This weekend, my friend James...

This weekend, my friend James Ogden and I built the water rocket to beat all water rockets. No pictures of a launch yet because of problems with an air pump and the end of daylight.

How it works:

• Rocket is first filled partially with water.
• Rocket slides tightly onto a piece of PVC pipe.
• A special grasping mechanism locks the rocket into place.
• An air pump is used to compress the air in the rocket to about 60psi.
• A string is pulled, releasing the grasping mechanism.
• The compressed air in the rocket forces the water out the rocket nozzle.
• The rocket blasts itself hundreds of feet into the sky.