Completed motor mount assembly (note the small wood block added to reinforce the area in front of the motor hook, at the left end). Photo by Greg Smith

CIA presented a workshop for nine members of Champaign County 4-H and their parents on Monday, December 8, 2008. We made a presentation on model rocketry and the club, and helped each student build an Estes Generic E2X rocket, which they can decorate with stickers and markers and fly at an upcoming CIA launch.

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CIA-Rocketry > Christopher Deem with some of the rockets used in the introductory presentation and slide show. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Three of the students work on attaching the retention clip to the motor mount assembly. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Completed motor mount assembly (note the small wood block added to reinforce the area in front of the motor hook, at the left end). Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Jonathan shows how the motor tube fits into the fin unit. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Attaching the centering ring to the motor mount assembly. This step also locks the motor tube into the fin unit. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > The motor hook should be located between two of the fins, not aligned with any of them. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Motor mount and fin assembly, ready to glue into the main body tube. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > A student assembles his shock cord mount. You need to use just the right amount of glue. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Getting ready to glue the shock cord mount into the body tube. Photo by Greg Smith

Completed motor mount assembly (note the small wood block added to reinforce the area in front of the motor hook, at the left end). Photo by Greg Smith