What it your bottle rocket launchers of choice?

[Bigtanker]

Can I just ask what is the enjoyment of shooting bottle rockets? I've never understood it. They are just annoying little ****s. Mortars are where it is at.

'MERICA. That's why!!!

 

[BugI02]

Sadly, in my misspent youth as an undergrad, it was an emptied (by us) little kings bottle. Just the thing for hand-held, aimed shots in broadside at the equally ... err ... lubricated group of friends across the alley firing back ( I know, I know. But we were young and immortal)

 

[RobbyMaQ]

So what I would not recommend, is using a balloon to hold a bottle rocket to an arrow 'tip', and then launching said arrow (after a friend lights it). Mostly because the sparks from the fuse tend to burn your strong hand holding the bow.

So I would recommend metal piping, with some sort of handguard to protect the forward most hand from any residual blast during takeoff.

 

[actaeon277]

Sadly, in my misspent youth as an undergrad, it was an emptied (by us) little kings bottle. Just the thing for hand-held, aimed shots in broadside at the equally ... err ... lubricated group of friends across the alley firing back ( I know, I know. But we were young and immortal)

Young and immortal.
I remember then.

 

[Hammerman47]

I was always a big fan of the 5/8" PVC pipe and ducked tape but it looks like you have that down to an art.

 

[cannongray]

Skylark-L is worth to be mentioned cause it is one of the few spacecraft details of which are built using 3D printing.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Skylark-L is worth to be mentioned cause it is one of the few spacecraft details of which are built using 3D printing.

Okay. But what does that have to do with a 5 year old thread about bottle rockets?

 

[Rookie]

Okay. But what does that have to do with a 5 year old thread about bottle rockets?

Frankenstein never scared me...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Frankenstein never scared me...

There are no bones in ice cream.

 

[1775usmarine]

Okay. But what does that have to do with a 5 year old thread about bottle rockets?

A race to 50

 

[red_zr24x4]

In before somebody posts video of the guys shooting them from their butt cracks (and failing).

Rats.


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I've been using roman candles for the last few years. The bigger ones are perfect for air/moon travelers.

Man, this is the first thing I thought of...
Kicks rocks and goes back to the OSUT

 

[churchmouse]

A race to 50

Nah.

 

[femurphy77]

Touche!

 

[actaeon277]

I saw everyone liking my post, from YEARS ago and was wondering WTF?
And I'm still wondering WTF.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Y'all are a bunch of sissy's. I just hold them and let them take off from my fingers.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Y'all are a bunch of sissy's. I just hold them and let them take off from my fingers.

We used to light them, and then just before the fuse reached the rocket, toss them up in the air and try to time it so they were just starting to arc over the top when they ignited. Kind of like simulating an air-to-ground missile attack.

 

[Magyars]

Back in my misspent youth, my buddies and I had bottle rocket battles.
Two man teams....one held a piece of PVC like a bazooka. The other would load and lite the bottle rocket from the back...amazing no one ever got seriously injured.

 

[jagee]

Frankenstein never scared me...

Marsupials do

 

[4651feeder]

Y'all are a bunch of sissy's. I just hold them and let them take off from my fingers.

/\ This /\

And if you really wanna prove your manhood you'll give them an underhanded "softballesque pitch" directional fling at your opponents while paddling canoes.

"Oh those were the days...."

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Just a light pinch at the end will do just fine. Then when it starts to take off let go.