"The construction of engines, turbines, silver/stainless screens
catalyst packs inside the engines, tank volumes, flow rates and whatnot
have been published ages ago for the British sat launcher using 82 %
H2O2 and kerosene"
This is the data I'm looking for. References needed!
I agree with you on that. It's not rocket science it's all been done
over and over again. To me it's just glorified machinist and mechanic
work. The "real" rocket science is orbital mechanics, guidance and
telemetry.
There is real rocket science going on without a doubt but amateurs need
not apply to all that expense and complexity.
In my opinion you do balloons first get good at telemetry and high
altitudes and long slant ranges. There's plenty of fun stuff to do and
learn from that on the cheap.
You can drop gliders and learn about guidance and telemetry for that and
you can do rockoons to get really high altitudes and learn how to do
guidance and telemetry at higher velocities.
You do hardware and software in the loop (which we have done although
our guidance system has yet to develop into one that can be used in
orbit) We can simultaneously fly and watch the simulation in real time
via telemetry.
You do some solids from the ground up to a "Q" impulse and learn how to
gimbal your thrust. Get your chest pounded with some serious pressure
waves.
Then you switch to liquids. I never liked pressure feed rockets so
turbopumps are the next step.
With the goal being orbit that's why the emails on Arocket.
I know this much for sure if you do it the same way Joe does it your
going to get the same results Joe got. Joe rocket hasn't made orbit yet
so you can't do it the way Joe did it.
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Subject: [AR] Re: Peroxide/Gasoline Engine
From: "John Dom" <johndom@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, December 15, 2015 2:48 pm
To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The construction of engines, turbines, silver/stainless screens catalyst
packs inside the engines, tank volumes, flow rates and whatnot have been
published ages ago for the British sat launcher using 82 % H2O2 and kerosene.
In reasonable detail, so many pages. As if that is not a good way to start,
but no, still no word of it mentioned so far on this list. It was, 20 years
ago, though.
Sigh, it seems indeed the wheel is being invented for the n-th time. To what
purpose? Emails on AR?
jd