Dawn of the Space Age

March 16th, 1926 saw the first successful launch of a liquid fueled rocket. This 82 piece set lets you recreate this historic moment.

The rocket's engine was located in the nose. Below this, protected by a conical heat shield, were fuel tanks: one containing liquid oxygen, the other gasoline. 

To launch the rocket, a blowtorch was used to ignite gunpowder in the nose cone. Then oxygen from an external tank was fed into the fuel tanks, forcing the 2 liquids along separate pipes until they met in the nose cone. This mixture was ignited by the burning gunpowder to produce thrust. 

The actual rocket only flew for 2.5 seconds but proved that liquid fuels were more efficient than the solid fuels used previously, paving the way for the rocket engines still used today. 

Includes: rocket, launch stand, oxygen tank, blowtorch, flame element, transparent pieces to create launch scene and an inventor minifig.

"The dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow" - Robert Goddard