"Inquiring Minds have to know": How does one LAUNCH a water rocket? (Reply off-list or on, I just want to know ) Hopefully it's electrical & attached to a PIC. I've seen Magnetic and optoelectronic "Launch" detectors in model rockets, btw. A piece of electrical tape can serve to interrupt the opto, so long as it's not IR - then you want to add a piece of aluminum foil inside the tape Admin note: We're getting duplicate messages & some people are getting "You shouldn't send duplicates to the PICList" error messages, known problem, should be solved soon. Someone's ISP is messed up, I'm being patient. Mark