I'm not a river but I'm full of water..
What am I??
Had you asked this question yesterday, we would have answered - cloud. But now we'll say it's a WATER ROCKET !
ASME BITS-PILANI Student Chapter kicked off its first event Water Rocket in style. For those who still don't know what a water rocket is, let us explain it first. Water Rocket is a model rocket which has a plastic bottle as its pressure vessel. It uses water as its reaction mass ( Remember Newton's 3rd law? ) which is forced out by the compresed air, filled in it by an air pump. Sounds fairly simple..na!
But this is not it! Here comes the real task..the water thrust will push the rocket only upto a certain point but after this so as to ensure that it continues its flight properly, you need to make the rocket aerodynamic. The rocket should remain in air for long, along with covering enough distance on ground.
The event saw appreciable participation from junta. There seemed a slight hesitation in the participants at first; but as the event went on, everyone started enjoying. The participants had put in enormous efforts like attaching a parachute, putting a balloon inside bottle, making full-fledged aircraft body, giving the rocket a hovercraft design etc to make the model as aerodynamic as possible. The distances covered by the rockets were as long as 52 meters!
Overall, it was a fun event which everyone enjoyed. We sign off now with a promise to bring a few more entertaining events...Watch out!
Yo Mech!
