8 litre water rocket (genesis I rocket)
I like to make instructables which are fun to build or make. I'm instrested in rockets, rc planes, science and fishing. send me a message if you have any questions.
I like to make instructables which are fun to build or make. I'm instrested in rockets, rc planes, science and fishing. send me a message if you have any questions.
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intro8 litre water rocket (genesis I rocket)
This instructable will show you how to how to make an 8 litre rocket. please leave your comments on this page
step 1Step 1: Equipment
First you will need to gather your equipment
you will need:
scissors
craft Knife
PL premuim (or other test plastic glue)
duck tape
Ping pong ball
five, two litre fizzy dr…
For this step you will need 5, 2 litre bottles, ducktape and the pl premuim glue
first cut the bottom of 2 bottles.
next glue the out side of one bottle and insert the bo…
step 3joining two spliced bottles together
Now you will need about 10cm of 22mm pipe.
first insert half of a 10cm epoxy glued piece of 22mm pipe into one of the bottle necks (it should fit snuggly)
when you have g…
Payload
Step one:
cut the bottom off your 2 litre bottle
step two
cut two disks the same width as the bottle out of corregated plastic
step three
cut a strip out of pl…
Step 1: nose cone
cut the top and bottom off a 1.25 litre bottle. Then cut the neck off the top.
Step 2:
Cut a ping pong ball in half with a craft knife and then
glue ha…
These fins are for bigger rockets and are very good for two stage rockets and rockets with drop away boosters.
for fins print off the link to the template below and stick …
here is a video of it flying
| Does using more bottles on the rocket make it better or worse, because
you have more weight, and it seems like it would weight it down more,
but would it give it more aerodynamics.
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| well... with water rockets it would be hard to make a big rocket. eg. presurisation, filling it up with water. There gets a point where i won't fly. the only reason for using more bottles would be for a multi staged rocket
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| Aug 29, 2009. 12:47 PMShephyr
says:
In the other tutorial you have you showed some designs of rockets people
could use, But when you show the final product(like above) there's
something that covers or is around the bottles that form the skeleton of
the rocket. Are those other parts of bottles or some special cover?
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| I was wondering...did you ever launch it other ways than upwards? jus'
wantd to know how much ft it could fly if you launch it in other ways...
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| no with rockets you should only launch them upwards
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| I was thinking of doing your rocket for a competition(of course with
some changes) But I think we have to launch it like this "/"
is it possible that this rocket could fly similar ft if I launch it like that?
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| Year definitly I used it in the npl water rocket challange I went to
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| How many feet of pvc pipe did you use?
I think I'm going to ask you many questions since I got many doubts
about the making of of this rocket. I hope you don't mind me bothering
you so much XD
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| I don't mind you asking. I used about 2 inches of PVC
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| Does this actually work - I can't see this going very far, even without a payload ?
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| Yes. It goes about 300 ft
It's actully a drop away booster rocket witch you can make on my instructable called "professional water rocket guide"
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| I understand 300 feet to mean "no".
Thanks for the answer, but any chance of a video?
L
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| And do you want a video with boosters or without...
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| I'd like to see how it works, so the thing shooting 300 feet would be impressive enough. But if the boosters are a thing in themselves yes
Thanks
L
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| I have uploaded it ... It's on the last step of the instructable
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| Well it may not be 300 feet but it is really impressive. You should make much more of what this does, and maybe add a video-still from somewhere around 0:42 - 0:43.
Very good
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| At the moment i am making an instructable for a parachute recovery mechanism.
But as your the reader what else do you recomend my doing.
thanks for the comment
oscar
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| I didn't know you'd got the thing to work like this - the parachute seems to work, the camera definitely works - and these are much more interesting than the plastic body assembly (although that is necessary).
I think the whole thing is understated - make a bigger deal out of it. You should do one on the camera (with video) - I'm sure I've never seen this on a water rocket before.
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| Do you mean i should do a instructable about the camera on the rocket...
Because the camera is only a cheap phone.
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| Yes - you shoot it in the air and get good footage, that's kind of "cool" don't you think?
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| i could also do an instructable about different payloads you could put in a
rocket and how to make them.
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| Year! I will try to do an instructable and get some more footage
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| "Please leave your comments on this page"
:)
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