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Beyond Blue Aerospace: Hybrid Rocket – RC O2 Injection System Bench Testing (2019-07-28)
Today we hooked up the remotely controlled O2 injection system using the same transmitter and receiver as we did for the remotely ... [Read More]
Beyond Blue Aerospace: Hybrid Rocket – Fabrication (2019-08-03)Fabricating experimental hybrid rocket motor delta ... [Read More]
Beyond Blue Aerospace: Hybrid Rocket – Fabrication (2019-08-04)Fabricating experimental hybrid rocket motor delta… Drilled a 14mm diameter port through the solid paraffin. Fabricated the cap for the post combustion ... [Read More]
Beyond Blue Aerospace: Hybrid Rocket Motor Delta – October 17, 2019 (2019-10-17)The rocket motor body is mounted to a dual sliding rail system for upcoming ground tests. Here is a short video clip. ... [Read More]
Beyond Blue Aerospace: Hybrid Rocket Motor Delta Test (2020-04-04)This ground test was designed to test our remotely controlled igniter and oxidizer valve with a hybrid rocket motor. Our hybrid rocket ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: SORAC (2007-01-22)The SORAC Project was initiated in 1995 as a Civil Experimental Aerospace endeavor. The first goal is to place a totally non-government funded vehicle into internationally recognized space, 62 ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Project Courage (2007-02-14)The Courage is a very high performance (dart) hybrid N class rocket project by MB Rocketry that can probably break 30,000 feet. Check it out to see the whole building process and other projects. [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Rocket bike (2008-03-11)"This project & the bike started off being called "Maximum Impulse", however this changed when I was fortunate enough to secure Gillette as Title Sponsor. This World Land Speed Record ... [Read More]
Greg Smith's Blog: Certification complete... GREAT SUCCESS!! (2008-08-10)Yesterday's flight went swimmingly well despite the complete lack of water on the lakebed :) All photos ©Jaime Fritsch. Prepping the recovery system. This was one of Jaime's favorite shots. ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Testing a hybrid motor with a spike nozzle. (2008-10-29)This is a great project. The hybrid motor uses a solid fuel and a gaseous or liquid oxidizer. Here the fuel is a clear acrylic tube that lets you see inside the chamber. Note how bright it is: the ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: All SystemsGo for Texas teens (2008-12-21)Texas teens are learning aerospace science by building and flying rockets. Started in the quiet Hill Country town of Fredricksburg by Brett Williams, an ex-marine scientist, SystemsGo is now offered ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Project Farside in Popular Science (1957) (2009-01-25)Here are some additional materials that I recently found for Project Farside. This comes from the October 1957 Popular Science. The details here are great: note the remarkable little payload ... [Read More]
Greg Smith's Blog: TAP pursuit update (2009-02-07)As I'd mentioned at the bottom of my L3 cert entry I continue to build experience pertinent to becoming a TAP member for San Diego's Tripoli club. Dok and Kurt encouraged me to fly more M and ... [Read More]
Greg Smith's Blog: First vacuum bagging project (2009-02-22)Having watched Dave Triano's composite videos twice I've been ordering all the goodies necessary to create high-strength composite materials with optimal weight. Several mistakes are likely but I ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Slow blogging, brief catch-up (2009-03-25)Blogging has been slow around the Dungeon. I got Roxio Creator and am copying old videos to DVD. My laptop was of average power two years ago but manipulating multi-gigabyte files eats its lunch. It ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Gyro stabilization and the big a$$ rocket of the day (2009-04-06)Clark Lindsey points to the latest flight of the Gyroc VTVL testbed . This gyroscopically stabilized testbed uses commercially available long-burn model rocket motors for takeoff and landing. While ... [Read More]
Greg Smith's Blog: Layup... FAIL!! Then success! (2009-04-29)Alright so I completed my layup as planned below. Again the Mylar stuck preferentially to roughly 50% of the cured surface. It took me 3+ hours (no exaggeration) to peel/cut/scrape/wedge ... [Read More]
