NPL Water Rocket Challenge 2009
This years NPL Water Rocket Challenge will take place on Wednesday, 24 June.
Fancy your chances? You can register your team for £25 with proceeds being donated to the Shooting Star Trust.
Prizes on the day include:
• Longest time in the air
• Best rigid wing rocket
• Best launch mechanism
• Best engineering
• Most crowd pleasing effort
• Best team uniform
• Best team banner
Make sure you register before the Friday, 12 June deadline. For enquiries email waterrockets@npl.co.uk
If you’re not familiar with the competition, check out the fun had at last year’s event. Keep an eye-out for Einstein!
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[Update July] Results have been published in full: School and Open results and finally some slow-motion video on YouTube.
[Update August] Full finished highlights of the 2009 competition:
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