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A water rocket is a type of model rocket using water as its reaction mass. The pressure vessel (the engine of the rocket) is constructed from thin plastic or other non metallic materials (usually a used plastic soft drink bottle) weighing 1,500 grams or less. The water is forced out by compressed air. It is an example of Newton's third law of motion.

First flight of my first water rocket

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First flight of my first water rocket

Post by GrahamM » Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:46 am

Hi all,
Just getting into water rocketry, here is a short video of my first attempt.

Graham :)
Melbourne, Australia


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Re: First flight of my first water rocket

Post by Braaainz » Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:10 pm

Nice looking launcher. What are you using for the launch rods?


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Re: First flight of my first water rocket

Post by GrahamM » Sun Sep 02, 2018 6:32 pm

Braaainz wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:10 pm
 Nice looking launcher. What are you using for the launch rods?
Thanks, using 12mm diameter aluminium tubes, picked up at the local hardware store.

The launcher is inspired by a tutorial from George Katz at Air Command (http://www.aircommandrockets.com/constr ... m#Launcher)


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Re: First flight of my first water rocket

Post by addstogether2 » Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:31 am

Hi Graham

Welcome to the forum. Nice first Launcher.

I am also in Melbourne. What side of town are you?

Al


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Re: First flight of my first water rocket

Post by GrahamM » Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:40 am

addstogether2 wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:31 am
 Hi Graham

Welcome to the forum. Nice first Launcher.

I am also in Melbourne. What side of town are you?

Al
Hi! Nice to know there is someone else in Melbourne interested in Water Rockets :)
I am in Docklands, basically the CBD, what part are you in?
How far have you got with rocketry?


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Re: First flight of my first water rocket

Post by addstogether2 » Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:35 am

Hi Graham,

I am in Mulgrave, out east before dandy.

I have been doing water rocketry for over 10 years.

I do rocketry with the cub scouts as I am a leader and also personally.

You can see one of the quad launchers I built for cubs as my pic.

Al


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Re: First flight of my first water rocket

Post by addstogether2 » Sat Sep 15, 2018 3:18 am

Hi graham can you please pm me a contact email as the firewall here wont allow me to reply but i can receive

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