In the final round of the drag race competition, one LDRS veteran must find a way to beat an impressive win by a group of first timers to come out on top.
@TheBayourat Sure would, and its the strongest natural fiber on earth- aside from some kinds of spider silk. They use the same method to bind mortar shells for pyrotechnic mortar shells over ~4 inches.
@bamboo4tameshigiri Sounds like fun stuff. Stay tuned for my space shot next Fall. We have been putting a considerable amount of efford in to it. I like the hemp twine idea. That would be acool looking on a tIki bar rocket. Would give it that Gilligan's Island look. LOL!
@TheBayourat It ain't my first rodeo! Most of my motors I made from scratch for nearly 10 years now. I've invented nearly 2 dozen very workable solid formulas. Some of them are VERY promising and all use cheaper more common chemicals and a few of the formulas are actually too powerful to be held by cardboard tubing (usually make them with heavy duty cardboard packing tubes so they are cheap and disposable; if I go with a hot formula I will hemp twine and fiberglass the outside of the motor).
@bamboo4tameshigiri Thank you! You are correct. It also is stabilized by the Bernoulli effect. The roof was designed to fly stable without the tail. The tail is what we call a ring fin.
I KNEW it would fly just fine. It uses the same principal that bottle rockets use to fly. The weight of the tail keeps it vertical when the engines fire. And the tail was circular, which actually makes better fins than fins do because they direct more air and are easier to line up with the rocket body. I don't understand why everyone was so worried.
@TheBayourat Sure would, and its the strongest natural fiber on earth- aside from some kinds of spider silk. They use the same method to bind mortar shells for pyrotechnic mortar shells over ~4 inches.
bamboo4tameshigiri 3 months ago
@bamboo4tameshigiri Sounds like fun stuff. Stay tuned for my space shot next Fall. We have been putting a considerable amount of efford in to it. I like the hemp twine idea. That would be acool looking on a tIki bar rocket. Would give it that Gilligan's Island look. LOL!
TheBayourat 3 months ago
@TheBayourat It ain't my first rodeo! Most of my motors I made from scratch for nearly 10 years now. I've invented nearly 2 dozen very workable solid formulas. Some of them are VERY promising and all use cheaper more common chemicals and a few of the formulas are actually too powerful to be held by cardboard tubing (usually make them with heavy duty cardboard packing tubes so they are cheap and disposable; if I go with a hot formula I will hemp twine and fiberglass the outside of the motor).
bamboo4tameshigiri 3 months ago
@bamboo4tameshigiri Thank you! You are correct. It also is stabilized by the Bernoulli effect. The roof was designed to fly stable without the tail. The tail is what we call a ring fin.
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Cajun Coalition
TheBayourat 3 months ago
Myth Confirmed.
ZebbMassiv 3 months ago
FanFreakinTastic!
poppopscarvinshop 3 months ago
I KNEW it would fly just fine. It uses the same principal that bottle rockets use to fly. The weight of the tail keeps it vertical when the engines fire. And the tail was circular, which actually makes better fins than fins do because they direct more air and are easier to line up with the rocket body. I don't understand why everyone was so worried.
bamboo4tameshigiri 3 months ago
its bad that there isn´t more people to see this, well... not anyone want to learn more about rockets like we do...
carosrr 3 months ago