Comments on: Baking Soda & Vinegar http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: sumgurl http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12354 sumgurl Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:04:07 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12354 look at my future son-in-law! ha! look at my future son-in-law! ha!

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12356 Atomictumor Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:07:12 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12356 Looks fun. When I was but a lad I dabbled in model rocketry, and it was all sorts of fun until you actually launch it, and it lands in the highway like a half mile over, instead of the nice big field you set up for it to land in. Freakin rockets. Looks fun. When I was but a lad I dabbled in model rocketry, and it was all sorts of fun until you actually launch it, and it lands in the highway like a half mile over, instead of the nice big field you set up for it to land in.
Freakin rockets.

]]> By: southerncharm http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12357 southerncharm Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:18:03 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12357 It looks like you did the "Stop, Drop and Roll" when the rocket took off! LOL It looks like you did the “Stop, Drop and Roll” when the rocket took off! LOL

]]> By: Allisone http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12358 Allisone Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:21:42 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12358 We're going to make Diet Coke and Mentos rockets for the kiddo's slumber party this weekend. I bet we won't get anywhere near the 150 ft mark - but not for lack of trying! We’re going to make Diet Coke and Mentos rockets for the kiddo’s slumber party this weekend. I bet we won’t get anywhere near the 150 ft mark - but not for lack of trying!

]]> By: Jane http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12363 Jane Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:28:02 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12363 Umm... the kids sound adorable. Did you blow your head off with that launch? That was hilarious! Umm… the kids sound adorable.
Did you blow your head off with that launch?
That was hilarious!

]]> By: Little Miss http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12372 Little Miss Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:31:23 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12372 Oh.MY.Gosh! I love the video!! Did he totally shart himself when the rocket launched? I nearly did just watching it (three times)!! So funny! and Allisone--have faith! Mythbusters always know best!! (and let me know how it turns out because my husband DESPERATELY wants to try it!!!) ; ) Oh.MY.Gosh! I love the video!! Did he totally shart himself when the rocket launched? I nearly did just watching it (three times)!! So funny!

and Allisone–have faith! Mythbusters always know best!! (and let me know how it turns out because my husband DESPERATELY wants to try it!!!)
; )

]]> By: Judy http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12373 Judy Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:44:39 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12373 Oh my goodness, what fun. I have GOT to do this with my boys. Love the picture! Oh my goodness, what fun. I have GOT to do this with my boys.

Love the picture!

]]> By: R*belle http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12374 R*belle Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:49:59 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12374 Love the pics and am so glad you were out and about having a good time. Love the pics and am so glad you were out and about having a good time.

]]> By: djuggler http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12472 djuggler Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:27:55 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12472 Allisone, you'll get more mileage with a coke bottle rocket. (I did this with our scouts). 1 two liter empty plastic bottle. 1 cork. 1 air pump needle (like what you use to put air in a basket ball), 1 bicycle pump (that can get ruined from having water get into it), and water. I added cardboard for fins and a nose cone, 1 soda straw, 1 three foot metal rod that the straw could slide over, and a drill bit to help get the needle in the cork. Prepare your pump: Drill a hole (smaller diameter than the needle) through the cork. Push the needle through. Should be a tight fit. Attach the air pump to the needle. Prepare your rocket: Cut 3 or 4 triangular fins and tape them to the two liter bottle. Cut a circular piece of cardboard and shape it into a nose cone (it may help to cut a line on the radius). Tape the straw to the bottle. Fill the bottle 1/3 with water. Prepare your launch pad: Pound the metal rod into the ground. I recommend doing it over a thick grassy spot. Doing it in bare dirt makes lots of mud. How to launch: Put cork in the neck of the bottle. Invert the bottle and slide it down the metal rod. Pump the air pump vigorously make sure to not put your face over the rocket. Just when you think you cannot pump any more the rocket will launch about 60 foot into the air. http://www.things2make.com/Things2make_files/instructions%20over%205/coke%20bottle%20rocket.htm http://www.ast.leeds.ac.uk/~knapp/rockets/cokebottles.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZQsDD7QPgU http://www.jamesyawn.com/h2o/index.html Allisone, you’ll get more mileage with a coke bottle rocket. (I did this with our scouts). 1 two liter empty plastic bottle. 1 cork. 1 air pump needle (like what you use to put air in a basket ball), 1 bicycle pump (that can get ruined from having water get into it), and water. I added cardboard for fins and a nose cone, 1 soda straw, 1 three foot metal rod that the straw could slide over, and a drill bit to help get the needle in the cork.

Prepare your pump: Drill a hole (smaller diameter than the needle) through the cork. Push the needle through. Should be a tight fit. Attach the air pump to the needle.

Prepare your rocket: Cut 3 or 4 triangular fins and tape them to the two liter bottle. Cut a circular piece of cardboard and shape it into a nose cone (it may help to cut a line on the radius). Tape the straw to the bottle. Fill the bottle 1/3 with water.

Prepare your launch pad: Pound the metal rod into the ground. I recommend doing it over a thick grassy spot. Doing it in bare dirt makes lots of mud.

How to launch: Put cork in the neck of the bottle. Invert the bottle and slide it down the metal rod. Pump the air pump vigorously make sure to not put your face over the rocket. Just when you think you cannot pump any more the rocket will launch about 60 foot into the air.

http://www.things2make.com/Things2make_files/instructions%20over%205/coke%20bottle%20rocket.htm

http://www.ast.leeds.ac.uk/~knapp/rockets/cokebottles.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZQsDD7QPgU

http://www.jamesyawn.com/h2o/index.html

]]> By: timsan1 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12481 timsan1 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:45:10 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12481 it looks like you are having too much fun bos. besides -- where is the kid in that rocket fueling picture of yours?! Oh, it must be the one wearing the hat! We used to have pressurized water rockets - also the model ones. Nothing as fancy as the one you are all sporting. Your boy is getting so much older! I remember when he was learning to use the potty. tg it looks like you are having too much fun bos. besides — where is the kid in that rocket fueling picture of yours?! Oh, it must be the one wearing the hat! We used to have pressurized water rockets - also the model ones. Nothing as fancy as the one you are all sporting. Your boy is getting so much older! I remember when he was learning to use the potty.

tg

]]> By: Allisone http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12580 Allisone Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:01:18 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12580 Awesome guys! Thanks for the links. If you hear any odd - family blows up house with beverages - reports from Philly, just whistle and walk the other direction :) I'll let you know how it goes ... Awesome guys! Thanks for the links.
If you hear any odd - family blows up house with beverages - reports from Philly, just whistle and walk the other direction :)
I’ll let you know how it goes …

]]> By: jen http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12593 jen Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:30:35 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/27/baking-soda-vinegar/#comment-12593 what great fun:) what great fun:)

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