Help Iowa's "Bird the Builder" team to get to Washington, DC

UPDATE: We qualified to go to Nationals and we need your help to get there!

Our performance was outstanding. On our best flight the rocket reached 793 feet in 42 seconds, so close to our goal. The flight was only 0.3% off of a perfect run. We were selected as one of the top 100 teams from all across America to go to nationals and on our first try in the competition. We’re so excited to get to go to Virginia to compete in nationals!

Now it's time to get back to work because we have to gets lots done like:

1) Build a second rocket

2) Plan a trip to Virginia

3) Test both rockets for different altitudes to be ready for the new target height at nationals

About our team:

We're a team of 3 kids from Iowa named “Bird The Builders.” We are building a rocket for the 2025 American Rocketry Challenge! We're trying to build a rocket that can fly 790 feet high and come back down in 41-44 seconds. That's a really hard mission to be so exact!

We're competing against other teams from all over the United States.

We have experience with building competitions because we participated in the First Lego League Robotics Challenge. We learned a lot about teamwork, problem-solving, and building creative solutions.

We are aiming to fundraise $800 to purchase the needed materials for our rocket, including:

• Body tubes: To form the main structure of our rocket.

• Nose cone: To protect the rocket's electronics and make it more aerodynamic.

• Balsa wood: For constructing fins and other structural parts.

• Launching equipment: A safe and working system to launch our rocket.

• Motors: To provide the necessary thrust for flight.

• Parachutes: To safely land our rocket after flight.

If you sponsor us, we will take a picture of our rocket and team with a sign with your name/logo, post it on our social media, and share the image with you to promote your sponsorship as well. Our parents will also post.

Sponsoring us is a good way to help kids like us learn about rocket science. You'll be helping us build rockets and maybe even win the American Rocketry Challenge.

We hope you'll say yes!

Thanks,

Bird The Builders

Eli, Yash, and Gavin