Greg Smith's Blog: Progress galore (2009-07-18)Alright so I masked off the fins and applied the black high-temp epoxy fillets: I had a scare while preparing the epoxy. It's approaching its shelf life of 6 months and the curative is ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2009-7 (2009-08-23)Location: Location: Central Sod Farm, Centreville, MD ( MDRA ESL-135) Weather: mid-80's, calm to slightly breezy Total flights: Today - 9; YTD - 60 Total motors: Today - 14; YTD - 72 Paul was there ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: New world land speed record for RC cars (2009-09-14)And, of course, a rocket was involved. The Black Knight: Hybrid Rocket RC Car blog reports a run at 163.51 mph. This is a new world land speed RC record beating the previous 161.34 mph ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2009-8 (2009-09-19)Location: Location: Central Sod Farm, Centreville, MD ( MDRA ESL-136) Weather: mid-70's, not too breezy, but the wind was in an unfavorable direction Total flights: Today - 5; YTD - 65 Total motors: ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Bloodhound SSC motor update (2009-11-04)Rocketeers.co.uk has an update on the development of the hybrid rocket motor for the Bloodhound SSC supersonic rocket car. The blogger expresses his/her " bitterly disappointed that we're ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2009-8 (Red Glare 7) (2009-11-15)Location: Higgs Farm, Price, MD ( Red Glare VII ) Weather: mid to high 60's, light breeze, clear Total flights: Today - 7; YTD - 72 Total motors: Today - 10; YTD - 87 The remnants of Hurricane Ike ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: New Zealand sounding rocket to space? (2009-12-01)Rocket Lab , a New Zealand rocketry group, has launched a two stage sounding rocket that was expected to reach space. They claim that it did reach space, or strongly imply this (which the media ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: NARPres comments on the NFPA 1125 revision (2010-02-02)Trip's words, my highlights and added comments in brackets (stuff I didn't mention before or didn't catch earlier): Earlier today (February 2) we completed the first of two 2010 meetings of the ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Fire and ice from Denmark (2010-03-01)Here is a video of a static test of the Copenhagen Suborbitals ' HEAT-1X LOX/paraffin hybrid. Fire from the motor, ice on ground. (as seen on Clark Lindsey's RLV and Space Transportation blog ) ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: The race to be the biggest (amateur rocketry) (2010-03-02)Gizmodo is featuring the work of Copenhagen Suborbitals (C-S) and their HEAT-1X project. (Yesterday, I posted an embedded video of one of their hybrid motor tests. Cool stuff!) The blogger points ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: R hybrid (2010-04-22)More images [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: First light sail (solar sail) spacecraft: "Ikaros" (2010-04-27)(Not in English.) (Short simulation of deployment process, without sound.) (Detailed simulation of deployment process, no sound.) "A rocket carrying the Ikaros -- an acronym for Interplanetary ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: TMT CERTIFIES RATT-WORKS TRI-BRID MOTOR!! (2010-05-18)Finnally a motor that runs on moonshine! We are very pleased to announce two new certified motors from RATTworks, Dave Griffiths, head gas passer. The following motors are the first in a new ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: The first RATTworks Tribrid motors have been certified by Tripoli (2010-05-18)As seen on Rocketry Planet , it appears that Tripoli Motor Testing (TMT) has certified two RATTworks Tribrids: a 1861K350TR-P (45% K) and a 2170K600TR-P (70% K motor). For those who don't know ... [Read More]
Greg Smith's Blog: Der Red Mix - fin reinforcement time lapse video (2010-05-25)I sped this video up roughly 50x so as not to bore you. The fins turned out pretty well. They were initially fairly warped so I took them to work and placed them in an environmental chamber at ... [Read More]
