Hello from UK

[The Sky Dart]

Hi All,

We are a small family team with a modest goal of getting over 300 meters on air and water. We are based in Surrey, UK and you can see our yet modest achievements on the team site: http://sites.google.com/site/theskydartteam/

Best regards to all member.

[rockets-in-brighton]

Hi All,

We are a small family team with a modest goal of getting over 300 meters on air and water. We are based in Surrey, UK and you can see our yet modest achievements on the team site: http://sites.google.com/site/theskydartteam/

Best regards to all member.

Nice to see another UK water rocketeer. Welcome to the forum. In your test video that looks like an FTC-style rocket body, is that right?

[The Sky Dart]

Thank you very much Steve.

What is the FTC-style?

I have not got time to update our webpage yet. I hope this week I'll put all pictures and it'll be clear how it's done. At the moment the rocket is just a pressure vessel without a nose cone, fins and a payload section. It's made of a 40mm polypropylene pipe I bought in B&Q for about two quid. The rest is gust a gantry to keep it straight up and stop the rocket from flying into neighbours garden starting a local war. The pipe is manufactured by Marley (http://www.marleyplumbinganddrainage.co ... ylene.html)

[rockets-in-brighton]

Thank you very much Steve.

What is the FTC-style?

FTC = Fluorescent Tube Cover = a transparent cylinder made from polycarbonate that is designed to cover a lighting tube to prevent contamination in case of breakage, and which is abused by water rocketeers to make long thin rocket bodies.

It's made of a 40mm polypropylene pipe I bought in B&Q for about two quid.

OK, be careful with PP as it is hard to glue (usually waste pipes are a loose push fit). I tend to use cold water supply pipe rather than waste pipe as it has a known pressure rating and there are solvent glues and glue-free pressure safe push fit systems available.

Good luck with your project and keep us updated with the results of your experiments.

[Andromeda]

Hello Sky Dart!

Welcome to this forum! I would love to know if you have flown the skinny rocket yet because like Steve says that PP is reall hard to glue. I wonder how much pressure it would hold too.

I made fins once from a PP food container and the only way I found to attach them was to use a soldering pencil and melt the plastic together.

[The Sky Dart]

Hello Sky Dart!

Welcome to this forum! I would love to know if you have flown the skinny rocket yet because like Steve says that PP is reall hard to glue. I wonder how much pressure it would hold too.

I made fins once from a PP food container and the only way I found to attach them was to use a soldering pencil and melt the plastic together.

Thank you Andromeda,

I use thermo glue for glue guns. The technique is a bit awkward, but proved to be reliable enough.
We've repeatedly reached 300psi on the same pressure vessel.

[Andromeda]

Hello Sky Dart!

Welcome to this forum! I would love to know if you have flown the skinny rocket yet because like Steve says that PP is reall hard to glue. I wonder how much pressure it would hold too.

I made fins once from a PP food container and the only way I found to attach them was to use a soldering pencil and melt the plastic together.

Thank you Andromeda,

I use thermo glue for glue guns. The technique is a bit awkward, but proved to be reliable enough.
We've repeatedly reached 300psi on the same pressure vessel.

That's fantastic! Good show!

[The Sky Dart]

I've updated our team page (http://sites.google.com/site/theskydartteam/). Detailed descriptions are added.

Enjoy.

[Andromeda]

I've updated our team page (http://sites.google.com/site/theskydartteam/). Detailed descriptions are added.

Enjoy.

Cool. I will check your page out!