Rocketeers!

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fetcheveryone Apr 2017 3:01pm, 6 Apr 2017 18,277 posts	0 fetcheveryone We (well, mainly me actually, but I think the boy will join in during the wet phase) are building the prototype launch mechanism for a new season of bottle rockets. I was talking to Ness at Draycote Water, and she said she'd built one too. So I wonder who else I could talk into sharing their plans and experiments. Who's up for it? #don'tleavemehanging
fetcheveryone Apr 2017 3:04pm, 6 Apr 2017 18,278 posts	0 fetcheveryone Our launcher prototype is a section of tune from a roll of carpet, and two tent pegs, which we will pull out at launch.
fetcheveryone Apr 2017 3:04pm, 6 Apr 2017 18,279 posts	0 fetcheveryone tune=tube. Bliddy autocorrect.
McGoohan Apr 2017 4:37pm, 6 Apr 2017 28,770 posts	0 McGoohan static4.comicvine.com
becca7 Apr 2017 4:46pm, 6 Apr 2017 7,202 posts	0 becca7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwdzjJHD2BM
Dvorak Apr 2017 11:22pm, 6 Apr 2017 13,451 posts	0 Dvorak I was looking up bottle rockets after you last posted about them and eyeing up my local park as a potential launch site. On balance though, I think it may be better for everyone's wellbeing if I don't go down that route.
decorum Apr 2017 11:28pm, 6 Apr 2017 1,808 posts	0 decorum Our scouts do this every so often. Rolled paper, launched from a valved pressure pump pipe system. First three rounds are to tweak and get furthest distance; after that they try to encourage the rocket to go geographic on the launch pad/pipe .
fetcheveryone Apr 2017 1:15pm, 7 Apr 2017 18,283 posts	0 fetcheveryone We'll be sharing our progress as we go. I think when we've perfected our cardboard launcher, I'll be seeing about swapping it out for a PVC pipe. And I note that Lidl were selling portable air compressors recently
GordonG Apr 2017 1:40pm, 7 Apr 2017 7,086 posts	0 GordonG as we got in to the car the other day, my daughter noticed that there was a packet of Mentos next to an open can of coke. "That's just a disaster waiting to happen," she said. made me larf!
fetcheveryone Apr 2017 1:45pm, 7 Apr 2017 18,284 posts	0 fetcheveryone If she's not already watching, you should point out the Slowmo Guys on Youtube.