Testing the Rocket
Got a chance to test out the Rocket.
http://www.wcnews.com/newershots/full/m ... ockets.jpg
http://www.wcnews.com/chrisreid/2004soaking01.jpg through 05 is setup stuff. Used a variety of guns. Triple Aggressor worked best for me.
http://www.wcnews.com/chrisreid/2004soaking06.jpg through 12 is the rocket firing.
http://www.wcnews.com/newershots/full/m ... ockets.jpg
http://www.wcnews.com/chrisreid/2004soaking01.jpg through 05 is setup stuff. Used a variety of guns. Triple Aggressor worked best for me.
http://www.wcnews.com/chrisreid/2004soaking06.jpg through 12 is the rocket firing.
^ cool! Ok.. I should open mine up and give 'er a maiden flight once it's not raining out...
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Very well done pics of the watre fight, espeically the point blank shots between the Monster X and piston soaker (maybe a stream machine). The flight of the Monster Rocket looks higher than I thought (or maybe my idea of 100 ft is too short), so I might get the Rocket later this summer.
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^ The special edition one has more stars'n'stripes on the rocket's body.
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^ that's what I meant! I was just looking at the side-by-side box pic you took!
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Forgive me if this has already been dealt with - I didn't view the photos, pictures take a long time to load on my computer - but can the MR be fired at a non-vertical angle?
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I remember that we discussed this at WWN a month or two ago and the conclsuion was that it was necessary for the Monster Rocket to be aimed vertically. I'm not completely sure why, but I think that it's similar to how you have to launch a bottle rocket vertically. Gravity must be keeping the water in the right position.Adrian wrote:Forgive me if this has already been dealt with - I didn't view the photos, pictures take a long time to load on my computer - but can the MR be fired at a non-vertical angle?
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I'd launch it at an angle over my enemy's heads, thereby showering them with "exhaust." I wouldn't aim it at people.
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In that case, what do you think is the minimum angle necessary for the Monster Rocket to be fired correctly? I'm guessing around 55 degrees, maybe as little as 45 degrees. The idea of showering them with exhaust sounds like a cluster bomb, perhaps its a feasible idea.Adrian wrote:I'd launch it at an angle over my enemy's heads, thereby showering them with "exhaust." I wouldn't aim it at people.
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There's a level thing inside. If it's more than a few degrees off, I don't think it'll launch at all. That might've been our launch problem.. we circumvented it by taking it apart and launching it manually. I really don't think it'd injur someone to get hit, unless they fell because of the shock. It's pretty light. If it was somehow fired at a 45 degree angle, it'd go a couple hundred feet, and it'd also be impossible to aim. Don't think of the rocket as a weapon.
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That was pretty smart of Hasbro to put a level in. That way, moron kids and their unsupervising parents can't sue them if they got injured from getting hit by the rocket.
Hey Chris, how does it come down? It didn't go as high as I thought it might. How many times did you pump it up?
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Hey Chris, how does it come down? It didn't go as high as I thought it might. How many times did you pump it up?
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And by the way the pumping mechanism looks (sort of like a bicycle pump), it's probably a lot esaier to put in a lot of pumps than a traditional soaker's extension or track pump.Soakologist wrote:If the battle involves enough people, pumping fails to become a big issue.
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