amazing straw rocket!

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This little rocket costs next to nothing and can achieve amazing altititudes.
All credit for this rocket should go to pudi.dk as his "ultimate straw rocket" gave me the idea for this one.
This is my first instructable, be as harsh as you see fit, all criticism is welcome but do be fair.

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Step 1: Materials and tools

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Materials needed:

skinny straws(not flexy straws).
larger straws(still not flexy).
hot glue gun sticks.
tooth picks.
a BIC pen.

Tools needed

A foot pump.
A pair of scissors.
a skewer (for dismantling the pen).

northcalgreens says: Jul 2, 2012. 4:17 AM

I used to use a pump to launch darts out of tube. I would make them out of cigarette butts and needles. Just taper thw back side of tne butt to act as the feathers and insert your pin,needle etc.. It would make a nice popping sound when launched and was pretty accurate too.

Dumchicken says: Jan 29, 2011. 12:10 PM

just blow into it.

greenade45 says: Jun 9, 2008. 9:37 PM

ther is no video

Redgerr in reply to greenade45Jul 22, 2008. 1:54 PM

good observation ;)

indestructables says: Apr 20, 2008. 4:52 AM

nice, looks sick im from aus too, sweet country nsw for lyf, i got my pump from a bike shop and it goes hard, i have made this and it works reall well. i congrdulate you on this great instructable, very easy too follow =)

youkneephsycle (author) in reply to indestructablesApr 21, 2008. 5:03 PM

Thx heaps mate,glad u enjoyed it. if u wanted to u could give it a positive rating. thx again.

youkneephsycle (author) says: Oct 14, 2007. 3:14 AM

hey zeero360 a reply to ur question: I think i got my pump a few years ago at marlows( that car care shop) but i think they have shut down now, u could try some kind of bike shop, somwhere like auto1 or even something like k-mart. hope that helped, please tell me how ur hunt for a pump goes!

zeero360 says: Oct 14, 2007. 2:19 AM

yer im in auzzie 2 so where would i buy a pump

youkneephsycle (author) says: Oct 13, 2007. 9:10 PM

oh thats probably why i dont know what it is, im in australia lol.

youkneephsycle (author) says: Oct 13, 2007. 4:59 PM

what is harbour freight??

xrobevansx in reply to youkneephsycleOct 13, 2007. 8:28 PM

Just like the biggest retailer of Chinese crappy hardware and other stuff. Go to their website. I think it is the obvious .com and add "usa" to it too for the other site.

firemanfu says: Oct 13, 2007. 4:45 PM

you can buy those pumps at harbor freight for like 5 dollars

youkneephsycle (author) says: Oct 13, 2007. 3:42 PM

wow thanks joejoe, do u really think i should put it on youtube? oh and just out of interest did u actually build one of these and test it? if u did ide love to hear about how it went!