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  • PVC hybrid rockets....

    Hybrid rockets are the kind of engine used by Rutan in SpaceShip One. They are a throttleable, re-startable solid rocket booster that are also very cheap to build, which gives them a lot of advantages. Rutan is using nitrous oxide, easily available at hot-rod shops, as the oxidizer and a rubber compound as the fuel, but other hydrocarbon solids can also work.

    Want to play with this kind of device? Go here;



    Have phun

    Dr. Mordrid
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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    The next time, it wont just be your hand Doc.

    Dangerous hobbies youve got!


    ~~DukeP~~

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    • #3
      You haven't seen even the start of it

      When I was a kid on the farm we used dynamite to blow stumps. Also mixed some ANFO (ammonia nitrate (fertilizer)/fuel oil) at times for the same purpose since it was cheaper than dynamite and we had the ingredients on hand.

      My dad also showed me how to make thermite, a high temperature mix that was used to weld engine blocks in the field during WWII. Also a pretty good for use in incindiary bombs. My uncle (dads brother) also showed me how to make a field version of plastique.

      I've also built rockets of up to 2 meters high using various solid fuels based on powdered iron, aluminum or zinc as well as sugar+oxidizer.

      I had a fun childhood

      Dr. Mordrid
      Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 23 August 2004, 01:04.
      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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