Fuel core grain. The core is either an end burner (low thrust), core burner (high thrust), or a partial core burner (high thrust initially then low thrust as it transitions to end burning).
The size of the engine you put in it.
Model rockets typically do not have constant thrust; instead, their thrust profile varies during the flight. Most solid rocket motors used in model rockets produce thrust that peaks shortly after ignition and then decreases as the fuel is consumed. This means that while the initial thrust may be strong, it diminishes over time until the rocket coast phase begins. Some advanced model rocket motors can provide a more controlled thrust curve, but the majority follow this general pattern.
The A8-3 model rocket engine produces approximately 2.4 pounds of thrust at liftoff. This thrust is generated for a duration of about 3 seconds, allowing the rocket to ascend rapidly before the ejection charge deploys the recovery system.
Enough to lift a small rocket 5-600 feet.
A model rocket usually only holds one engine. The size of the engine and the amount of thrust that you get from varies. Becoming apart of a model rocket organization can help you determine the right engine for your rocket.
Lift, drag, thrust, and gravity.
Thrust (due to solid or liquid fuel burning)
A model rocket flies through the transformation of chemical energy into kinetic energy. The rocket's engine contains a solid propellant that undergoes combustion, releasing hot gases that create thrust. This thrust propels the rocket upward, converting the stored chemical energy into kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion. Additionally, some potential energy is gained as the rocket ascends.
Thrust, and lots of it. for about $25 bucks @ you're locale hobby store, you can buy a model rocket kit that uses the same basic idea's as nasa's
Thrust, strong and powerfull
Thrust is the main component in rocket building. It is the driving force. Im totally joking your so effin gay...wtf is wrong with you...get a girl and stop going on wiki answers like an old saggy ball pedeifle...get a freaken life you overweight assclown
Actually for some time even after the thrust is no longer greater than gravity. When the rocket's thrust is greater than gravity, it will be accelerating (its velocity upwards will increase). When the rocket's thrust is no longer greater than gravity, at that moment it will still have an upward velocity, so it will still travel upwards - it will only travel more and more slowly upwards as gravity starts to sap the rocket's upward velocity towards zero. Once its velocity reaches zero, if gravity is still winning over the rocket's thrust (if any), then it will start to fall back towards the ground.We are assuming a simplistic model (no air resistance, no super-unlucky collisions with meteors, etc.), but this is the basic idea.