| There are many ways to make a water rocket | | | | have to screwed the adapter to the bottle as |
| fly high into the sky, but I am going to show you | | | | tight as possible so that when the air is pumped |
| 5 simple steps of making the water propelled | | | | into the bottle, the entire water rocket is air tight. |
| rocket without spending too much time or | | | | Step 4: |
| involving complicated steps. | | | | Attach a water hose to the Gardena quick |
| Step 1: | | | | release connector. The other end of the water |
| The first thing you need to do is to get an empty | | | | hose will be attached to a car or bicycle tire valve. |
| 1.5 or 2L empty coke bottle to be used as the | | | | Make sure the tire valve is secured air tightly to |
| main body of the water powered rocket. This | | | | the water hose. You may want to wrapped a |
| body is the main "engine" and is used to stored all | | | | few rounds of layers of rubber around the tire |
| the compress air and water. Make sure it is air | | | | valve to make it easier to be attached to the |
| tight and no scratches can be found on this bottle | | | | water hose. |
| so that when you pump in the air, there will be no | | | | Step 5: |
| leakage. | | | | Connect all the parts together. Connect the |
| Step 2: | | | | empty bottle to the Gardena hose connector |
| Find a Gardena hose connector system which | | | | system, with the water hose attached. Then use |
| consists of an adapter that is normally connected | | | | your bicycle pump and connect to the tire valve |
| to the tap and the quick release connector which | | | | and pump air to a pressure of 30 to 40 psi. If |
| connects the adapter and the water hose. This is | | | | there is no sound of air leakage, your water |
| the standard garden equipment and you can get it | | | | rocket is ready to be fired! |
| from any gardening store. | | | | Now, all you have to do is to add some weight to |
| Step 3: | | | | the nose cone (top of the inverted bottle), attach |
| Use the Gardena adapter as the nozzle of the | | | | 3 or 4 fins near the nozzle of the water rocket |
| water rocket and attach it to the coke bottle. | | | | to make it a stable flight so that the water |
| This is one of the difficult steps because you | | | | rocket will not flip up and down when flying. |