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Water Rockets! (2006-02-20)

Metal case, CO2 water rockets Water rockets are a great (low cost) way to get into rocketry. Simple water rockes are soda bottles with fins glued on to them. They are very fun, and I have a few ... [Read More]

2 Stage water rocket (2009-01-20)

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How not to launch a water rocket (2011-07-05)

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The Shadow - a water rocket built with HPR components (2011-12-18)

"This is the build log of our next rocket project called "The Shadow". This water rocket doesn't use PET bottles or FTC tubes as the basis for a pressure chamber. Many of the construction techniques ... [Read More]

The Shadow - first two flights (2012-02-14)

Regular readers may remember a previous post about a water rocket that is built like a HPR rocket. The rocket flew twice, once with good recovery and once with a failed recovery. Both flights were ... [Read More]