Water Rocket day 9 launch

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Water Rocket day 9 launch

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Hi Everyone,

Good day to test for a school science project.

[www.youtube.com][/watch?v=vonFS7t6VqE]

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Re: Water Rocket day 9 launch

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link should look like this- [

Great job!
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Thanks for the link help, I will try again.
[youtube][/youtube]

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Great video! What a nice rocket. Did you use "nose cone off at apogee" to trigger the chute?
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looks like he wraps the band around a clockwork (tomy timer) and the flag is used to pull the keeper pin out?
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btw that flag is an awesome idea.
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Hi, the rocket has a Tommy timer with side deployment. The flag is attached to a the Tommy timer and this falls off at liftoff to start the Tommy timer.

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I'm blind! Yes, I see that now. Great work!
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Thanks for your comments. This was a A+ School project, we had to do it three times for the class and the school.
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Good video
I come from China, do not understand English, your information I use the translation software to view. I like water rockets, technology is the same, I hope we can become friends.