NOFX Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Made a bottle rocket today. On the first test it worked flawlessly, but the rocket disappeared into a garden at least 4 doors down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 You need to make it RC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoodoo Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Wernher Von Braun J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turok007 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) in the 80s my mate had a red one it was a so called toy. we let it off and never see it again look on this page about quarter of the way down. red rocket. i remember at the time thinking it's not safe making a rocket from hard plastic. lol http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5089519-The-quot-Your-Childhood-Is-Dead-But-Let-s-Remember-It-Here-quot-Thread/page8 Edited May 13, 2017 by turok007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoodoo Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Ha ha,Turok,I had one of those! I pumped mine up and the side split on it.It never did leave the ground J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 The one I made fires 1 or 2 litre bottles. They can go up to about 90 psi. I use a track pump to get it going. He lovesit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejayy2k Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 i made one for my son i got annoyed with the cork in the end of the bottle ones so made up a frame to launch it from, something a little like this http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-build%2c-easy-to-use%2c-water-bottle-launcher!/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean-vrs Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 My bottle rocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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