Don't try this at home

CC
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Mountain Legend

18 May 2011 21:30 #1 by CC

Don't try this at home was created by CC

http://urlybits.com/2011/05/death-by-mentos/

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Rockdoc
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18 May 2011 21:35 #2 by Rockdoc

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And why not? It looks like fun. Amazing how much CO2 there is dissolved in those bottles. I would never have thought of this.

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CC
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18 May 2011 21:45 #3 by CC

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Now what have I done? We are teaching people how to make mentos bombs....LOL

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Rockdoc
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18 May 2011 21:51 #4 by Rockdoc

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Becky wrote: Now what have I done? We are teaching people how to make mentos bombs....LOL

Now, I was thinking this was just a matter of shaking up a coke bottle real hard and letting the escaping CO2 power its flight. I trust from your comment that I'm missing something. Likely since I watched the video without sound. LOL

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CC
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18 May 2011 22:22 #5 by CC

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He put one of those Mentos mints in the bottle and shook it up.

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Rockdoc
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18 May 2011 22:25 #6 by Rockdoc

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Becky wrote: He put one of those Mentos mints in the bottle and shook it up.

Aha! I sort of recall doing that once at the urging of one of the kids. Don't recall which one, but we never got the bottle to fly. A failed experiment that needs to be repeated because of failure to follow instructions well. lol

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