Hello friends, from Indonesia

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syarif72
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Hello friends, from Indonesia

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Since i followed a local water rocket seminar in my region, i started to love water rocket, and my students too :D
So, i digging information in the web, searching for tutorial to improve our water rocket, viewing youtube channel and then KABOOMM!!! i found this interesting forum :D
i'm not so good in my English, so forgive me if what i said was misspelled BO:
Best regards ! :W
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Welcome!
The truth can be found here:

http://airconman.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/AirConmanRockets
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syarif72 wrote:Since i followed a local water rocket seminar in my region, i started to love water rocket, and my students too :D
So, i digging information in the web, searching for tutorial to improve our water rocket, viewing youtube channel and then KABOOMM!!! i found this interesting forum :D
i'm not so good in my English, so forgive me if what i said was misspelled BO:
Best regards ! :W
Welcome to the forum! So what kind of water rockets are you building now?
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syarif72 wrote:Since i followed a local water rocket seminar in my region, i started to love water rocket, and my students too :D
So, i digging information in the web, searching for tutorial to improve our water rocket, viewing youtube channel and then KABOOMM!!! i found this interesting forum :D
i'm not so good in my English, so forgive me if what i said was misspelled BO:
Best regards ! :W
No worries about the language difference. We're all speaking "Water Rocket" here!

Welcome to the forum!
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U.S. Water Rockets1 wrote:No worries about the language difference. We're all speaking "Water Rocket" here!

Welcome to the forum!
Thanks a lot :D ,
bugwubber wrote: Welcome to the forum! So what kind of water rockets are you building now?
Thank you :D Just a simple single bottle rocket and using Clark cable ties launcher and still fixin' it :undecided: , in my region rocket water is not about height, but how far you can launch it :D
So far, i can launch it about 117 m far, and not even have the third place BO: well, i'm still beginner in water rocketry :D
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air.conman wrote:Welcome!
Thank you :D
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syarif72 wrote:
U.S. Water Rockets1 wrote:No worries about the language difference. We're all speaking "Water Rocket" here!

Welcome to the forum!
Thanks a lot :D ,
bugwubber wrote: Welcome to the forum! So what kind of water rockets are you building now?
Thank you :D Just a simple single bottle rocket and using Clark cable ties launcher and still fixin' it :undecided: , in my region rocket water is not about height, but how far you can launch it :D
So far, i can launch it about 117 m far, and not even have the third place BO: well, i'm still beginner in water rocketry :D
syarif72,

That's pretty great for someone who is just getting started! Do you know what the farthest anyone has gone is?
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:D :D Yeah I mean that is really far, like was it going toward the ground?!
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U.S. Water Rockets1 wrote:
syarif72 wrote:
U.S. Water Rockets1 wrote:No worries about the language difference. We're all speaking "Water Rocket" here!

Welcome to the forum!
Thanks a lot :D ,
bugwubber wrote: Welcome to the forum! So what kind of water rockets are you building now?
Thank you :D Just a simple single bottle rocket and using Clark cable ties launcher and still fixin' it :undecided: , in my region rocket water is not about height, but how far you can launch it :D
So far, i can launch it about 117 m far, and not even have the third place BO: well, i'm still beginner in water rocketry :D
syarif72,

That's pretty great for someone who is just getting started! Do you know what the farthest anyone has gone is?
The winner reached 135m far, and they are still in 2nd year elementary school using hand pump and leverage :cl: (but they just launch it, the master mind is still the teacher, hehehe...)
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Water Rocket Expert wrote::D :D Yeah I mean that is really far, like was it going toward the ground?!
most of them (and mine too) got nose cone ripped :dielaugh: and the hand pump (60psi) damaged due to over pressure (we try to push it until around 80psi)... DOH:
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syarif72 wrote: The winner reached 135m far, and they are still in 2nd year elementary school using hand pump and leverage :cl: (but they just launch it, the master mind is still the teacher, hehehe...)
That's still pretty impressive distance for just starting to experiment. keep it up!
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U.S. Water Rockets1 wrote:
syarif72 wrote: The winner reached 135m far, and they are still in 2nd year elementary school using hand pump and leverage :cl: (but they just launch it, the master mind is still the teacher, hehehe...)
That's still pretty impressive distance for just starting to experiment. keep it up!
Thanks, :D
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syarif72 wrote:
U.S. Water Rockets1 wrote:
syarif72 wrote: The winner reached 135m far, and they are still in 2nd year elementary school using hand pump and leverage :cl: (but they just launch it, the master mind is still the teacher, hehehe...)
That's still pretty impressive distance for just starting to experiment. keep it up!
Thanks, :D
No problem! Glad to have you here!
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