Monday, February 22, 2010

Rockets Away !!


Assisted son Ian with a science project over the weekend, that the whole family got a kick out of. Who doesn't get a kick out of firing home made rockets? Empty plastic soda bottle, stopper made from a cut up bike tube, crude wooden launcher, bike pump - you're in business.

Fill bottle half way with water, attach pump, balance in crude stand and pump away. At around 50 psi it would blow out the stopper and head for the stars - well, almost. Still, some pretty impressive heights and good cheap fun.

Video taken from local school yard. First few test launches from our back yard resulted in a lost bottle that sailed over the neighbors house, so we had to move to a larger test facility. Even so, we eventually lost this bottle on the school roof.

NASA has nothing to worry about.....

5 comments:

  1. That was amazing. What is next gerbils in orbit? :-)

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  2. Hello Eddy, Enjoyed checking out your Blog, really liked the video of your daughter Amy learning to ride, as a matter of fact I liked it so much I stole it, I linked to you, hope you don't mind, if you do, let me know.
    enjoy the ride.

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  3. Good old cheap fun. Let's see what you can do with a cardboard box!

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  4. Thanks for all the comments. Yeah - this goofy kind of stuff is fun. Good family time as well.

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