• FPSI - Can we go to space daddy?
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yup, Cacti are a little heavier.
So, Solid Fuel or Liquid fuel? What do you guys think I should use?
Hydrogen.
You do realize thats extremely expensive right?
That's the joke....
You aren't funny.
I think it's funny that the OP still believes he can send something to space.
I think it's funny you can't read.
[QUOTE=Bomber9900;29135367]I think it's funny you can't read.[/QUOTE] So do you think you can send something to space or not?
I clearly said a mile up, and thats not space.
[QUOTE=Bomber9900;29135589]I clearly said a mile up, and thats not space.[/QUOTE] So judging from the first post you want to eventually send something to space which brings me back to my first point.
Eventually, if I do end up pursuing a career in engineering like I plan.
[QUOTE=johnT447;29135683]So judging from the first post you want to eventually send something to space which brings me back to my first point.[/QUOTE] Baby steps man, baby steps!! You can't just go and blow your load all on the first day, you've got to ease into it gradually. It's not like you have a burger just because you have the buns. If that makes sense.
Gah! Progress halted, I will buy more epoxy tomorrow and continue work on the engine.
OH I KNOW. Liquid oxygen.
I plan to test my engine sometime this weekend or maybe next week. [editline]14th April 2011[/editline] Gonna take video of it too.
Bumping this again and I don't know why. However a progress on a larger rocket has begun. I built a 2 ft one and the engine and I am upscaling that to a 6 ft rocket using a sugar propellant. This is a good way to fire amateur rockets, although the burn speed isn't long enough to launch anything into space.
If it -doesn't- happen to explode on the pad, use it to drop miniature bombs into NK and start World War III.
Now that we have [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1105753]Kerbal Space Program[/url], we can test rockets in a realistic environment without having to spend money on the testing!
[QUOTE=VistaPOWA;31066784]Now that we have [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1105753"]Kerbal Space Program[/URL], we can test rockets in a realistic environment without having to spend money on the testing![/QUOTE] Yeah, no.
Hoping to have some pictures of the body by the end of this month. The engine is a challenge to make and requires a lot of time and patience.
Okay let's buy a rocket, tape a camera on it, done. FP in Space.
I love how big is the support list.
I'm probably just gonna snip everything int he OP this weekend and post pictures of it as well as a new post or something
I don't think real space programs use crappy Microsoft Word grade effects on the header of every section.
Bomber, make a new thread.
It would be cool if Facepunch actually could send shit into space. Sadly, however, it's extremely unlikely that anything of the such will happen. I still like my cactus idea. And blowing up the moon and replacing it with a Facepunch logo.
So umm. If the engine is built to the exact size that its supposed to be, which is 2.5 ft with a diameter of 6 inches. It should hold 70 pounds of propellant. Keep in mind thats a very long burn and can possibly go very high.
"The payload is nearing the checkpoint!" Is what shall be said if this works.
So good news. Theres a sugar mill nearby that will sell me sugar in bulk for cheap. I now need to find a place that will sell me a KNO3 fertilizer so I can ground and tumble it to make a purer version of it.
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