Simple No Pump Water Rocket

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Simple No Pump Water Rocket

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this is a fairly simple water rocket using only the pressure from your tap ,suprisingly there is alot of force from the tap and this rocket will put it to use in a simple way ,at a low cost  . it can reach heights of 10m-20m    30ft-60ft

Materials

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you will need:
pvc cement
a male director that screws into a gardina nozzle width 25mm( 1 inch).
about 4cm (2inches) of 15mm pipe (0.6 inches)
a male director that screws into a gardina nozzle width 25mm(1 inch)
Gardina nozzle
cable ties

tools :
hands

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screw the male director into the gardina nozzle
(tightly)

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just push the pipe onto the male director (it should be tight)

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get your threaded pipe and screw it into the  plug that fits into the bottle , length dosent matter that much
2 examples shown

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now brush on the cement on the inside of the threaded pipe and the out side of the 15mm pipe

Your Done

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now just let the cement dry, mount it onto a post , fit a bottle and hit the water

For Extra Height

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the pressure can be improved by covering half of the plug that fits in to the bottle with electrical tape or another thin tape that stretches