Make a launchpad that holds the bottle with the neck downwards, lets you attach the pump and stand behind the bottle. One good method is to plant a spade or garden fork in the ground at a low angle ...

Eighth and ninth grade students worked in teams to design, build, and launch water bottle rockets, learning about propulsion and altitude calculation in the process. “Hopefully they're having a ...

Such projects always hold the potential for entertainingly over-the-top designs, materials ... assessment of his remote-controlled soda bottle rocket launcher as “overengineered”.

This design is a basic one to show how the principle ... Oh, and an apple may have fallen on his head. The water bottle rocket demonstrates two of his laws. Every action has an equal and opposite ...