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Weekend Project: Soda Bottle Rocket

With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. Original project by Steve Lodefink. The basis for this project's launcher design is the Martinet Launcher

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Posted by: Anon on July 4, 2008 at 10:51 AM

Glue

Epoxy will not bond to soda bottles. It takes a very special glue to bond with polypropylene plastic.

Posted by: Maxster on July 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM

Tips

Thanks for the tips Kip!

Posted by: Jonesr on July 6, 2008 at 11:01 AM

where oh where

did bre pettis go?

i miss that kid. kip kay just isn't cutting it for me.

Posted by: svalebror on July 6, 2008 at 1:46 PM

Bre?

Thanks, but - where is Mr. Pettis?

Posted by: Justin on July 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM

Failure!

Glad to see some failure. It is such critical part of experimentation. It can teach you so much.

Kip, why is your vise still not bolted down?

Posted by: KipKay on July 7, 2008 at 4:49 AM

@justin. Yes, not all go as planned and then time runs out to make the necessary changes. As far as the vise, I have new garage cabinets and worktops and to be honest have not decided where I want to install it yet. I knew someone would notice. Thanks.

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