One upping Dave: A Diet Coke and Mentos Rocket!

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Confectioners sugar? Wait, that's fast release. Maybe altoids? Probably not sugary enough. Could it be BAWLS mints? Or maybe jawbreakers? Gargh, the suspense!

Actually.. none of the above, but thanks for adding to my list of tests to perform.. Arghh.. j/k.. It's all good.

[anna~marie]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Actually.. none of the above, but thanks for adding to my list of tests to perform.. Arghh.. j/k.. It's all good.

I can't wait to see the results!

[Michelle Celio]

Wasn't really sure which thread to post this in but....

Which does it work better with? Cold Soda? Or Warm Soda?

[Pavan Dave]

Confucious never saw Diet Coke or Mentos, and thank the gods* for that.

Dude that has the be an awesome, "Boredom Project" lol. Thank god Wal-Mart is open 24/7 =)


*=I refer to the gods being the greek mythological gods, cause we all heard about them and have learned about them in school.

[Ted Boucher]

Originally Posted by AtalanteStar25

Of course, one of his guests had to bring up the question about what happens if you eat Mentos and drink Diet Coke at the same time.

Well, it is funny you bring this up. Tonight, 25s very own Corey Balint was used in a small experiment up here in CT. We filled his mouth with diet coke and then dropped a mentos in. The result was... lol... quite funny... he said the diet coke rushed down his mouth and an eruption of fizz came out of his mouth. The end result was diet coke all over the Shaw Family's floor and Corey on the ground, Success? maybe.

[Sam Lipscomb]

Originally Posted by Ted Boucher

Well, it is funny you bring this up. Tonight, 25s very own Corey Balint was used in a small experiment up here in CT. We filled his mouth with diet coke and then dropped a mentos in. The result was... lol... quite funny... he said the diet coke rushed down his mouth and an eruption of fizz came out of his mouth. The end result was diet coke all over the Shaw Family's floor and Corey on the ground, Success? maybe.

Wow. Poor Corey. What a welcome to da Cutt, eh?

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Ted Boucher

Well, it is funny you bring this up. Tonight, 25s very own Corey Balint was used in a small experiment up here in CT. We filled his mouth with diet coke and then dropped a mentos in.

no no no!

you have to DRINK a bottle of diet coke then swallow a chewed up mentos

and we require video!

[anna~marie]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

no no no!

you have to DRINK a bottle of diet coke then swallow a chewed up mentos

and we require video!

Actually... that is on my list of things to do this summer... not jokin
I'm actually thinking Mentos, then diet coke
Perhaps this week, I don't work nearly as much

[EricRobodox]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

no no no!

you have to DRINK a bottle of diet coke then swallow a chewed up mentos

and we require video!

Ken, that wont work. Becuase if its chewed up it wont be a catalyst because the powder on the mentos that causes the fizz will be lost. the key is to keep the persons mouth open, make them drink the soda, but not swallow, and then shove a few mentos in really quick. Put duct tape over the mouth quickly and laugh as the soda shoots up his nose from the pressure. I always wanted to grind up sawdust and do this. The powder in sawdust would probably work better than mentos, well, if you made sawdust into a very thin powder.

But i do agree with Ken in that we need a video.

[santosh]

Would this reaction work better if the mentos were crushed? We tried this thing with the 20 ounce bottles. So that didn't work too well. the ottom of the bottle gave out before the cap. And we tried it with a 2 liter but we never had teh cap on right. I think that tomorrow we are going to try that cork idea someone posted up here.

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by EricRobodox

Ken, that wont work. Becuase if its chewed up it wont be a catalyst because the powder on the mentos that causes the fizz will be lost.

....The powder in sawdust would probably work better than mentos, well, if you made sawdust into a very thin powder.

please explain futher. I was under the impression that this was vinegar / baking soda type of reaction that causes all the carbonation in the soda to be released.

Powder? Dust ?!

(Strange things are afoot at the Circle K)

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by EricRobodox

Ken, that wont work. Becuase if its chewed up it wont be a catalyst because the powder on the mentos that causes the fizz will be lost. the key is to keep the persons mouth open, make them drink the soda, but not swallow, and then shove a few mentos in really quick. Put duct tape over the mouth quickly and laugh as the soda shoots up his nose from the pressure.

Sounds dangerous.

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by Ted Boucher

Well, it is funny you bring this up. Tonight, 25s very own Corey Balint was used in a small experiment up here in CT. We filled his mouth with diet coke and then dropped a mentos in. The result was... lol... quite funny... he said the diet coke rushed down his mouth and an eruption of fizz came out of his mouth. The end result was diet coke all over the Shaw Family's floor and Corey on the ground, Success? maybe.

So that's what I missed for not sticking around past eleven!

How much diet Coke is left from what was piled in the back of Sam's car?
I hope you didn't get Corey to drink all $74 dollars worth before you tried this!

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

So that's what I missed for not sticking around past eleven!

How much diet Coke is left from what was piled in the back of Sam's car?
I hope you didn't get Corey to drink all $74 dollars worth before you tried this!

Actually Jay, that happened on Friday night, not Saturday. We still have about 18 bottles left from the ~23 or so we bought on Saturday.

Only a few bottles were used from that pic (of Jay's) on Saturday..

My launching system has some flaws..

Back to the drawing board.

Although.... I did do some "normal" DC&M drops for family and friends on Sunday, and everyone was pretty impressed. I got a 14' stream off one 2 liter bottle. (I did it under a basketball hoop, and it went right through, and over by 4 ft at the hoop's highest setting.)

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

So that's what I missed for not sticking around past eleven!

How much diet Coke is left from what was piled in the back of Sam's car?
I hope you didn't get Corey to drink all $74 dollars worth before you tried this!

That pic reminds me of the first time I stepped foot inside Corey's car. There were liters upon liters of coke on the floor, along with a pack of plenty of rolls of mentos. (much worse than Sam's)

A couple of Team 25 members (myself, Bharat, Alison, Alexa, and Morgan) were fooling around with diet coke and mentos earlier tonight. (Liters of Diet coke were on sale for $1 at the local A&P to our surprise). We made two fountains (which the neighbors across the street inquired about), and made 3 attempts at a rocket, only one of which actually took flight.