Experimental rocket fuel book

No one had ever built a successful liquidpropellant rocket before. This book provides an excellent illustration of research and development on a selected group of problems relating to detonations, twophase nozzle flow, and combustion in liquid fuel rocket engines. Experimental rocket fuel page 2 rocketry apc forum. Epoxy plays a dual role, serving as fuel and binder. It can serve as the only fuel in the propellant, the main. And if used as fuel, it could provide by far the most efficient propulsion system, with up to 40% of the fuel s mass energy being converted directly into thrust compared with 1% for fusion, the. Liquidfuel rockets most commonly use liquid oxygen and either kerosene or liquid hydrogen. The one essential combination that will get you more of what you want from your business by wickman, gino, winters, mark c. In the past, sucrose was most commonly used as fuel. I agree to conduct my rocket activities in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations to the best of my ability. Page 2 of 4 experimental rocket fuel posted in rocketry. Gordon routley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in indiana state library. This paper presents threedimensional numerical simulations and experimental studies of the hybrid rocket motor with multiport fuel grain. The x15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design.

And if you have read or seen the movie the martian, then you may remember a scene where mark watney tries to make water using hydrazine he has siphoned from the spacecraft. The purpose of this publication is to provide the serious amateur builder with design information, fabrication procedures, test equipment requirements, and. This was followed in 2004 by his book amateur rocket motor construction which featured blackpowder motors as large as a twoinch diameter i65. Solid fuel motors are the simplest to use and the safest to transport and store and are by far the most commonly used in nonprofessional rocketry. The numerical model is established based on the navier. The one essential combination that will get you more of what you want from your business hardcover apr 28 2015. Over the years, rocket engines have been designed to use a wide variety of fuels. What specifically makes epoxy suitable for use in a rocket propellant. Rocket fuel, the title of this book, actually came from one of marks clients. The full title of the book is amateur rocket motor construction, a complete guide to the construction of homemade solid fuel rocket motors. I snatched the book for no charge and added it into my 2016 reading list. These particular publications were wellwritten and highly detailed, with the motors apparently being quite.

Covering domestic and foreign rocketry development from 1926 1941, retro rockets goes through the early attempts of building a liquid fuel design. The one essential combination that will get you more of what you want from your business by gino wickman, mark c. In a client session that he led while we were still working on the manuscript, the client casually asked mark, so, whats the title going to be for your book. The procedures and results of a research experimental evaluation of theoretical rocket propellant data are presented. I kept on trying longer spindles until i got to the largest one. This extra performance largely offsets the disadvantage of low density. My chems finally came, so i whipped up a few batches of regular sali whistle one catalyzed and one not. Did you know it takes two types of leaders at the helm of a 10250 person entrepreneurial organization to have the rocket fuel it needs to hit the next lev. Fire and explosions at rocket fuel plant, henderson. Murray state university, kentuckythe touchstone of experimental propellant making manuals experimental composite propellant answers the very questions most often asked by those starting in amateur rocketry.

It was a much more difficult task than building solidpropellant rockets. An experimental rocket sled weighs 5200 lb and is propelled by six rocket motors each with an impulse rating of 8600 lbsec. Rocket fuel opens with an introduction aptly introducing the book as a howto manual for understanding and managing the relationship between a visionary and an integrator and then is broken down into two nearly equal sections part one. They are natural outgrowths of literally thousands of years of experimentation and research on rockets and rocket propulsion. Danielle and michael show a group of kids how to make fizzy bottle rockets with some small, sportscapped plastic bottles, some alkaseltzer or fizzy vitamin c tablets, mugs or jars, warm water, and an outdoor space where you can really let the rockets fly. The one essential combination that will get you more of what you want from your business wickman, gino, winters, mark c. This is the index to my experimental rocketry pages. Fuel and oxygen tanks, turbines, and combustion chambers would be needed.

There is quite a number of propellants used in experimental rocketry and often people will get attached to one type or another and become quite knowledgeable about that propellant. The research fuels evaluation program under the sponsorship of the united states air force was conducted by the rocketdyne research subdivision during the period 1954 to 1957. It fills a void that undermines most entrepreneurial companies. How to make fizzy bottle rockets experimental the kid. Todays rockets are remarkable collections of human ingenuity that have their roots in the science and technology of the past. When these two people come together to share their natural talents and innate skill sets, they have the power to reach new heights for virtually any company or organization. David sleeter took the development to the next level and published his book, amateur rocket motor. Instead, rocket fuel is a piece of a larger puzzle that aims to bring some art, science and inspiration to entrepreneurship. Theres some serious science behind why you just clicked.