Model Rocket Building: Fire and Forget - GOODBYE! (2010-07-10)I went to the monthly NEFAR launch in Bunnell, Florida. The Fire and Forget rocket was one of my first out of eight launches today. The RSO read my description: "Anyone who finds it can keep it to ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Some early footage from Balls 19 (2010-09-30)Including that P to P flight from the ground this time, but more importantly what seems like a large hybrid from Jeff Jacob which may be an R motor? If so, a successful R hybrid launch is very ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: More updates from Balls 19 (2010-10-01)Because I cannot be there in person, and would not have anything big enough to fly anyway, I have to live through youtube videos, and frequently rejected email requests for more information. Sigh. A ... [Read More]
Greg Smith's Blog: Improvement via iteration... (2010-10-24)I hate crashing expensive, time-consuming rockets but there is one advantage: the same design turns out WAY better the second time. I wasn't very happy with the carbon fiber fin reinforcement on Der ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: ALCOTOO propellant (2010-11-18)A year and a half ago (or so), I was fascinated ALICE propellant , which was being done by Dr. Steven Son's team at Perdue (with collaborators at Penn). ALICE is an acronym for ALuminum and ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: 3-D printed fuel grain (2010-11-18)While on the subject of 'exotic' hybrids, I see Clark Lindsey has spotted an article on creating complicated channels within hybrid fuel grains using 3-D printing (aka stereolithography): A ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Another unique hybrid motor innovation - inject the gas at the business end (2010-11-18)[I should have included this in my previous post, since they share a common source ( Clark Lindsey, again ).] The Staged Combustion Aft-Injected Hybrid (SCAIH) is being developed by hobby ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Mega-Review: Art Applewhite Standard Flying Saucers (VERY LONG) (2010-12-15)Because of their similarity, I decided to conglomerate all my reviews of Art Applewhite's 'standard' flying saucers is one easy-to-reference location. These are the ones that have an opening ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Review - The Grand Whazoo (2010-12-20)The goal of this project was to build an eight inch diameter rocket that was light enough to be flown on a mid-power motor. I decided to use foam board for the fins and centering rings, and thick ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Mega-Review: Art Applewhite Delta Flying Saucers (2010-12-20)At the time of this posting, Art Applewhite is offering no less than 10 versions of his Delta Saucer design, two of which are free downloads. This is a cluster of reviews covering three of ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Comparison of Art Applewhite's 24mm Saucers (2010-12-20)Now that I have captured some of my old reviews, I decided to see if Blogger could handle the table used in the original comparison article. The first row includes links to the posts that present the ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Mega Review: Component Reviews (2011-01-13)This is an aggregation of all my old EMRR reviews of miscellaneous components: Giant Leap Rocketry - Honeycomb Composite Fins Giant Leap Rocketry - Slimline Retainer (38mm) Hartle Engineering - Solid ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Mega Review: Art Applewhite Catch-All (2011-01-24)This post presents several additional Art Applewhite products: Cone Rocket Hourglass 24mm Super Cinco MicroMaxx Flying Saucer Plans Cone Rocket As the name indicates, this rocket is a simple cone ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Review: Three Estes MODifications (2011-01-28)This post includes: Big Dipper Daddy Fat Boy 7x18mm Motor Eater Phinagain Cruise Missile Big Dipper Daddy I bought this Big Daddy (on sale, of course) as a test-bed for a Micro-Hybrid motor. This ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Reduce the volume of solid rocket stages (2011-01-30)This is a method of reducing volume and perhaps also improving mass fraction by altering the shape of solid motor casings and using parts of the case as the nozzle for the next stage. This design ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: The Bloodhound SCC, HTP, and HTPB (2011-02-15)If I knew this, I'd forgotten it. The Bloodhound SSC will use a 'different' kind of hybrid engine - catalyzed High Test Peroxide (HTP) + good ol' HTPB. Clark Lindsey found an article about ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: There Are Five Vehicles Competing To Succeed The Space Shuttle (2011-04-23)By