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How to make a locost rocket
mangogrooveworkshop - 1/2/05 at 11:52 PM

Bored or feeling like a laugh in the workshop


Check out this mad site http://www.spagweb.com/magicspanner/water_rocket/index.htm


andyharding - 2/2/05 at 12:05 AM

Did this for my physics A-level coursework.

0-200MPH in 0.2 seconds


JoelP - 2/2/05 at 09:57 PM

i like the way it says 'safeish' way. not totally safe, but not far off


andyharding - 2/2/05 at 11:27 PM

I promise it's not in the least bit safe.

If you launched it while leaning over it I'm sure it would smash your face in/off/up. I guy from Japan once straped about 6 to his back and they him 30+ feet into the air. Got a video of it somewhere.

And I'll let you guess what the results of a 50Mph terminal velcoity landing would do if it hit you on the head on the way back down.

The director of the 6th form I was at wasn't too impressed with a few close calls involving his car roof and my rocket

[Edited on 2/2/05 by andyharding]


mangogrooveworkshop - 3/2/05 at 09:40 PM

Ive seen them with a 2 litre bottle somewhere on the worldwide wait. Any links