Bottle Rocket Competitions

Communication Skills Course

Each year the Astrophysics Group runs a communication skills and team building course for the first year undergraduates. As a result the group has gotten involved with water rockets, and each year holds a competition during the course. Results and video footage below,

• The Fifth Annual Rocket Competition (23rd Jun 2006)
• The Fourth Annual Rocket Competition (Jun 2005)
• The Third Annual Rocket Competition (25th Jun 2004)
• The Second Annual Rocket Competition (23rd Jun 2003)
• The First Annual Rocket Competition (17th Jun 2002)

Stuart Littlefair also took some still images during the 2003 competition.

Pre-University Physics (PUPC) Course

Each year Exeter also runs a Pre-University Physics Course for local schools and each year it holds a bottle rocket competition during the course. Results and video footage below,

• Rocket Competition 2006 (6th Jul 2006)

Stuart Littlefair also took some still images during the 2003 competition.

Other Rocket Launches

Some of the astrophysics groups own efforts can be found below...

   7th June 2002
   Tweety Launch #7
   A successful flight of 11 seconds.
   Real Media (552k)

   16th June 2002
   Tweety II (2 bottle rocket)
   Pressure vessel failure, we launched anyway!
   Real Media (1Mb)

We had all this footage, and Stuart got the artistic bug to do something with it, so we cut out own movie. It came out rather well...

   The Rocket Movie
   Director: Stuart Littlefair

   Brass Eye meets NASA.
   Streaming Real Media (4 min 36sec)
   Or download Real Media (4.7Mb)

Outbound Links

If you're interested in learning more about water rockets, some useful links can be found below.

• The Water Rocket Index
• Water Rocket Launchers and Guppy Rockets
• The October Sky Skunk Works