The problem with a lot of these water bottle rocket projects is that they leak where the bottle meets the launcher. In most cases this is a good thing as it’s almost impossible to build up ...

In this case, though, we’ll respectfully disagree with [Zach Hipps] assessment of his remote-controlled soda bottle rocket launcher as “overengineered”. To us, it seems just right.

Famous families having fun with these experiments at home. • The bottle rocket challenge: faces from across the BBC compete to build and launch bottle rockets. Whose will fly highest?