Working principle

Water rocket launch

A water rocket is a type of model rocket using water as

its reaction mass. The water is forced out by a pressurized gas,
typically compressed air. Like all rocket engines, it operates on
the principle of Newton's third law of motion. Water rocket
hobbyists typically use one or more plastic soft drink bottle as the
rocket's pressure vessel. A variety of designs are possible
including multi-stage rockets. Water rockets are also custom-built
from composite materials to achieve world record altitudes

Apogee photograph taken by the onboard video camera from U.S. Water Rockets' record breaking X-12
Water Rocket at an altitude of 2,068 feet (630 m).
The Guinness World Record of launching most water rockets is
held by Kung Yik She Secondary School when on 7 December
2013, they launched 1056 of them at the same time, together with
primary school students in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong.[21]

The current record for greatest altitude achieved by a water and

air propelled rocket is 2723 feet (830 meters),[22] held by
the University of Cape Town,[23] achieved on 26 August 2015,
exceeding the previous 2007 record of 2044 feet (623 meters)
held by US Water Rockets.[24] The rocket also carried a video
camera as payload as part of the verification required by the
competition rules.