What is this? - Page 38

classicman · 09-16-2008, 03:58 PM

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt I knew that one too.

BigV · 09-16-2008, 03:58 PM

You're right!

It's a water rocket launcher. Fill a one liter plastic water bottle halfway, put the cork in the mouth of the bottle and lower it onto the latches. The red hose is connected to a bicycle pump. Pump it up to about 80 - 100 psi, then pull the string which releases the locking arms. Whooooooosh! My rocket sucked. Nobody likes an acrobatic rocket, but you do make the highlight reel. The best perfoming rocket had a hang time of about twelve seconds.

classicman · 09-16-2008, 03:59 PM

Its like one of those small red rockets kids used to play with way back when. Do they still make them?

BigV · 09-16-2008, 04:03 PM

Like these...

classicman · 09-16-2008, 09:50 PM

This is the one - what a blast I had as a kid with my friends shooting them at each other.

Shawnee123 · 09-19-2008, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

This is the one - what a blast I had as a kid with my friends shooting them at each other.

Dude? Old toys?

classicman · 09-19-2008, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Dude? Old toys?

that was along time ago - Geez I was only a kid then!

Clodfobble · 09-16-2008, 10:33 PM

Man, maybe my mind is in the gutter but I would never have guessed that thing on the bottom is supposed to be a kids' toy...

BigV · 09-17-2008, 04:28 PM

What is this?

spudcon · 09-18-2008, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

What is this?

Reflection of camera flash in Dracula's bloody eyeball.

glatt · 09-18-2008, 07:51 AM

a light source reflected in stretched red latex.

BigV · 02-26-2009, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

What is this?

Sorry I am so late in addressing this one. I've been quite busy.

It is hard to explain what it is. This is a close up of a display at the Pacific Science Center. It is a sphere filled with a liquid that has a pearlescent aspect to it. The sphere is completely full of this liquid. It is pretty big, about a foot across. The sphere is encased in a transparent cylinder and the whole affair is attached to a turntable like a lazy susan.

The idea is that you can spin the apparatus around faster and faster and get the liquid going faster too, but lagging. And the equator moves faster than the poles. Then it's fun to stop the apparatus and watch the liquid swirl and eddy in confusion.

Here is a bigger picture of SonofV experimenting on a subsequent trip.

glatt · 02-26-2009, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

It is hard to explain what it is. This is a close up of a display at the Pacific Science Center. It is a sphere filled with a liquid that has a pearlescent aspect to it. The sphere is completely full of this liquid. It is pretty big, about a foot across. The sphere is encased in a transparent cylinder and the whole affair is attached to a turntable like a lazy susan.

The idea is that you can spin the apparatus around faster and faster and get the liquid going faster too, but lagging. And the equator moves faster than the poles. Then it's fun to stop the apparatus and watch the liquid swirl and eddy in confusion.

Sounds like a mini Jupiter. Cool.

TheMercenary · 09-17-2008, 07:44 PM

A light.

Nirvana · 09-18-2008, 11:23 AM

be specific please

09-16-2008, 03:58 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt I knew that one too. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-16-2008, 03:58 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	You're right! It's a water rocket launcher. Fill a one liter plastic water bottle halfway, put the cork in the mouth of the bottle and lower it onto the latches. The red hose is connected to a bicycle pump. Pump it up to about 80 - 100 psi, then pull the string which releases the locking arms. Whooooooosh! My rocket sucked. Nobody likes an acrobatic rocket, but you do make the highlight reel. The best perfoming rocket had a hang time of about twelve seconds. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-16-2008, 03:59 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Its like one of those small red rockets kids used to play with way back when. Do they still make them? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-16-2008, 04:03 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Like these... __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-16-2008, 09:50 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	This is the one - what a blast I had as a kid with my friends shooting them at each other. Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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09-17-2008, 04:28 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	What is this? Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-18-2008, 07:51 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	a light source reflected in stretched red latex.

09-17-2008, 07:44 PM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	A light. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-18-2008, 11:23 AM	#15
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	be specific please

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