4 Ways to Separate 2-Stage Rockets

http://www.ApogeeRockets.com - How do you separate the bottom stage off of a 2-stage rocket? That seems to be a common question from students jumping right into rocketry for university level design competitions, and from new rocketeers that are outside the United States. Those people who aren't familiar with Estes 2-stage rockets seem to think that there is some elaborate mechanism that separates the two parts of the rocket. In this video, we'll cover the 4 different ways to split a rocket at staging. We'll explain when you could use each, how you should do it, and what you might need to do it successfully.