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I presume you actually mean spin. A spiral (think DNA helix shape) would actually increase the distance the bottle travels and would in fact shorten the flight.

Unfortunately this is an almost impossible experiment. Conceptually the spin should allow the soda bottle to remain in a more stable trajectory, however, with uneven thrust, wind activity and poor launch facilities you rarely get what you expect.

The second you stabilize the flight with fins that either keep it straight or impart a spin motion you've moved beyond soda bottle into rocket (albeit ugly rocket) mode.

Bottom line a stable flight path will maximize the distance traveled for a given amount of thrust.


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