Water Rocket Launcher

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Post by Leprechaun71588 » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:48 pm

Yeah, some of you guys with more experience with water rockets could do this much better than I have. This is the first water rocket-type-thing I've ever messed around with, so it's not as good as it could be. Any help you can give would be great.
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Post by T.U.M.E.G. » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:25 pm

How do you guys come up with this stuff its amazing I mean really it's incredible I wish I could do that I know to mods the backpack and the soaker tag expansion





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Post by joannaardway » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:19 am

I performed some more tests now with a weighted bottle nose. Range was generally increased from before.

Next stage - work out optimum bottle fill.
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Post by guerrilla91 » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:21 pm

I can tell you the optimum bottle fill. It will be between 40% and 45% of your bottle's volume. Trust me, I know this stuff from Science Olympiad.

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Post by Leprechaun71588 » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:28 pm

After I fixed a pump problem, I have it back up and running. A couple things I've noticed from a couple tests...

Bigger bottles seem to work much better. I'm assuming this is because it can hold more water, giving it more thrust without adding too much weight.

I figured shooting it at a 45 degree angle would shoot great, however...when it shoots at an angle, all the water doesn't escape as fast as it normally would, weighing the bottle down and making it fall faster. Shooting it straight up isn't so awful though, considering I'm not shooting it at stuff anyways.

So I'm gonna try out some more bottle sizes and see how they go.
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Post by vaporizer_2 » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:48 pm

This post marks my return to the ssc forums :) (I forgot my password and e-mail password as well). I am vaporizer28.

I posted something like this a while back, but I didn't explain it well, and other members took it as launching a water bottle to hit somebody.

launching a bottle of water is to carpet-bomb your target with water, right?

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Post by Silence » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:11 pm

Actually, I don't think this is intended to be used in battle. I don't want to be hit by the hardness of a water bottle + the momentum of the water within, and it won't be that great for plain soakage. An interesting concept, but not for battle use.

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Post by CROC » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:14 am

This is one of those novelties, like ancient water guns (kind of like the one ben is reproducing) It's just for fun.
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