{"id":907,"date":"2017-05-21T23:33:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T20:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/?p=907"},"modified":"2017-05-21T23:48:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T20:48:42","slug":"dual-water-rocket-launcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/dual-water-rocket-launcher\/","title":{"rendered":"dual water rocket launcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_01.jpg\" alt=\"20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_01\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-920\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Part layout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170518_dual-water-rocket-launcher_02.jpg\" alt=\"20170518_dual-water-rocket-launcher_02\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-911\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Drilling end cap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170517_dual-water-rocket-launcher_03.jpg\" alt=\"20170517_dual-water-rocket-launcher_03\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-908\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bike valve cut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170517_dual-water-rocket-launcher_04.jpg\" alt=\"20170517_dual-water-rocket-launcher_04\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-909\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside end cap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170517_dual-water-rocket-launcher_05.jpg\" alt=\"20170517_dual-water-rocket-launcher_05\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-910\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Assembly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170518_dual-water-rocket-launcher_06.jpg\" alt=\"20170518_dual-water-rocket-launcher_06\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-912\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dish soap bottle cap. This is taller than a soda bottle cap leaving enough threads for tightening after a 3\/4&#8243; gasket is fitted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170518_dual-water-rocket-launcher_07.jpg\" alt=\"20170518_dual-water-rocket-launcher_07\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-924\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hole for nozzle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_08.jpg\" alt=\"20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_08\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-914\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gardena nozzle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_09.jpg\" alt=\"20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_09\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-921\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Threaded body removed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_10.jpg\" alt=\"20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_10\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-922\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Placed inside bottle cap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_11.jpg\" alt=\"20170521_dual-water-rocket-launcher_11\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-923\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Base plate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_12.jpg\" alt=\"20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_12\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-915\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leveling feet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_13.jpg\" alt=\"20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_13\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-916\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Base assembled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_14.jpg\" alt=\"20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_14\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-917\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Launcher on base.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_15.jpg\" alt=\"20170519_dual-water-rocket-launcher_15\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-918\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guide rods added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/img.auhopu.com\/blog\/20170520_dual-water-rocket-launcher_16.jpg\" alt=\"20170520_dual-water-rocket-launcher_16\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-919\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some details worth noting:<br \/>\n&#8211; tennis balls on bottles as nosecones to make them front-heavy<br \/>\n&#8211; straws on bottles for guided vertical launching<br \/>\n&#8211; strings attached with collars on the Gardena connectors for remote triggering<br \/>\n&#8211; abort valves for releasing pressure in case something goes wrong<br \/>\n&#8211; non-return valve to minimize water in the launcher and also for keeping the bike valve dry<br \/>\n&#8211; holes in the base for fixing the launcher on the ground with tent stakes\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtubecontainer sixteenbynine\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VXlKyxcMk-A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part layout. Drilling end cap. Bike valve cut. Inside end cap. Assembly. Dish soap bottle cap. This is taller than a soda bottle cap leaving enough threads for tightening after a 3\/4&#8243; gasket is fitted. Hole for nozzle. Gardena nozzle. Threaded body removed. Placed inside bottle cap. Base plate. Leveling feet. Base assembled. Launcher on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auhopu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}