Yeah, well, I meant rubber, not rubbers. If someone is using condoms for
fuel, that would be pretty funny too, give the phallic nature of rockets...
On 8/3/22 17:31, roxanna Mason wrote:
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.