Frank Morring, Jr. Washington U.S. spacecraft engineers with federal funding will pursue at least five different ways to replace the space shuttle in the next few years, from capsules that ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Project Ganymede - a P hybrid rocket (2011-05-17)"This rocket will be a 6" diameter all aluminum rocket similar to the Defiance-H, only I'll use an all aluminum fin can as well as a more elaborate nose cone with telemetry and deployment from an ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Tim Covey's O Hybrid - Balls 16 (2011-05-20)"Not in bed with your wife, man..." "I'll take this over any woman!" In most situations, this would seem ridiculous. But an O hybrid, with a 30 second burn? I understand completely. Get some! [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: University of Brasilia's team is now in the N-prize (2011-07-10)http://hybridteam.wordpress.com/ Here are some of the projects from this "hybrid team." ____________________ "The LILE Program is the first project of Hybid Team and the aim was the launch of two ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Jakob’s Hybrid R10000 Rocket Launch (2011-10-03)Jakob’s Hybrid R10000 Rocket Launch , a photo by jurvetson on Flickr. Steve Jurvetson notes that the up part was great but the airframe went "over the hills and far away." This ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Video of Jeff Jakob's huge R10000 hybrid flight (2011-10-04)This may not super-duper exciting to the casual observer since it is fairly far away and much of the burn is only audible. BUT, the significance of this launch won't be lost on sport rocketeers. ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: R-10,000 hybrid flies again! (2011-10-04)After many years of struggling, this team has once again launched a giant R hybrid. It may not seem like much, but this is a HUGE rocket and it is 'bound to break at least 10 miles altitude. ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: More from BALLS XX: Video of the 'R' hybrid plus (2011-10-06)I picked this video up from a post in the SugarShot email list. Good coverage of the Jeff Jakob's 'R' hybrid and another nice launch too. In the message, the poster mentioned there were a couple of ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Recap of How Hard Can It Be's "homemade rocket" episode (2011-10-26)This post is mostly real-time notes taken while watching....spoilers ahead! It was a fun show and I recommend you watch it. If you can't or already have, read on! The stated goal goal ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: R-10,000 hybrid part two: How do you find an R rocket? (2011-10-27)From a private plane. [Read More]
AKS Rockets: October launch! (2011-10-30)a few weeks ago we had our UROC October launch. Simon was unable to make it so I took Kade instead. I flew my "Hobo" on the G80 skid. There were lots of great flights. All photos were taken by Kade. ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: A Realistic Interstellar Explorer (2012-01-30)1.0 Introduction "For more than 20 years, an “Interstellar Precursor Mission” has been discussed as a high priority for our understanding (1) the interstellar medium and its implications ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Rocketaholic provides an amateur rocketry blast-from-the-past (updated) (2012-06-25)Rocketry blogger, the 'Rocketaholic', just dug into his archives and posted photos from a Reaction Research Society class and documentation of his Systeme Solaire SS67B-2 liquid fuel rocket . ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-06-27)Even rockets are better with bacon: The 1/10 scale Pig Rocket is ready to launch! , Cajun Coalition (6/27, Button) CNC Machining is incredible. Introducing the 1/3 scale Pig ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Planning a Micro Hybrid flight (2012-06-29)Yesterday, I found that I have one NOX cartridge left so I'll fly the Micro Hybrid in July. I normally fly it in an Art Applewhite saucer but thought I'd try something that had ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: The micro hybrid rocket is done (2012-06-30)Not much to see but here it is. I call it the Ankyo-mcH . Ankyo is the manufacturer, 'mc' is a pharmaceutical term for micro (can't easily type the scientific symbol), and H is for ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2012-9 (2012-07-28)Location: Central Sod