Nova Water Rocket - Part 2 of 3 - Parachute Deploy Mechanism

In this 3 part series we build and fly a mid-powered water rocket called Nova that can fly to 1000 feet (300m). In this episode we cover how the parachute deployment mechanism is made and also finish off the rest of the rocket by adding some fins and we paint it. 0:00 - Introduction 1:12 - Overall design 2:03 - Fitting electronics 3:20 - Shock cord 3:43 - Packing parachute 4:44 - Bench Test 6:23 - Making fins 6:58 - Attaching fins 7:42 - Fin fillets 9:01 - Painting 10:21 - Attaching mounting ring 10:51 - Final Assembly
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