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Jim Gallant writes "Big cheap thrills for very little money are yours by making water rocket powered cars. They're fun! They're hilarious! Amaze your friends."
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The server seemed shaky, so I put my subscription to good use and set up a mirror.
It is at: http://www.mskf.org/rocket_mirror/
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So, what would happen if you used gas instead of water, and had a dozen flints dragging behind the car on a distance/anti-wheelie bar? Now THAT would be fun.
A rocket powered enema! From constipated to diareha in 5 seconds flat!
Anyone ever made a dry-ice bomb ??
Im sure you could somehow use a modified version to power a car/rocket.
Any Ideas ?
Yes, its the most incorrect use of bittorrent possible! A mirror of a site with some pictures. All tar'd for your enjoyment.
:)
rocketcar.tar.torrent
At least I selected a proper chunk size
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Nuts to that. I'd love to see all the Ford Expedition drivers in my town strap big freaking rockets to their gas-guzzling monster trucks and launch themselves and their screaming brats straight to Mars.
Plus, I bet the mist from the water rocket exhaust would make a purty rainbow. Everybody wins!
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
Does this guy's kid have a problem?
1st I would have given almost anything to shoot, blow up, or melt (or anything else you can think of) a G.I. Joe
and 2nd why does he have a Barby car
Thank god that site got /.ed so quickly!
;) I must
:P
<concerned voice>
As a concerned parent(-to-be-someday
warn the slashdot editors that they should take more care when posting such recklessly dangerous articles on their website! Tsk tsk tsk!
Geez, imagine if some naive slashdotter were to try that at home...no doubt he'll get carried away...start using larger bottles...larger barbie car...moving on to a decent size drum...then mounting the whole thing on an old car frame...then the ramp is deployed...the pressure rises...neighbours houses are perforated...and <*bang*> suddenly Slashdot will be the first website ever to be responsible for launching soggy geeks into orbit!!
Yes, it could happen...
http://devilsbsd.mg2.org/waterrocket/
I'm the Devil the Windows users warned you about.
"This Darwin Award is the most popular of all time. Considered true for years, it was later debunked as an Urban Legend by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The story fooled the judges in 1995, so JATO has been grandfathered in as a Darwin Award Winner."
Not that you were claiming it was true, just pasting for everyone who's too lazy to scroll below the darwin award's voting stuff.
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Whilst thefted from someone elses post a couple of days ago, this guy claims to be responsible for the origins of the rocket-car-into-cliff story. A really detailed and amusing read.
Forget dry ice, people race cars powered by compressed CO2 cartridges. They can be had for $.50 or less each, if you shop around. Stores better than dry ice.
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON
The are several compressed air powered toys on the market as well. The brand "air hogs" seems to be the most common. They have planes, rockets, cars, etc. Here is a pic of some of their products AirHog Products.
The plane in particular is a lot of fun and will travel ~100m.
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way...
When I was 10 or so, I made something like this. I took a 2-liter pop bottle, turned it sideways, and duct taped it to a set of wheels from an old plastic train. Then I hot-glued part of a pen cap into a hole in the bottom of the bottle, and connected a hose from the pen cap to the side (now the bottom) of the bottle. In order to make it work, I opened the lid and filled it about halfway with water. Then I attached a bike pump to the pen cap, and pushed in some air. When the pump was removed, the air pressure pushed the water up through the hose and out the back, shooting the car forward 3 meters or so. The only problem I had was that I could never get the hot glue to seal well around the pen cap, so it would break loose after a few runs. All in all, it was pretty cool.
Along much the same lines, here's one a friend showed me once (and I've done myself).
:)
:^))
Take an old 2-Liter, make sure it's dry. Create a small hole in the center of the lid, about big enough to insert the head of a Bic pen (3/16" ish). Take a capful of rubbing alcohol, dunp it in the bottle, screw the cap back on and swirl it around until it all evaporates. Then, take it OUTSIDE (preferably at night) and hold it in one hand, cap down. Take a lighter with the other hand and touch it to the hole in the cap. Instant rocket. The cool thing about this is that at night you can watch a blue flame wave travel up the bottle as it goes up.
Some important notes:
1) Make sure the hole in the cap is big enough or it blows up as the pressure can't escape fast enough
2) If it blows up, you didn't hear this from me
3) I'm told not to try this with 5-Gal plastic water bottles (the hole isn't big enough)
4) Rubbing alcohol with higher percentage alcohol is better (there are at least two types commonly available here)
5) Cycle fresh air into the bottle before re-launching
Have Fun
Usual disclaimer - this is for entertainment purposes only - so if you blow yourself up, it's not my fault (but make sure to do it spectacularly in front of friends because this is for entertainment