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DIY Rocket

33.5k tsampoy  6.3 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on tsampoy's Coke and Mentos Rocket

It is a Coke and Mentos Powered Rocket.

Powered by one Coke Bottle,
And 2 Mentos Fuel Packets duck taped on the bottle.
It has the all new Solo Cup Space Capsule with windows drawn on it.
It also has a Lego Launch Base.

Controls:

-Ag-1: Open Cap (Must Shake Well!*)
(Note that the Solo Cup releases by itself after it runs out of fuel)

*just kidding

Enjoy!

Do It Yourself

(I do not %100 guarantee it will work, because I never tried it)

Supplies Needed:

2x: Flat Cardboard Pieces
1x: 2x2 LEGO brick
1x: 4x4 LEGO plate
4x: 1x1 LEGO bricks
1x: 2x3 Lego plate
2x: Those long 2x2 LEGO pole things
1x: Coke Bottle (Regular or Diet)
2x: Mentos Packet
1x: A roll of duck tape
1x: Solo Cup

Utilities:

-Scissor

Steps:

-Step 1: Take ONE Cardboard piece and lay it on the floor (or table)
-Step 2: Take the Coke Bottle and duck tape the TWO packets of Mentos on the Coke Bottle, be sure to put some pieces INSIDE of the bottle.
-Step 3: Cut FOUR pieces of cardboard into TRAPEZOID shapes.
Duck tape them onto the rocket, AS SHOWN ON PICTURE
-Step 4: Create the stand of the rocket made out of:
4x: 1x1 Bricks
1x: 2x2 Brick
1x: 4x4 Plate
2x: Those long 2x2 LEGO pieces
1x: 2x3 Plate
AS SHOWN IN THE BUILD
-Step 5 Flip the Bottle upsidown, then Place an UPSIDOWN Solo Cup on the top of the flipped bottle.

Then Shake Bottle, and Twist the Cap, then BOOM!

You Launched your rocket

(Not 100% guaranteed that it works)

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Coke and Mentos Rocket
  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +28 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 25.4ft (7.8m)
  • Length 16.4ft (5.0m)
  • Height 38.1ft (11.6m)
  • Empty Weight 9,170lbs (4,159kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,170lbs (4,159kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 9,088.0lbs/ft2 (44,371.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1.0ft2 (0.1m2)
  • Drag Points 34041

Parts

  • Number of Parts 142
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 363
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    Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooofffffffffff@Awsomur

    6.3 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    oof
    @tsampoy

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    33.5k tsampoy

    @DisferGoatz Thanks!

    6.3 years ago
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    @CruzerBlade XD

    6.3 years ago
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    @Awsomur You commented on my forum

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    40.2k Awsomur

    y tho

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    13.1k CruzerBlade

    When coke meets mentos

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    It’s good

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    @CruzerBlade

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    @DisferGoatz @Chancey21 @Awsomur

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