Farm, Centreville, MD MDRA ESL-170) Weather: clear, 90's, wind 0-5 mph Total flights: Today - 8; YTD - 74 Total motors: Today - 9; YTD - 89 Motors by class YTD: ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2012-10 (2012-08-19)Location: Central Sod Farm, Centreville, MD MDRA ESL-171) Weather: mid-70's, wind 0+ mph, cloudy Total flights: Today - 6; YTD - 80 Total motors: Today - 6; YTD - 95 Motors by class YTD: MicroHybrid ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2012-11 (2012-08-21)Location: Mattie Sepanek Park Weather: 75 degrees, wind 0++ mph, partly cloudy Total flights: Today - 3; YTD - 83 Total motors: Today - 0; YTD - 95 Motors by class YTD: (Air -3); MicroHybrid -1; MMX ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2012-12 (2012-08-23)Location: Mattie Sepanek Park Weather: 82 degrees, wind 0++ mph, partly cloudy Total flights: Today - (3); YTD - 80 Total motors: Today - 0; YTD - 95 Motors by class YTD: (Air -6); MicroHybrid -1; ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2012-13 (2012-09-05)Location: Mattie Stepanek Park Weather: 78 degrees and HUMID, wind 0++ mph, partly cloudy Total flights: Today - (6); YTD - 80 Total motors: Today - 0; YTD - 95 Motors by class YTD: (Air -12); ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2012-14 (2012-09-12)Location: My 'hood Weather: mid-70's, wind 0+ mph, clear Total flights: Today - (10); YTD - 80 Total motors: Today - -; YTD - 95 Motors by class YTD: (Air -22); MicroHybrid -1; MMX -6; A -6; B -5; C ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Sport Rocketry September/October 2012 (2012-09-13)This month's magazine starts off with ... Seabrook, TX TARC rocket girls on the cover. The issue includes reports from TARC and NSL, the best parts of which are the photos. Next up is a build ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Clear rocket motor (video) (2012-09-24)I have seen (via the Interweb) several hybrid motors whose combustion chamber was a section of clear acrylic tube. I think the first was strapped to a bike by Ky "The Rocketman" Michaelson. This ... [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Great video of a clear acrylic hybrid rocket engine (2012-09-24)The engine built for demonstration purpose only allows you to see the dynamics inside a hybrid rocket engine. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Bloodhound SSC's hybrid motor test was successful (2012-10-03)The Bloodhound SSC team is reporting that, earlier today, they successfully test fired their hybrid rocket motor . Here's a synopsis: At 4 meters (12 feet) long, 45.7 cm (18 inches) in ... [Read More]
DTH Rocket Blog: Rockoon (2012-10-14)I have delayed posting about this semesters project for awhile now, but now that I have a decent amount of material to present it is time to post it here. The idea of a rockoon system is to lift a ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Vortex Rocket Engine Technology Looks Promising (2013-01-17)The inner surfaces of rocket engines can be subjected to extremely high heat. Temperatures as high as 3227°C (5800°F) can result from the powerful, thrust-generating exothermal reaction ... [Read More]
Black Aero: Hybrid Motor (2013-04-14)Yesterday I was at work, and one benefit of my job is I can listen to music or anything I ... [Read More]
DTH Rocket Blog: SpaceShipTwo First Powered Flight Imminent! (2013-04-28)Scaled Composites appears to be gearing up for a powered flight of their SpaceShipTwo this Monday or Tuesday. This is very exciting but also a little scary! The results of this flight will have a ... [Read More]
DTH Rocket Blog: First Powered Flight of SpaceShipTwo! (2013-04-30)I got in to work early yesterday because Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic were planning the first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo and I wanted to be there to see it. The flight was a complete ... [Read More]
