Zeemax 0 #1 February 18, 2004 http://www.meditech.ch/exoticthermoengineering/ete08.html well, if your going to do it, this is certinaly the way! i like the testing guys safety gear, anorak and wooly gloves. nice Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #2 February 18, 2004 um 0-170 in 2.6 seconds.... Im in Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lee03 0 #3 February 18, 2004 The rocket motor in this thing sounds much like the rocket motor that powered the German rocket interceptor, the Me-163 "Komet" of WW II. It too used Hydrogen Peroxide as fuel. Two fuels, T-Stoff and B-Stoff (maybe wrong on the letter, could have also been K-Stoff, but there were two fuels that were mixed to provide the thrust/propulsion). These were prone to viloent explosions, and the one fuel, not the Hydrogen Peroxide, but the other one was extreamly dangerous, it would dissolve unprotected skin on contact. Special precautions had to be used just to fuel.refuel the plane. If this is indeed the same type of motor in the kart, i'm not so sure I would want to go zipping along the ground with a bomb strapped to my back-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites WrongWay 0 #4 February 18, 2004 "Hydrogen peroxide as commercially produced is very stable; however, contamination in many different forms can reduce the stability of the product, and even lead to self-accelerating exothermic decomposition." Yeah, that would be pretty high up on my "things that would hurt like hell" list. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Lee03 0 #3 February 18, 2004 The rocket motor in this thing sounds much like the rocket motor that powered the German rocket interceptor, the Me-163 "Komet" of WW II. It too used Hydrogen Peroxide as fuel. Two fuels, T-Stoff and B-Stoff (maybe wrong on the letter, could have also been K-Stoff, but there were two fuels that were mixed to provide the thrust/propulsion). These were prone to viloent explosions, and the one fuel, not the Hydrogen Peroxide, but the other one was extreamly dangerous, it would dissolve unprotected skin on contact. Special precautions had to be used just to fuel.refuel the plane. If this is indeed the same type of motor in the kart, i'm not so sure I would want to go zipping along the ground with a bomb strapped to my back-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #4 February 18, 2004 "Hydrogen peroxide as commercially produced is very stable; however, contamination in many different forms can reduce the stability of the product, and even lead to self-accelerating exothermic decomposition." Yeah, that would be pretty high up on my "things that would hurt like hell" list. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
