I want to destroy my competition
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 2:57 am
Hi everyone! I'm new and I've never made a water rocket before. I'm here because I'm making a strange boat from things I found around the house and I think it would be cool to add a water rocket.
(Skip this if you just want to talk about the rockets)
Now, here's a little bit about my boat so far without the rockets.
It's made from an old wooden door with the entire center cut out so only the edges of the door are left. On top of the remaining door there is a much lighter plywood board that serves as the deck, and it is supported over the door by 4 stronger pieces of wood. All of this is glued together with wood glue by the way. On top of the plywood deck I have my chair which is a large comfortable but lightweight car-seat. This car-seat slides forwards and backwards on top of pvc "rails." Also, I took my old shoes, glued them to the deck, and cut out the heel part so I could keep my feet planted as I slide back and forth.
You're probably wondering how this boat floats. Well, underneath each side of the door I have 2 large pontoons made of long plastic tubes made from plastic bottles. There are ten total tubes which is more than enough to keep me and and boat out of the water. Anyway, to row this boat I'm using my rowing mechanism invention.
Now, I have some questions for how I should add this water rocket propulsion.
-I want there to be a lot of force and I read that you should only pressurize a 2 liter bottle to 50 psi and that doesn't seem like a lot to me. My question is, can I make a water rocket out of a pvc pipe and attach that to my boat? I'm assuming that a pvc pipe can safely hold a much higher psi.
-If I can make a high psi water rocket out of a pvc pipe, would help push the boat at all?
-Is it possible to make a launch lever on this theoretical pvc pipe rocket.
Any thoughts or advice? So far, I hardly understand how water rockets work so I'd appreciate very simplified answers. Thanks!
(Skip this if you just want to talk about the rockets)
Now, here's a little bit about my boat so far without the rockets.
It's made from an old wooden door with the entire center cut out so only the edges of the door are left. On top of the remaining door there is a much lighter plywood board that serves as the deck, and it is supported over the door by 4 stronger pieces of wood. All of this is glued together with wood glue by the way. On top of the plywood deck I have my chair which is a large comfortable but lightweight car-seat. This car-seat slides forwards and backwards on top of pvc "rails." Also, I took my old shoes, glued them to the deck, and cut out the heel part so I could keep my feet planted as I slide back and forth.
You're probably wondering how this boat floats. Well, underneath each side of the door I have 2 large pontoons made of long plastic tubes made from plastic bottles. There are ten total tubes which is more than enough to keep me and and boat out of the water. Anyway, to row this boat I'm using my rowing mechanism invention.
Now, I have some questions for how I should add this water rocket propulsion.
-I want there to be a lot of force and I read that you should only pressurize a 2 liter bottle to 50 psi and that doesn't seem like a lot to me. My question is, can I make a water rocket out of a pvc pipe and attach that to my boat? I'm assuming that a pvc pipe can safely hold a much higher psi.
-If I can make a high psi water rocket out of a pvc pipe, would help push the boat at all?
-Is it possible to make a launch lever on this theoretical pvc pipe rocket.
Any thoughts or advice? So far, I hardly understand how water rockets work so I'd appreciate very simplified answers. Thanks!