For a lazy person, metal hose quick connectors would look like a drop in substitute for developing a release mechanism for a reinforced rocket, yet you don't see any of the pros using them.Water Rocket Expert wrote:Okay your right I am wrong I just thought coat hangers might be more redily available for most people than other materials but I guess I am wrong. No I am not arguing just to argue I thought I had a valid point.
Metal parts are just way too dangerous if the rocket explodes, which we now know can even happen during flight. This takes away the overused argument/excuse that the launcher can be made to constrain flying metal parts.
"You'll shoot your eye out."