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by zee
Sun May 17, 2009 11:52 pm
Forum: Rocket forum
Topic: Butane/Hot water rocket
Replies: 0
Views: 4790

Butane/Hot water rocket

Is it feasible to make a rocket from butane and hot water? The hot water and luke warm butane are pressure fed into a chamber, like a combustion chamber, but where the two fluids mix turbulently and come into thermal equilibrium, the butane expands and the mixture then exits out the back. A bit like...
by zee
Sun May 17, 2009 11:30 pm
Forum: Pressure jet forum
Topic: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel
Replies: 34
Views: 40056

Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

wonder if dimethyl-ether would work?
by zee
Sun May 17, 2009 11:25 pm
Forum: Pressure jet forum
Topic: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel
Replies: 34
Views: 40056

Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Fascinating. Was it pure methanol, or did it have water or nitromethane in it?
by zee
Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:33 am
Forum: Pressure jet forum
Topic: mixed fuel - CO2/propane
Replies: 2
Views: 6551

mixed fuel - CO2/propane

I read that non pulsing pressure jets which use superheated propane to compress air in an ejector are limited because they cannot entrain enough air to work efficiently. Would it be possible to mix, say (off the top of my head), 3 parts CO2 to 1 part propane in the same cylinder and use this to fuel...
by zee
Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:56 am
Forum: Unconventional, Multi-Mode and Hybrid Jets
Topic: windmill-jet
Replies: 0
Views: 5255

windmill-jet

Hi i'm a newbie. This is slightly tongue in cheek but, I had an idea for an unconventional engine a few years ago and wondered if anyone here would know if it might work. Its not the most useful of engines as it would probably need a 'bump start' of several hundred miles per hour to get it going. It...