Here's an interesting site with relevance to streamlining/cd's of water rockets. It's about robotic fish, in somewhat broken English (from Japanese) but has...
That L/D depends on the medium you're moving through. For air I think Stine had it around 10:1. This is one reason I think 8' FTCs tend to have riotously...
Just bought two rockets for the Nephews. At two bucks each I decided to give them a try. They remind me of the park plastics ones I had when I was a kid.Too...
Does anyone know if FTC tubing is avaliable in the UK? I have searched around and not found anything, so if anyone knows where i could get some it would be...
... From: colonel b Does anyone know if FTC tubing is avaliable in the UK? I have searched around and not found anything, so if anyone knows where i could get...
Well, now the fin problem's fixed...the only problem I have now is that it goes so much farther that I need a much larger area to launch it :) Just thought I'd...
Another way of getting more altitude: adding useful mass, then loosing it again to lighten the rocket. Is done by having an open nose or opening nose so a...
Hi folks! I am a relative newcomer to this hobby and am having a great time experimenting with different techniques but I have hit a fairly big snag. PL...
qarnos, I'm in Melbourne. I have a small amount of PLP, but I've also successfully used polyurethane waterproofing sealant from an auto shop - sorry, I don't...
... From: qarnos To: water-rockets@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:19 PM Subject: [water-rockets] Splicing adhesive in Australia Hi folks! I...
3M products are available in Australia--they make a wide range of urethane adhesives. Start at http://www.3M.com/intl/au/ to identify a suitable product then...
Welcome! Any urethane-based adhesive should bond clean PET. PLPremium is just one proven brand. Most of the common polyurethane wood glues (like gorilla glue...
I've also used the 3M equivalent of the Sika deck sealant, and it was about as good - both go off in the cartridge within a week of opening. Not good at the...
OK, guys, I've never built a water powered rocket. Can someone point me to some complete plans for building a simple, but reliable one along with a launcher? ...
... Well, this is a little TOO simple, but hey...the fin template is handy. http://www.perkins-observatory.org/educational%20files/rocket.pdf By the way, to...
... Thanks to everyone who has responded. Some useful information. I purchased some Sika deck sealant and will give that a try. I also got some Norstik epoxy...
I believe it depends on humidity and temp, but it goes off in an hour or two. I wouldn't pressurise in less than 24 hours though. I don't know what kind of...
... From: Dave Johnson ... Any urethane-based adhesive should bond clean PET. PLPremium is just one proven brand. Most of the common polyurethane wood glues...
http://www.orgsites.com/va/bristolwaterrockets/index.html The simplest highish performace approach I've seen. got any good shrimp recipes? I love cajun food!...
... From: jeff_bailess ... target on the ground?< You mean landing on the ground where you can recover the rocket, or guiding a rocket thru apogee to a real...
