Making a Water Bottle Rocket Launcher | VQC

Instead of launching fireworks this 4th of July, I'll be launching some water bottle rockets!!!

This was a project I worked on in high school, but fell upon a much better way to construct the launcher.

Tools used for this project:
All of these tools can be found at a local home center and are potentially less expensive there.

Thanks for stopping by!

Music by:
Joakim Karud
Balloons

Camera Equipment:

[jvt]

I want to thank VQC for a superb design! It works perfectly, no leaks. We had lots of fun with just 7 to 10 pumps. It rocks the sky!! Fun family time! Lots of giggles and axtion! Try it today! Materials are not expensive. 👍👍👍

[Immastealyobabysteeth]

In order to stop losing water when you put the rocket on, you could just flip the launch pad and then put the rocket on, then flip it back so water will not leak . That’s what I did.

[danielnazarenka]

anyone else here from a school project?

[hotrodvair]

Great video with the exception of one thing, the horrible Alvin and the chip monks sounding horrible music .

[hankshaw]

Always dry fit the PVC pipe before applying glue, use a magic marker, make a mark on each piece where it lines up. I have assembled lots of PVC and this little trick lines up everything flush, no leg or other pipe not lying flat, nothing out of line. This glue can set very quick, before you can get it lined up correctly, trust me that ain't good.

[creativespace]

you made a good model any way....thanks for the information. We made a water rocket with a bottle which have the correct aerodynamic structure. And won first runner up in national level competition held at NIT Catlicut.

[luishenriquepazze]

What is the size of the cut PVC pipes? It's not in the description

[kidcrash]

Great looking design! The music however made me want to drive off a bridge… I resisted the urge.

[ellonysman]

Would love to buld this for my grand daugther...any pdf files I can get for accurate information?

[abhiupadhyay]

Please mention the length you r cutting

[gyanratna]

"Waw" Its a most 5 star video.

[andystokes]

Good video but it could be improved considerably by not having the 'music'.

[cucuaurora]

Your machine is perfect, but Please tell me how You make the bottle😊😊😊

[JoeParkerAndThePower]

I've just watched a few of these and that's got to be one of the best engineered launcher hacks I've seen. Thanks! How durable is it?

[inly_]

good video! I just wanted to ask about the dimensions of the pvc tubes, it's for my school proyect :')

[MovieCastsTNAges]

Hi! I was hoping to make this for my aviation/space class this week, do you have the specific measurements for the PVC pipe? I know you mentioned that you linked a video that gave the specific measurements, but I wasn't able to find it. Thanks for the great video!

[anzil]

Pls provide us with the exact measurements... There is no link in the description. Please give reply

[eetsman]

me and my friends made this in bazooka version

[GabrielGomez-phqv]

No creo que me respondan pero aquí va, alguien me podría decir que fue lo que uso para hacer el sistema de frenado? Esa cosa para que no se le salga ni el agua ni el aire

[adventureswithwebber]

Do you have digital blueprints for this?