I got up there in the Tercel or whatever little junk car I had when I lived
in Mojave. Granted I was the only car there when I got there. The key is to
not have your wheels in the ruts.
FAR has a Facebook page that’s good for asking questions about their
operations. They are still doing monthly test days but are asking everyone
to come with minimal crews, and no one there purely as spectator. You
should definitely warn them that you’re coming, but making first contact a
couple months before you’re ready to test is likely sufficient.
Transporting a project out there comes with a free vibe test.
On Friday, October 16, 2020, Doug Jones <rocketplumber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, that old tunnel requires 4wd with high ground clearance, the trail
was not accessible with my old wagon.
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 4:50 PM Yucca Works <pyropickle1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would like to clarify that using a decaying mining tunnel that was dug
by hand in the early 20th century as a vacuum testing sight was a shower
thought and a bad one at that. Getting all the equipment up there would be
quite something...
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:46 PM Tyler Adkison <tyler.adkison@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Please don't try to use an old mining tunnel for vacuum testing. Your
best option is probably to just extrapolate based on sea-level results or
to use a rocket-ejector system to form a partial-vacuum environment (50,000
feet equivalent is fairly reasonably achievable). FAR lead times tend to be
quite aggressive. Contact them, but I wouldn't worry about it too much.
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:32 PM Yucca Works <pyropickle1@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thank you all for the genuinely great responses. As the son of an
attorney, ex-Brewery owner, and FFL holder I have learned to never, I mean
never, interact with the BATF if at all possible. (basically Kelly
Johnson's unspoken rule. If you, you know) Given the fact that we are
looking to additively manufacture a nozzle that will utilize regenerative
cooling among several other factors, again most notably gaining experience
with hydrocarbon fuel, I think we will go with one of the RP-1/Kerosene
supplements that you all mentioned. We are looking to test out at FAR out
by Randsburg for the one person that asked (I wonder if the Burro Schmidt
Tunnel could be used for vacuum testing?). Thank you all again for the
responses, it means a lot to us. On a somewhat tangential note, does anyone
here know how much lead time FAR needs before conducting a test firing out
there?
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 10:24 AM roxanna Mason <
rocketmaster.ken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Interesting that peanut oil was the fuel that inspired Diesel to
invent a new kind of internal combustion engine based on adiabatic heating
as an ignition method.
K
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 9:08 AM Jack Costello <
jackcostello99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The safety of peanut oil as a propellant may heavily depend on who
exactly is on your team, just as a warning