

I am hoping, like I did with other designs I found, someone will see this design, identify refinement opportunities, and be inspired to improve on it.ĭisclaimer: This “Instructable” is provided “As Is” without any express or implied warranty of any kind including warranties of merchantability, noninfringement, or fitness for a particular purpose. Although staging / clamping and safety check would be done by an experience adult / young adult prior to pressurizing, it was important to me that each participant had the opportunity to be involved in the act of pressuring and releasing the Water Rocket.


The design needed to allow children 6-17 and adults of all ages to pressurize and launch the system from a safe distance (~20 feet).Not only did this mean it needed to be rugged enough to last, but it had to have a system that allowed for quick resets. Scaling to 100+ repeated launches in a day with the ability to turn around and do it again the next day. The design needed to survive rapid repeated use in a very short amount of time.

I had some very distinctive goals with this Water Rocket Launcher system that I personally felt the other designs did not fulfill. You will need to decide if this design provides you the characteristics that warrant the potential additional costs over alternative designs. Second, depending on where you buy your parts and what stuff you have on hand, this may not be the cheapest design either. This design actually took inspiration from several of the designs that NASA had posted. First, I know this is not the first 2 Liter Bottle Water Rocket launching system ever designed. This is my design for a 2 Liter Bottle Water Rocket and Launcher Pad.
