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:
Rocket 2:
The Results:
There are 2 things that i have learned from this other than peak thrust, and that is that
1. My scale needs a higher resolution to account for the faster burn time
2. I need stronger / different nozzles to hold the pressure
Now, for the STTS readouts:
There are a few things to note here
For one: 864 grams!
That is the best result yet, and it is mostly reproducible
Another thing to note is the -12 at the end of the peak, this is the approximate fuel burned +- 5 gram to account for measurement inconsistencies and the nozzle
some measurements later:
Weight Table | Rocket 1 | Rocket 2 |
Before | 22.77 | 25.22 |
After | 9.11 | 9.26 |
Difference | 13.66 | 15.96 |
The total burn time is 1.6 for rocket 1 about 1.9 seconds for rocket 2
It would probably be more if the nozzle could have held the pressure
I am guessing that if the nozzle would have held, it would have reached more than 1kg of thrust
I think rocket two burned slower and thus the nozzle held out better, resulting in less peak thrust sustained for longer
The ICBM also worked with 100% effectiveness with the new method, and the wire igniting Rocket 1 survived perfectly, and can potentially be reused too
I also took some pictures of Rocket 1 before launch and the setup used:
Pictured are: My laptop for storing measurements, the STTS for taking measurements, ICBM Secondary Ignition Module (The cardboard box), and a Sony Handicam®
I still have 2 and a half rockets left which I will try to fire before next week
I will also start working on better nozzles and increasing the reading speed (and thus resolution) of the STTS
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