Wooden Match Laucher

by kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun in Outside > Rockets

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Wooden Match Laucher

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A lauching pad for my wooden match rocket instructable.
By the way this thing can get hot and you may get burnt, you have been warned.

Equipment

This is what you need;
a pen(just the plastic barrell thing)
thick wire
match box

Bend the Wire

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For this is used a metal coat-hanger.Bend it into the shape below.There's a few shots so you can get a better idea.

Plastic Barrell

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It's not the greatest picture ever but it's the only 1 I have.
Slide the pen thing down the wire and I put a peice of tin-foil down the tube to stop the rockets sliding further down it.

Trival Add-on

You don't need to do this but if you're really afraid of getting burnt you ban do it.
Punch a hole in the side of a empty matchbox and use it to prop up the laucher.