As a fuel, epoxy has good combustion characteristics, with a respectable energy content, and is a material that decomposes by pyrolysis goes directly from solid to gas upon heating. The vehicles include liquid and hybrid propulsion technology in addition to solid fuel motors besides trying to break high altitude records, these rockets are intended to provide low cost vehicles for research in such areas as microgravity though these advanced rocket projects demand enormous amounts of work and dedication, they are fun, exciting and educational for all involved. Nasa didnt set out to confirm the feasibility of a seemingly impossible fuelless thruster design, but it seems they did exactly that. It gets the beginner out of the beginner category quickly. Navy attempted to launch a german v2 rocket at seaone test launch from the aircraft carrier uss midway was performed on 6 september 1947 as part of the navys operation sandy.

Low density of a propellant leads to larger fuel tanks. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The item fire and explosions at rocket fuel plant, henderson, nevada may 4, 1988, investigated by j. To me this is misleading because it is only about black powder motors and very few people in high power experimental rocketry would even consider black powder for a fuel. This reaction mass is ejected at the highest achievable velocity from a rocket engine to produce thrust.

This thing is insane fast and is traveling beyond a mile but could perform. If youd like even more awesome science experiments then enter your email address below and grab your free science experiment book. Currently these pages explain homemade model rocket motors homemade high power rocket motors or engines if. In spite of the difficulties, goddard achieved the first successful flight with a. Theoretical performance analysis of metal hydride fuel additives for rocket propellant applications steven c. Danielle and michael make explosive rockets fly with the children at an adventure playground. The third book in gino wickmans business series and coauthored by mark winters, rocket fuel takes the concept of visionary and integrator up a notch. Experimental composite propellant is safe, sane, complete and comprehensive. I found the book to be very well laid out and the scale drawings were fantastic.

Welcome to rocketry john cokers rockets and rocketry. Nasa tests impossible nofuel quantum space engine and. Gino and mark provide a practical game plan for building an organization that perfectly combines vision and integration. Numerical and experimental studies of the hybrid rocket. This photo from august 2017 shows a test of the experimental fuel made from ordinary candle wax that rocket scientists based out of butte hope will one day enable nasa scientists to take soil. The north american x15 was a hypersonic rocketpowered aircraft operated by the united states air force and the national aeronautics and space administration as part of the xplane series of experimental aircraft.

I was able to get a successful rocket launch that i think went a. The book was somewhere on my reading wish list, and amazon had a deal on business books where they were literally giving it away. A favorite of tesla and spacex founder elon musk, listeners will want to tune into this really good book on rockets, available for the first time in audio. The liquid rocket engine propellant combination of liquid oxygen and hydrogen offers the highest specific impulse of currently used conventional rockets. Take the rocket fuel assessment to discover your unique strength and grow both your profitability and your impact. Rocket propellant is the reaction mass of a rocket. Mid and highpower rocket motors generally use ammonium perchlorate as the oxidizer and various binders as the fuel.

Experimental composite propellants by terry mccreary. Model rocket motors use black powder as both the oxidizer and fuel. The one essential combination that will get you more of. These combinations work well in space and down closer to the ground, resulting in a multitude of uses from the first stages of the saturn v and falcon rockets to the. Rocket fuel details the integral roles of the visionary and integrator and explains how an effective relationship between the two can thrive. Much like actual rockets, the miniature versions launched by model rocketry enthusiasts require fuel to blast off. Potassium nitratesucrose propellant knsu introduction. Rocket candy, or rcandy, is a type of rocket propellant for model rockets made with sugar as a fuel, and containing an oxidizer.

Theoretical performance analysis of metal hydride fuel. The energy required can either come from the propellants themselves, as with a chemical rocket, or from an external source, as with ion engines. I have or i will read terry mccrearys book experimental composite propellant prior to using rcs products and will follow the safety procedures prescribed therein. This experimental episode from the royal institution is full of super explosive fun. It is also referred to as amateur experimental rocketry. Premade fuel cartridges are readily available at most hobby stores, but you might be surprised to. Well, they explode the concept and expand your mind on just how important this ying and yang relationship has been proven to be with examples of a few companies that exemplify the concept.

Lets launch a rocket free science experiment sublime. Why entrepreneurial companies need a visionary and an. Danielle and michael make selfpropelled rockets out of juice bottles in an adventure playground, and learn how a chemical reaction which produces gas can be used to propel a rocket. The propellant can be divided into three groups of components. Terrys book is a landmark in the field of experimental solid propellant motors, and ive read them all and had to do the problems at the end of each chapter in sutton. This rocket was launched twice and the lessons learned from this, specifically about electronics bay design and recovery parachute deployment were used in designing the body for the hybrid fuel rocket itself. Proposal for the inclusion of kno3sugar propellants to tra, october 4, 2002. Modern formulations most commonly use sorbitol for its ease of production. Experimental rocketry is now referred to as research rocketry by tripoli. Following these two successful launches and recoveries of our preliminary rocket, we moved to designing the experimental hybrid motor. Praise for rocket fuel rocket fuel is a powerful model for freeing up entrepreneurial visionaries to do what they do best. In this context, its best not to look at rocket fuel or, frankly, any business book as the beall and endall. As it was 3,000 years ago, it is todaysome people naturally come up with the big ideas while others can be relied on to make those ideas happen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.