Wile E. Coyote dies in steam powered rocket crash
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Now I’m no NASA engineer, but I have done high power amateur rocketry. It wouldn’t take much research to figure out his rockets were doomed from the start. Cruising his web pages, he is, errr was monumentally dumb! He just barely survived his first rocketry stunt which only propelled him to 1100ft agl and crashed. So what did he do.. built a new rocket, no flight tests, no redundancy systems, and launched himself to 5k.
He literally just Evil Knieveled it.
From watching the video, even if his chute didn’t rip off at the start, it would of failed on descent. No deployment bag system to control lines and prevent shock loading the system. No chute reefing to control opening of the chute at speed. Also the chute shredded, so he also didn’t use a ballistic nylon chute. I could keep going, but I think the point is made.
His attempt to be a non NASA person to photograph the earth from space has already been done. Sorry flat earthrs, your bullshit has long been busted. https://www.ddeville.com/derek/CSXT.htm
He literally just Evil Knieveled it.
From watching the video, even if his chute didn’t rip off at the start, it would of failed on descent. No deployment bag system to control lines and prevent shock loading the system. No chute reefing to control opening of the chute at speed. Also the chute shredded, so he also didn’t use a ballistic nylon chute. I could keep going, but I think the point is made.
His attempt to be a non NASA person to photograph the earth from space has already been done. Sorry flat earthrs, your bullshit has long been busted. https://www.ddeville.com/derek/CSXT.htm
Apprently he didn’t subscribe to the WTF concept as he clearly had trajectory and fundamental issues. Probably an MOA or IPHY guy.
MFr died not verifying his flat earth bs.
Ironic he ended as flat as the earth he believed in.
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Ironic he ended as flat as the earth he believed in.
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Could be, in composite form. LOL. I was certified for level 2 high power and could do experimental level 3 launches.
High Power Certification - Tripoli Rocketry Association
Here’s some of the larger commercial rocket engines I got to mess with. Fun stuff, but expensive!! I used the exact same composite solid rocket propellant that the space shuttle uses. APCP or ammonium perchlorate composite propellant. http://www.pro38.com/products/pro98/motor.php
My personal rockets were in the 54mm diameter motor size and under. Much cheaper to fly on a regular basis. I averaged 10k agl or less at my club launches. Could go 20k, but our FFA altitude waiver lint was 12k.
Depending on organizations rules, most class 1 and 2 airframes have to be mostly non metallic. FAA and mil start asking lots of questions once you start launching metallic rocket airframes at Mach 2. So lots of composite structures, nomex honey comb, carbon fiber, phenolic resins, g10. All double redundancy full electronic telemetry control with live radio frequency tracking.
My personal rockets were in the 54mm diameter motor size and under. Much cheaper to fly on a regular basis. I averaged 10k agl or less at my club launches. Could go 20k, but our FFA altitude waiver lint was 12k.
Depending on organizations rules, most class 1 and 2 airframes have to be mostly non metallic. FAA and mil start asking lots of questions once you start launching metallic rocket airframes at Mach 2. So lots of composite structures, nomex honey comb, carbon fiber, phenolic resins, g10. All double redundancy full electronic telemetry control with live radio frequency tracking.
@DRandi I met someone at home depot a few years ago that launches rockets in a field around (I think) Anniston. At first I thought he may have been full of it when he told me the FAA clears airspace for them to launch. Meant to go watch sometime, but haven't made it. With my luck recovering rockets, believe I better stick to the $20 ones.
'Murica!
Where Mike Bloomburg rails against someone owning a semi .22 but if you have your shit together you can legally make your own Patriot Battery.
Could be, in composite form. LOL. I was certified for level 2 high power and could do experimental level 3 launches.
High Power Certification - Tripoli Rocketry Association
www.tripoli.org
I hope Musk has his Level 3.
Oh yes, FAA clearance is required. Even on one of my small 54mm dia rockets made with filament wound fiberglass going Mach 1.4 would go in one side of a Cessna and out the other. It’s common to use a ham license transmitter to track and recover. It’s very easy actually. The ham frequency is used to broadcast a gps signal. Then you can walk right to it.
When I left the club, they were working on a P impulse motor. 152mm diameter by 6 ft long. Rocket motors are classified by letter code. Hobby store Estes, A, B, C, D, E. Each letter code higher is twice as powerful. A P impulse engine is 80,000 Newton’s of thrust, or 18,000 ft lbs. For perspective, a hobby store Estes E is 4.5 Newton’s. Just the fuel load for that thing was $6000.00 not counting the cost of the rocket. Literally lighting 6k on fire!!
When I left the club, they were working on a P impulse motor. 152mm diameter by 6 ft long. Rocket motors are classified by letter code. Hobby store Estes, A, B, C, D, E. Each letter code higher is twice as powerful. A P impulse engine is 80,000 Newton’s of thrust, or 18,000 ft lbs. For perspective, a hobby store Estes E is 4.5 Newton’s. Just the fuel load for that thing was $6000.00 not counting the cost of the rocket. Literally lighting 6k on fire!!
A *good* landing is when you can walk away . . .
A *great* landing is when you are able to reuse the aircraft!
The '1-pt' landing is also a possible outcome of flying a successful 'figure 9'
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What really pisses me off about dumb shit like this is somebody got a call to come clean this shit up. Then more people got a call, etc. From now on you have to provide your own infrastructure. Like a checked out ServPro unit, volunteer fire dept just begging to be there, etc., your own transportation to the morgue. All this shit cost money. There is more to it than the launch
