My personal adventures in amateur experimental rocketry
A small cannon to shoot out parachutes.
a Rocket Cannon.
Rocket. Cannon.
The first Casing 2.0 test featuring the improved nozzle assembly, which failed to live up to its potential due to some below average fuel
I have recently acquired new materials for use in casing construction
The idea is that instead of locating a nozzle manifold on the inside of the rocket casing, it is placed directly on top, and then held in place with … Read More
Third test of Casing 2.0, this time with cast gypsum nozzles
After some consideration and experimentation it was decided that a cast concrete nozzle might be better than a bare washer going forward
R-8 was made to test our cast gypsum nozzles, and is the first test to be conducted in … Read More
The new year special, consisting of a video compilation of all tests conducted in 2020
To celebrate a entire year of rocketry, I have edited most (not all) of the tests and flights into a compilation, to show the progress that is being made and the many things I did this year
The second, slightly more successful casing 2.0 test, and some 3D printing shenanigans
After a short Christmas break, testing resumed on the casing 2.0 design
Main iterations for this test are:
The first test of the (then) new casing 2.0 design, with a spiky thrust graph and interesting failure modes
After acquiring new materials I immediately made a test rocket using my proposed Casing 2.0 design, here are the resulting results
(Due to a interesting casing failure I will also do a “frame by frame” analysis down below)
A in depth explanation of the first casing 2.0 design
A more detailed explanation of the new Casing 2.0 design
The objective of this new design is to reduce nozzle blowout and thus increase thrust, and improve structural integrity
This is (hopefully) achieved by having 2 different sizes of pipes, … Read More
3 more static tests, featuring the first engine to break the 1kg thrust barrier
After a few days delay due to the holidays I launched rockets 3 to 5 on the improved STTS, which was modified to take readings 50 times per second instead of 10, and keep track of time internally to minimize … Read More
The first 2 static tests, with amazing results!
Today I made 4 and a half rockets, and even managed to test 2 (not bad for 1.5 hours)
Here are the (Amazing!) results:
Rocket 1:
The first major overhaul of the ICBM system, now 100% more reliable!
For a while now, I needed a new, electrical way to ignite my rockets
After a generous donation of Ni-Chrome wire from a friend of mine and the purchase of a 12v lead-acid battery I went to work overhauling my … Read More
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