Bottle Rockets 9/14 3-5pm

Our annual Bottle Rocket and Registration Event is quickly approaching 

When: Sunday, September 14, 2014 

Where: Wrightwood Methodist Camp 

Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm 

 We are going to be shooting off our bottle rockets, registering for the year, and having a potluck BBQ! If anyone has things they can bring for the kids to decorate their bottle rockets with, please bring it with you. We would greatly appreciate it. Please try to have your kids decorate their bottles ahead of time, if possible.

All required forms for new registrations or renewals will be available. Dues will be collected and fundraiser info will be distributed. Please plan on attending so we can get our year started with a BANG!






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How To Make a Water Bottle Rocket



Water Rockets are made from 2-liter soda bottles and can be as simple as an empty bottle or embellished to include fins and even a parachute. Water Rockets can go extremely high dependent on the amount of water in the chamber, the pressure, the weight and the aerodynamic stability of the rocket.

Building a Rocket

Start with a 2-liter soda bottle. Don't use a water bottle; soda bottles are built to withstand greater pressure. Take off the wrapper. It's very important that you do not cut the plastic of the bottle at any time during construction so be careful when taking off the wrapper.

You can decorate your rocket any way you would like. Some paints might work but they must be flexible as the bottle will expand and contract quite a bit under pressure and during launch. I have found Sharpie markers to work well. You could also decorate a piece of paper and then tape the paper to the rocket with clear packing tape.

You can be finished with your rocket at this point if you would like. However, an empty bottle like this is not aerodynamically stable. Once the water is gone the bottle will cease to fly in a straight line and will flap around like a leaf. It will still make a big noise and go high, but not as high as it could.

Fins and a nose cone can be added to make a Rocket aerodynamically stable. A stable rocket continues to fly straight and gain altitude long after the water is gone.