I'm no rocket scientist, and I would gladly be corrected, but
isn't the black and orange exhaust a sign of a really inefficient combustion?
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Tusk knows where you live, Tue 30 Apr 2013, 20:41,
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Maybe
But that's largely what SS1 looked like too. Thing is they're burning laughing gas and rubber. I don't know what the by-products of that reaction are, but I'm willing to bet its not water.
And where was the WOOOOOSH?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 30 Apr 2013, 20:47,
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woosh.
The orange is uncombusted carbon, the black is soot, so also unconbusted carbon.
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Tusk knows where you live, Tue 30 Apr 2013, 20:54,
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Low tech
The rocket motor is pretty low-tech, and the whole project seems rather shoestring. I don't think I'll be buying a ticket.
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notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Tue 30 Apr 2013, 21:21,
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