Randy's Rocketry Blog: TR-1 ROCKET MOTOR UPDATE (2013-05-13)It been almost exactly one year since I started this motor...far too long. SStS has been going very slowly and in spite of some recent progress, I suspect that the the way forward ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Micro- and Mini-Hybrid's soon to be available (2013-06-20)Dr. Leland R. Dexter has announced that he, through Micro Nitro Rocketry , will be producing "Caldera-style" Micro and Mini Hybrids. Rene Caldera designed and sold parts kits for ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Tubesteak Boogie (2014-06-04)I have heard stories about people using sausage as the fuel for a hybrid motor. Maybe I've gone over the deep end but I've been thinking about flying my MicroHybrid on a hot dog. If I do, I'll ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Good day of rocket foraging (2014-06-04)Unexpectedly, I stumbled across some cheap wind-up toys at a nearby nature center. The basic timer mechanism seems like the same one that I had used before. It also winds down nice and slow but has ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: First FTC rocket and hod dog fuel grain update (2014-06-07)I completed my first FTC (fluorescent tube cover) nozzle/closure using the method outlined by Bristol Water Rockets . The first attempt to shrink a section of a PET bottle was a mess. I applied too ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2014-8 (2014-06-22)Location: MDRA, Central Sod Farm Weather: high of 80, cloudy changing to clear, wind 0-5 Total flights: Today - 10; YTD - 61 Total motors: Today - 6; YTD - 49 Motors by class YTD: ... [Read More]
Waterloo Rocketry Team: First Day: Presentations (2014-06-25)First day of the competition! All the teams must give a short presentation to the judges to introduce the rocket. As one of the only Canadian teams, and with one of the only hybrid rockets at ... [Read More]
Waterloo Rocketry Team: Second Day: Launch Day #1 (2014-06-26)We woke up early with the University of Toronto team to set up our massive launch tower. In the spirit of good competition we are sharing the tower with them, as they also built a hybrid rocket ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2014-9 (2014-06-28)Location: NARHAMS, Carroll County Ag Center Weather: 80's, 0-5mph, sunny Total flights: Today - 11; YTD - 72 Total motors: Today - 12; YTD - 61 Motors by class YTD: Water-17, MicroHybrid-1, MMX-1, ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Videos of my flights from ESL-192 (2014-07-09)Peter has posted his videos from ESL-192 in MDRA's YouTube Channel. Ankyo-mcH on a microhybrid FTC-1 water rocket (landed on AMW's trailer) Manatee-2 water rocket ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2014-10 (2014-07-26)Location: MDRA, Central Sod Farm Weather: cloudy turning to clear, wind 0 -5, around 90 degrees max Total flights: Today - 8; YTD - 80 Total motors: Today - 9; YTD - 70 Motors by class YTD: ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2014-11 (2014-09-20)Location: NARHAMS, Mt Airy Weather: sunny, high of 84, wind 5-10 Total flights: Today - 9; YTD - 89 Total motors: Today - 9; YTD - 79 Motors by class YTD: H2O-17, uHybrid-1, MMX-1, A-3, B-6, C-16, ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2014-12 (2014-09-27)Location: NARHAMS, Ag Center Weather: perfect - sunny, mid 70's, wind 0+ Total flights: Today - 10; YTD - 99 Total motors: Today - 10; YTD - 89 Motors by class YTD: H2O-17, uHybrid-1, MMX-1, A-4, ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Launch Report 2014-13 (2014-10-12)Location: MDRA, Central Sod Farm (ESL-196) Weather: 60's, sunny turning to cloudy, wind 0-5 mph at ground level, lower up high. Total flights: Today - 6; YTD - 105 Total motors: Today - 6; YTD - 95 ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Nice article on the state of hybrid motor technology (2014-11-06)IEEE Spectrum has a nice article by Stanford professor Brian J. Cantwell: Wax Fuel Gives Hybrid Rockets More Oomph . Dr. Cantwell, who is also a principal at the Space Propulsion Group , is ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Bloodhound SSC hybrid rocket static test (2014-12-09)[Read More]
Future 5000 x: Test stand for hybrid motors (2015-03-08)The stand is built from 45×45 strut profiles with the necessary bolts and angle brackets. The motor travles freely in its axial direction due to the placement in the steady rests. The steady ... [Read More]
Rocket N00b: Estes Pro Series II - Nike Smoke (Decisions) (2015-09-07)Click here for the Pro Series II introduction. Click here for Ventris The Nike Smoke rocket was a NASA sounding rocket used during the 1960's. A Nike Smoke being prepared ... [Read More]
Beyond Blue Aerospace: Hybrid Rocket Motor Delta Test (2020-04-04)This ground test was designed to test our remotely controlled igniter and oxidizer valve with a hybrid rocket motor. Our hybrid rocket… [Read More]
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