The Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car Showdown

Driver on closed track. Don't try this without professional help.
This is sheer power vs. refined aerodynamics. This is sheer stupidity vs. refined stupidity. It's the Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car: Mark I, powered by 108 bottles of Coke Zero and 648 Mentos mints, versus the Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car: Mark II, powered by 54 bottles of Coke Zero and 324 Mentos mints.
See our other Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car videos at www.eepybird.com
Including the Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car, Mark II:
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And the Mark I in 2-D:
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And the Mark I in 3-D:
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About The Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car: Showdown
After years of work, we've harnessed the explosive power of Coke and Mentos and achieved human propulsion! 108 bottles of Coke Zero and 648 Mentos mints combine to power the Rocket Car, Mark I. With just half the fuel, 54 bottles of Coke Zero and 324 Mentos, the Mark II is substantially lighter. The question is which goes farther and faster... This is the showdown!
The music track is RKNRL -- Steve's Mix by our friends at AudioBody: www.AudioBody.com off their new album, We Are AudioBody.
How Does This Work?
This is one not to try at home.
The Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car uses a piston mechanism: a six-foot long rod sits inside a six-foot long tube attached to each bottle of Coke Zero. When the Mentos drop into the soda, the pressure tries to push the rod out of the tube. With 54 or 108 rods all pushing at once, that gives us a lot of power.
All that power is pushing against a solid wall -- so the wall won't move, the rocket car will. We get one big push for six feet, and then it's all coasting from there.
Want to know what makes the soda fly out of the bottle? Click here to find out about the power of Coke and Mentos: www.eepybird.com/featured-vide...
Don't Try This at Home!
Seriously, don't try this at home. There is a huge amount of power involved, and we don't want you to get hurt.
What you can (and should) try at home is the Coke & Mentos geyser: you can get your own Coke and Mentos Kit: eepybird.portmerch.com/stores/... includes nozzles just like the ones we use in our geyser videos, or you can click here: www.eepybird.com/featured-vide... learn how you can make Coke and Mentos geysers with stuff from around your house.
Credits
The Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car: Showdown by EepyBird: Fritz Grobe (the short one) and Stephen Voltz (the tall one). Music by AudioBody: www.AudioBody.com
Filmed in Buckfield, Maine. Thanks to the EepyBird pit crew: Big Dave Tardy, Mike Miclon, Matt Tardy, and Casey Turner. Captured on video by the one and only Mike Miclon, with able help from Shane Miclon, Aaron DeWitt, and Brian Miclon.
The Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Cars were welded together by Nick Salvati with Big Dave Tardy and Mike Miclon. Nick and Dave built the Mark II on a pedal car frame. Nick and Mike built the Mark I on a utility trailer frame, along with the front end of a bicycle.
And thanks to Coca-Cola Zero and Mentos for making this possible!

[@TonyVtheITPro]

Graphite lube the axles and for every 3 or 4 bottles, funnel them into 1 exhaust tube. Should be able to increase pressure per tube without causing seal ruptures or bottle explosions. Oh, and devise a collar (don't forget to graphite it too) that will fall into place when the pins are removed too!

[@KiaranScath]

It's great to see Eepy Bird post some new stuff.

[@tomasurri5350]

You are brilliant!

[@rasfredy57]

Dude youre going sooo fast !

[@bryancara]

Finnaly they posted a new video

[@at400andromada]

Lol awesome! And thanks for the coke at the maker faire today! :D

[@bcbock]

Finally! A use for Coke Zero. 'Cause that shit is undrinkable.

[@gacpro001]

¡Muy bizarro! :D

[@danyboybatista3667]

ya se están encontrando nuevas alternativas de energía ^^

[@juuseli]

This beats any other car in miles per gallon!

[@bromex3000]

@American5585 Please explain me how that wall helped pushing that car? As far as physics is concerned, linear momentum doesn't require wall to work :]

[@smishdws]

@ifilgoodx You see a waste, I see the future of vehicular travel.

[@jimrustler]

Now i feel thirsty... wait, where's all the coke?

[@andrewb1313]

@bcbock yup

[@EDIshames]

@N4xi so you're saying coke and mentos coulda saved people from starvation ?

[@dasdew2]

Mk2 54 bottles and 324 mentos for 239ft So can I go to the store to buy more coke zero,or do I have to push the car?

[@tinfoil209]

Awesome! lol

[@Flashfire97]

I want to see a motorbike powered with this. It's lighter (F=MA) and also it would look cooler.

[@American5585]

awesome, you invented the more expensive way to travel than gasoline, and if it wasn't wall behind you, you wouldnt even manage to cross 5 meters

[@agazmi]

skinnier tires and less tubes is what you need.