How to reinforce bottles?

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PTrockets
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How to reinforce bottles?

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I have some questions:
Can reinforce bottles with fishing line?
Can reinforce bottles with carbon fiber?
That more materials can I use?
Thank you! :wink:
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Re: How to reinforce bottles?

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Here is something you can check out:

aircommandrockets/construction_2#ReinforcingBottles
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How to reinforce bottles?

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Thank you but... well, I was not thinking about that. I was thinking about this:
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Re: How to reinforce bottles?

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For the ultimate in reinforcing bottles you should check out this site. It is not a water rocket site but a supplier of biaxle expandable sleeves and epoxy supplies. these are excellent at wrapping and look awesome too!

http://www.sollercomposites.com/light-sleeves-sock.html
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