Archive for February 1st, 2021

“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 307

Monday, February 1st, 2021

Would you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar?

How about just some plain old model rockets.

“Estes model rockets: a brief history”.

Bonus #1: “60 Foot Ultimate Matchbox Rocket”.

Haven’t had a chance to try this yet, but I plan to.

Bonus #2: “How To Make Sugar Rockets”. Specifically:

How to make hobby rocket “sugar motors” using sugar and kitty litter, that shoot up over 2,300 feet high, and cost less than $0.50 to make.

It seems like there are a lot of videos on the ‘Tube from folks trying to build their own liquid propellant engines, but I haven’t found one yet that goes from zero to complete working engine: it looks like many of them stalled out for one reason or another. If anybody knows of a good zero to finish liquid fueled rocket video (or series) please leave a comment here.

Bonus #3: One more, for Lawrence: Colin Furze demonstrates (with some help from his friends) “How to START a Pulse Jet”, like the old V-1 engine. The video doesn’t show how to actually build a pulse jet, but the comments link to some helpful resources on that subject.