Johnnie
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When I got back into rocketry in 1997, I picked up a book called the "Handbook of Model Rocketry" we all know the book right?...
Anyways, G Harry Stein says the correct word for the rocket propelled apperatus is MOTOR not ENGINE ...Why? because an engine has moving parts, i.e. pistons, crankshaft, cam, yadda yadda yadda, and a motor has few moving parts if any, therefore the correct term by definition...
So this has stuck with me thru the years, and when someone says that they put an ENGINE in their rocket, I get a visual image of a small block 350 with a "Quadra Bog" carburator on top...
I don't know, but I put MOTORS in my rockets, how about yourself???
simple poll really
Anyways, G Harry Stein says the correct word for the rocket propelled apperatus is MOTOR not ENGINE ...Why? because an engine has moving parts, i.e. pistons, crankshaft, cam, yadda yadda yadda, and a motor has few moving parts if any, therefore the correct term by definition...
So this has stuck with me thru the years, and when someone says that they put an ENGINE in their rocket, I get a visual image of a small block 350 with a "Quadra Bog" carburator on top...
I don't know, but I put MOTORS in my rockets, how about yourself???
simple poll really