
rubber band in
half.
Tie one end of
the cut rubber
band to the
other end of the
string.
STEP 11: ATTACH STREAMER TO
ROCKET AND NOSE CONE
1. Cut a small
piece of paper and
Wipe glue on it and
Wrap the free end of
The rubber band
With it
2. Glue one end
And place inside
The top end of
your rocket
3. Cut another
small piece of
paper.
Wipe glue on it
and wrap the knot
where the string is
attached to the
rubber band
4. Glue this
paper wrapped
knot into the tip
of your trimmed
nosecone.
STEP 12: INSPECTION
AND INSERT WADDING
Bring Finished Rocket
to the Inspectors
Sue or Cheryl
They will give you the
wadding
(Protects the streamer
from the heat of the
secondary explosion)
Engines will be
Inserted on the
Day of the launch
STEP 13: DECORATE
STEP 14: LAUNCH ON FRIDAY!