- Stomp rocket
A stomp rocket is a
toy rocket that is powered bycompressed air . This is a trademarked name, the owner being Fred Ramirez, President of D&L Company. The term 'stomp rocket' has been genericized, much like 'xerox' or 'kleenex'. D&L manufactured the first stomp rocket ever in the early 1990's and has not stopped since. Since then, many clones or knock-offs have appeared.Stomp rockets have an air bag that attaches to the rocket by a tube. When it is stomped on, the air rushes through the tube and into the body of the rocket, causing it to lift into the sky. There are two versions of stomp rockets available: the Ultra Stomp Rocket, which travels about 200 feet, and the Junior Stomp Rocket, travels about 100 feet.
The Astroblast [citation needed, personal memory only] was a late 1970s-era stomp rocket consisting of a sturdy plastic stomp chamber with a sturdy stomp plunger on top. An adjustable plastic pipe allowed a foam rubber rocket to be launched at any angle when the user stomped on the plunger.
A later adaptation of the Astroblast substituted an air pump and release mechanism for the stomp chamber and plunger.
External links
*http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktstomp.html
Making stomp rockets
*http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/airRocket/index.html
Manufacturers of stomp rockets
*http://www.stomprocket.com/
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