PVC Water Bottle Rocket Launcher Design Components
Seal and Release Mechanism PLEASE NOTE: PARENTAL SUPERVISION IS REQUIRED. Ensure the safety of children and others while operating this project. Be sure children are old enough to stay out of the way of the bottle rocket and take any other precautions you feel are necessary to keep everyone safe. The Water Bottle Rockets are always a big hit with kids. We have gone through numerous water bottle rocket launcher designs derived from other designs we found and those we created ourselves. The launcher shown in the above image is the easiest, most cost-effective, and most reliable PVC pipe version thus far. The launcher is based on the PVC launcher detailed at Walking Mountains How to Build a Soda Bottle Launcher , with variations on certain components. Design Components Launch Tube Seal The most varied component of the PVC launchers is the seal between the launch tube and the mouth of the 2-liter bottle. The Walking Mountains Science Center version listed above does not detail what t...