Sure but the salami hybrid was also more of a gimmick to get some laughs.
N2O has killed people in ways still not fully understood.
Ken, so yes indeed, depends on the oxidizer.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 5:21 PM Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the safeness of hybrids depends on the oxidizer, and whether or
not a chunk of rubbers clogs the exit to the nozzle.
On 8/3/2022 5:03 PM, roxanna Mason wrote:
A colleague of mine who worked for Amroc said their executive had a
portable test stand which had a salami as the fuel grain and GOx for the
oxidizer.
He fired the motor in an office environment then gave slices of the still
hot salami to the observers to eat.
The point was that hybrids are safe and taste good too.
Ken
On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 4:43 PM David McMillan <skyefire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Yep, BPS managed it: https://youtu.be/SH3lR2GLgT0
I got a giggle around the 5min mark when Joe started listing his new
goals, including a Starship/Superheavy model complete with bellyflop
recovery (I *called it*, back when he posted the Christmas Tree video!
Hah!), and "the meat rocket," which he was coy about, but made me think of
that one MythBusters episode where they tried making a hybrid rocket using
a salami and NO2.