Skittles in Microgravity

On 21st of June 2004, Mike Melvill performed an experiment in his cabin as he soared into space for the very first time in his SpaceShipOne. He released a packet of M&Ms into his cabin to show he was in zero-G. In this video we have a look if we can reproduce the same experiment on a water rocket.

[keshawkumar]

amazing experiment . always eagerly wait for your rocket experiment

[Basrockets]

Cool experiment! I followed you from the beginning so i do know this experiment.

[johnnyllooddte]

im impressed...
how hi did yall go..
.doc johnny

[teamlucrockets]

Great idea. Still a few seconds off microgravity. well done.

[herzigfrancois]

Hello George,
Your experience is very well done. We had realized the same thing with Tic Tac candy installed in a large nosecone.
The camera was placed horizontally in the bottom of the nosecone and filmed the sweets that were in weightlessness (zero G) for a few seconds.
Each candy had a mass of 1 gram.
Unfortunately, I do not find the video we had realized ...
Good continuation, friendships.
Francis.

[RaketfuedrocketsDeutschland]

Very nice experiment! I wonder how the results would look like when testing it on a Shadow rocket. ;)
Keep the great work up! :)
Julian

[TheNateTake]

Man I really need to get back into water rockets! I never found a new launch site since I moved to a different state.

[WATERROCKETSCLUB]

Great! Cheerful experiment;). The experimental rocket compartment and camera mount look very cool! Made on a 3-d printer?

[thorinti]

Great George !!, me pregunto por qué algunas Rocklets no flotan como los otros?. Felicitaciones por el experimento !!

[jackhydrazine]

What is the keychain camera that you used to video the Skittles?