7′ Homemade DEATH Rocket!
Filed in Howto on Jun.30, 2006
DMarc85 asked:
This video explains what went wrong with my last project, the 5′ PVC Missile. Also, I unveil my next project, a 7′ Sugar Rocket! All my plans are available at pdxpower.com/download
All of these materials are common and can be bought at home deopt, hobby stores, and or online.
Documentary on my homemade rocket. I used the same engine making technique you can see here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=O8kG2g8BMJs
More videos to come!
I am NOT an anarchist or a terrorist. I just want to humor myself and in the process show everyone how simple it is to create something so powerful. Be safe, respectful of others, and always do the right thing! Enjoy.
Link to rocket plans http://www.pdxpower.com/download.html
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July 2nd, 2006 at 10:16 am
sry put at the end u sed “let her fly” how do u know if its a girl? laso am jk
July 5th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
yay, october sky is the book that got me in to the whole rocketing thing!
July 6th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
yea the tube that goes throgh the motor is unessisary because that fulle burns fast as **** and i no a thing or 2 abought faild atemps and exploshoions so loud it sets of car alarms off..
the way i figure it the full burns at a rate of abought 2.5grams a second or higher.lol ther for u dont need that tube
also if u want more power try making a sodium chlorate powder rocket and i have a vid on how to make a 100ml cell that gives off abought 25 grams to 25kg of sodium chlorate from tabl salt
July 9th, 2006 at 4:38 pm
NONONONONONO!!!
WRONG CONCLUSION
as i watched your second video, i instantly knew that thing was gonna blow up. your delay between the fuel and the charge is a doommed design. if you have made another rocket like that, it probably exploaded, even with a wider nossel. another thing is, you NEED steel walls on your motor. pvc can not handle that type of pressure. it is supposed to be over 1000 psi. even the strongest pvc pops at half that…
BUY THE BOOK OCTOBER SKY!!! best $10 investment
July 12th, 2006 at 1:33 am
wondering if u put baking soda to slow combustion..?
July 14th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
awesome video.
dumb trying to light a potential bomb with matches.
5/5
July 17th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
wow that was a realy great idea with everything ha.. i enjoyed watching this vid u explained alot and came up with cool ideas. thank you for not wasting my time.
July 18th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
wow that was a realy great idea with everything ha.. i enjoyed watching this vid u explained alot and came up with cool ideas. thank you for not wasting my time.
July 21st, 2006 at 1:10 pm
good idea with the moulding rod
because i ignighted the potasium nitrate with the friction of the drill and burnt my hand and destroyed the drill
July 24th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
watching this with a firend with a dirty mind is really funny LOL
July 27th, 2006 at 10:09 am
Hey, did this one went higher, then it’s length finally? or is this the one from “HUGE 3lb rocket engine EXPLODES”! video?
July 28th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Dude your awesome.You you make me want to…… build bigass rockets =)
July 31st, 2006 at 3:22 pm
that mold rod thing is super smart
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:46 am
the sistem your using seems pretty good (packing) but have u ever considered rocket candies such as kno3/sucros or kno3/sorbitol. also i would like to see the next video on this so called 7 footer.
August 4th, 2006 at 4:22 am
hey dipstick atleast use electronic ignition so you don’t loose fingers!
August 7th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Um-humm…and what type of contact explosive did you use? HMTD? TATP? Or just some good ol’ fashioned BS?
August 10th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
take an altoids can, eat the altoids, find a small switch and drill a hole in the top of the can the size of the switch and put the switch in the hole. then you find a 9v battery and some audio cable. take a 9v hookup or getto rig one and attach one side to the switch with sodder. to finish it up drill a hole that the audio cable can fit through put it in the can and attach one part of the cable to the battery and the other to the switch. on the other side of the cable put gater clips.
August 10th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
oh riiigghtt then yeah thatd work perfectly actually missunderstood you
August 13th, 2006 at 3:39 am
i mean the pipe you launch it from not the rocket itself
August 15th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
making it out of metal instead of plastic would make it too heavy to go very far
August 16th, 2006 at 4:32 am
it may cost a bit extra but it should be worth it as on my rocket the baulsa wood snaped off slightly after launching and the rocket started spining off randomly and could have seriously wounded someone. like my self as i also light my rockets with lighters.
August 18th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
it may cost a bit extra but it should be worth it as on my rocket the baulsa wood snaped off slightly after launching and the rocket started spining off randomly and could have seriously wounded someone. like my self as i also light my rockets with lighters.
August 21st, 2006 at 7:57 pm
i got a couple of sudgetions
1:you make the guide rod out of a strait matrial like metal pipe as i saw in the clip the guide rod made the rocket fly off diaganialy and as the rocket has a awesomely desinged kick *** engine when it flys high the rocket will land far off it’s launch location.
also in stead of making the tail fins baulsa wood make them abs plastic and make them more into the shape of tail fins and to get them on the body get some of that plastic welding glue.