Timeline for Why does water not propel a balloon?
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| Jul 24, 2017 at 17:21 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | Note that you can buy 'water rockets' as children's toys and they have much higher delta vee than a plain inflated balloon. They are filled with a mixture (about 50/50 by volume) of water and compressed air. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 10:17 | answer | added | Gurbir Singh | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 5:08 | comment | added | Deep | @KyleOman You are right. Here I was only giving hints and did not intend to answer the question. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 5:07 | comment | added | Kyle Oman | @Deep try not to answer in comments, post an answer instead. That's what answers are for, after all. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 5:02 | comment | added | Frank | Just realized how stupid my question was. Thanks for the answer! | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 5:01 | comment | added | Deep | Yes there would be, but is it sufficient to counter the increased weight of the balloon? Remember that water is thousand times dense than air. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 4:44 | history | asked | Frank | CC BY-SA 3.0 |