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Hydroflite |
Welcome
to the Hydroflite Water Rocket website!
This
site is dedicated to
budding young rocket scientists the world over who like to see exciting
launches of otherwise useless garbage. It is also your source of water
rocket products and information.
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For
those of you new to the
art/science/hobby/madness of launching water rockets, this is what we
are talking about. When you were younger, you might have played
with those small water rockets mentioned in the History
page. The
principle is simple: take a pressure vessel, fill it half full of
water, add air to pressurize it, and release the water through a small
hole at the bottom of the pressure vessel. The water squirts out
at high velocity and produces thrust. The pressure vessel shoots up in
the air to the delight and amazement of all around. We, in the water
rocket community, have found that plastic soda pop bottles make great
pressure vessels (rockets).
They are light weight and hold lots of pressure. The bottle opening
makes a good nozzle. (Rocket
scientists call the minimum cross section
of the nozzle the throat.) A brand new, undamaged, 2 liter soda pop
bottle can be pressurized to over 130 psi and maximum altitudes of over
250 feet have been recorded. Bottle rockets are great fun and teach a little about science too. You don't have to restrict
yourself
to 2 liter bottles. There are many other sizes that we have found
that launch quite well too. Pressurization is accomplished with either
a bicycle pump or (for those of us that want rapid fire) an air
compressor. Either way, you get lots of water spray and a large,
gawking crowd.
Take a few minutes and look around this website. Make yourself at home! Drop us a line. When you are ready, make an order. You will have fun.
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