2-Stage Water Rocket flies to 810' (246m)

Acceleron V is a 2-stage cluster water rocket. On this particular day we flew it to 787 and 810 feet on two flights. For more details about the flights and rocket please visit:

http://www.aircommandrockets.com/day90.htm

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• water
• rocket
• stage
• bottle
• Launch
• inflight
• video
• Acceleron
• cluster
• air
• command

[originaldriver]

How in the hell... just how in the hell did this guy manage to get a delayed second stage "pressureized water" rocket to work. Does it have a electronically actuated ball valve that activates on a timer, maybe?

[AirCommandRockets]

@originaldriver Full details of how the staging mechanism works can be found on our main website. But you are pretty close as to how it works. :)

[FlyingPiper13]

Imagine if the Saturn V used water!

[AirCommandRockets]

@FlyingPiper13 Saturn V upper stages burned oxygen and hydrogen ... so you do ended up with water coming out of the nozzles! ... Okay ... maybe hot water vapor ... :)

[Gabe2603]

What is the name of your page

[AirCommandRockets]

@Gabe2603 It's in the video title

[AirCommandRockets]

@MrDrew2005 Yeah, we are still kids at heart :)

[softfluffydragon405]

that is amazing. would you you assist me and my mates in making one by letting us know the production process

[Sealy57]

My friend and I have managed a 500 ft. flight on a single stage, but have had trouble with a two-stage. The main problem of having two equal-sized bottles is weight/thrust ratio at liftoff. We couldn't never get the combined first and second stages high enough with the initial thrust. What this fellow has done is provide more thrust at liftoff using multiple bottles. Very clever and much more efficient.

[TheEverlastingSM]

Wish I could see a light metal tanker with 500 psi and water...imagine that what it would do !

[TheEverlastingSM]

Wow, this is so COOL !

[MightySaturn5]

@MrDrew2005 dude, you're awesome...can I call you composite man?

[CULVER729]

i had water rockets when i was too young to have estes rockets and i gotta say they were pretty  cool.

[gorky931]

muy impresionante tu vídeo me puedes explicar como haces para que se desplegué el otro coete

[senorcodered]

@MrDrew2005 What, you mean Mentos and Coca Cola?

[KevLancaster1]

@AirCommandRockets loved the vid, amazing that you can make a pop bottle do that!

[urexactlyretarded]

@MrDrew2005 Wow you can mix sugar and KNO3 you're a real badass

[HEARTHEANGELSVOICES]

THIS IS MAKING ME THIRSTY JUST WATCHING THIS,

[MrDrew2005]

Water rockets are for kids. Real Rockets with composite propellant, which i make my own, is for MEN.

[Raketfued]

Your rocket is amazing and the video is fantastic!

[rb26capri]

wow

[MrHuggaga]

ohh, why is there an other musik now? is that a new video of the old one? the musik in the old video was much better...

but to the video : it is AWESOME!!! =)

[AirCommandRockets]

@softfluffydragon405 Sure happy to help out where I can. Many of the details are already described on our website, but if something is not clear, then I'm happy to provide more info.