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This is X-2, a 4 foot FTC with shrunken PET bottles for end caps/nozzle Max altitude: approx. 300 feet Recovery system: none/splashdown.
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X-6 is a 6 foot FTC side glider.
Maximum altitude: approx. 500 feet.
Recovery system: Side gliding.
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X-7 is an 8 foot FTC with parachute recovery.
Maximum altitude 571 feet.
Recovery system: Parachute.
Deploy: US Water Rockets Electro-chemical.
Payload: Camera.
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X-9 is an 8 foot FTC with parachute recovery.
Maximum altitude 1079 feet.
Recovery system: Parachute. Deploy: US Water Rockets Electro-chemical Dual Deploy.
Payload: Camera, altimiter.
This self portrait was taken from an altitude of 690 feet.
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X-10 is an 8 foot reinforced FTC with parachute recovery.
Maximum altitude unknown (1699 feet so far).
Recovery system: Parachute. Deploy: US Water Rockets Electro-chemical Deploy.
Payload: High definition rocket camera, altimeter.
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This is X-3, an 8 foot FTC with shrunken PET bottles for end caps/nozzle Max altitude: approx. 361 feet.
Recovery system: none/splashdown.
Payload: Altimeter.
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X-4 is a 4 foot FTC side glider.
Maximum altitude: approx. 455 feet.
Recovery system: Side gliding.
Payload: Altimeter.
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X-8 Deploying parachute

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X-8 is an 8 foot FTC with parachute recovery.
Maximum altitude 527 feet.
Recovery system: Parachute. Deploy: US Water Rockets Electro-chemical.
Payload: Camera, altimiter.
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X-14

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X-14 is an 8 foot FTC with parachute recovery.
Maximum altitude 1382 feet.
Recovery system: Parachute. Deploy: US Water Rockets Electro-chemical.
Payload: Camera, altimiter.

This rocket was designed to fly without spinning and to take video and photos. Video from this rocket appeared on The Discovery Channel's Mythbusters in 2005.
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X-12

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This is X-12 the current world record holding water rocket.
Maximum altitude: Unknown (2088 feet so far).
Recovery system: Parachute.
Deploy: US Water Rockets Electro-chemical.
Payload: Camera, altimiter.
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You are allowed 50 MB of space to upload photos to the forum. The URL you provided does not appear to work.
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Post by Spaceman Spiff »

WRA2 wrote:You are allowed 50 MB of space to upload photos to the forum. The URL you provided does not appear to work.
Can I imbed a link to an external picture or video in my message and save on my 50MB of space?
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Team Parental Advisory,

You should try to compress those images a little bit. They take a while to download because they're like a half a meg apiece! Thanks.
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Post by Drag_Racer408a »

Hiow do you do that? I wouldn't mind if the WRA2 deleated that comment so i couls resize.
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