My personal adventures in amateur experimental rocketry
A short about The Wondrous Mechanical Maurits™, which was intended to grind down chemicals and mix them together
One of the problems I had was the effort required to make the rocket fuel mix, it took hours of grinding with a mortar and pestle, which just wont do
Introducing, the ball mill “Mechanical Maurits™”
A write up detailing the first version of the ever evolving ICBM system
In a effort to improve reliability and versatility of igniting pyrotechnical compositions I have devised the Igniter Control Box Module (ICBM)
Another test where I grossly overestimated my engine’s performance, and ended up with a smoke bomb instead
Tried again with a bigger rocket, still not enough trust
A very brief report of when I overestimated my rocket performance, and try to launch a rocket made of toilet paper rolls and duct tape
It didn’t go well
First Standalone Rocket Test
Total failure – Failure to Launch
Conclusion: Not enough thrust to propel self and rocket … Read More
A very short write up about calculating the speed a rocket reaches traversing a 12 meter rope
After acquiring a longer rope, I have setup a Test Track of 12.4 Meters
This video shows the results from the first Rocket tested there
The one where I got too exited about how my engines were doing and grossly overestimated how much they could propel
So I wanted to see the power produced by my rocket, but I don’t have a scale (I didn’t at the time of writing), so I tried attaching a 100 g test weight to the rocket
it turns out it … Read More
A step by step breakdown of the old procedure used to make small rocket engines without having to melt the propellant
A short compilation featuring most of the engine tests and experiments performed before starting this site
This is a compilation of all the engines (successfully) tested so far, and the conclusions gathered from those tests
First some Specs:
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