Flometrics V3 Liquid Fuel Rocket Takes Off

[SepradistPhantom]

Have you heard of/considered an 'amateur' liquid rocket that uses Hydrazine as the propellant and N2O4 as the oxidizer? N2O4 should be relatively easy to make 'in the kitchen', Hydrazine is a bit harder but should still be possible...

Also, where was this launched? I was linked to this video by someone who implied that you were from the UK, but that looks a bit too 'dry-lakebed-ey' for anywhere i've seen. Cheers!

[soverato3]

did you used compressed oxigen? or supercooled? how much fuel and oxidizer does it use per minute? i want to build an liquid feuled engine so i need something as examle....

thnx=)

[csm9420]

can you give me any blueprint to make liquid rocket engine?

[Flometrics]

@csm9420

sorry, but we do not have any blueprints for the motor. It's a surplus LR101 motor.

[josephdupont]

SO WHY DID I LEAN OVER?

[chickenz666]

for one this size, yeah

[otester]

I just need a cheap gyro then I can make a guided rocket, for this type of range would put the cost in the thousands.

[dashizl]

not to mention its illegal

[otester]

Makes it all the more fun-er.

[chaosopher23]

Gyros are cheap.  Guidance systems built around them can get pricey.

[Nasty9873]

i would say V-4 because nazis already almost got their V-3 ready

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

Great work guys! Get this motor into an upper stage for a R motor some day.

[rillleyyyrennee]

ok ppl i have no idea what a liquid fuel rocket and i need to know what they do TONIGHT anyone get back to me asap

[workmagic614]

why didnt you guys use a tripod gah

[Flometrics]

I don't understand the question. What is a tripod gah?

[oodoodanoo]

@Flometrics gah is best when served live.

[Christopher7569]

Was it meant to go side ways?

[Flometrics]

By the time we could launch,the wind had pickup up, check out the flag in the background. Our rocket has rather large fins for its size, to keep it overly stable. Good for stability, bad in the wind. When the rocket leaves the rail,you can see the rocket tilt over a little, because the fins catch the wind. The rocket continued into the wind and down range. The rocket landed approximately 3 miles down range. We lost that rocket in the desert for 3 years. We did find it, on another rocket mission

[Fenrisulfir]

@Flometrics

Does it turn into the direction where the wind come from or with the wind?

[jag9998]

@Fenrisulfir: Since the fins are on the bottom it seems like it would turn into the wind.

[Flometrics]

Thanks GBU431, that's exactly right, The trail is unburnt kerosene. The size of the main fuel tank is a little too large and holds extra kerosene. This allows the liquid oxygen to run out first and save the motor from being burnt up. If the kerosene finished first, the motor would burn from the excess LOX. The altitude was around 17,000 ft.....lots of fun!

[furgee]

What did that contrail come from at :36?

[kobasica]

what altitude did it reach?

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

Read the video details, it says.

[djrolf]

Very crazy!

[Flometrics]

It was in Mojave Ca.

[crazdayz]

was that in new mexico???

[SmiertSpionem]

that is amazing.

[hurricane606]

so whats preferred, multistage solid or liquid?

[plzplz12232]

multi stage liquid, although solid provides a lot of thrust that liquid just can't produce. Exception to the general rule: f-1 rocket motor used on the saturn-V. almost 1.2 million pounds of thrust per motor!

[johanvem]

Nice :)

[BolterBolter]

Oh... And thanks for not ruining the experience with music...

[BolterBolter]

Beautiful.