Science Buskers Water Rocket Busking Round Day 2
Today is the day 2 of the science buskers busking round and for my water rocket show, I have got my wife and my brother-in-law down to help me out.
I also want to thank some of the brothers and sisters from my church including Wee Chung & Serene, Chee Wan & Yoke Leng, Cheng Sheq and Soon Ting, Gay Teck and Shao han and of course my best friend Bernard & Qiuyun ….. just want to say thank you for all your support.
One of the reasons why I joined the Science buskers is to show to people, especially children and teens that water rocket is such a fun activity to do and you can get your entire family in to launch water rockets providing hours of fun….
It really warms my heart to see the following participants who tried out my water rocket and vote for my booth… i believe that they really enjoyed themselves and that makes my day… Thank you….
Science Buskers Water Rocket Car
As i will be participating in the Science Buskers busking round from 10 to 12 September 2010, I have thought for quite a while before deciding to build my own water rocket car from Lego to demonstrate the power of water rocket.
science buskers water rocket car side
It took me about 2 hours to build a full model of a dragster like Lego car and then a number of days to modify it to become the water rocket dragster car.
science buskers water rocket car rear
I did some initial testing pump in 80psi of air into the 500ml bottle, and the car ran really fast. I then add some water and pressurized to 40psi, it had a really fast acceleration. But when i tried 60psi with the same amount of water, the car flipped instantly when it was released.
science buskers water rocket car top
I guess i need to modify the car further to make it more stable so that it can take more water and pressure. As suggested by some experts, I adjust the length of the wheel axle to be broader for the front and rear wheel and added a pair of fins to provide the downforce; finally, managed to get the water rocket Lego car speed off at 60psi …..
Science Buskers 2010 – Water Rocket Through To Busking Round
After the Science Buskers 2010 audition on 5th August at Singapore Science Centre, Water Rocket was shortlisted and will be performing in the busking round from 10-12 September at Plaza Singapura.
Science Buskers Festival 2010
We want to thank the judges for choosing Water Rocket to be in the busking round and will be thinking of ways to entertain shoppers over there. We will probably be showing how a toy car can be propelled by water rocket, using just water and air.
If you want to send some package over to your friends at the opposite block but lazy to walk all the way to his house, what do you do? How about using Water Rocket to transport them over to your friend’s place in a matter of seconds using just water and air?
I will be showing how these ideas can put to practically use at the busking round, so if you want to see how all these can be done, do come and visit our Water Rocket booth to have some hands on experience.