shockie
High Plains Rocketeer
I'm doing some ZVPL research and one of the most difficult problems is friction fitting the model rocket engine into the top of the piston tube.
You don't want it so tight bit at the same time you don't want it to loose either.
Down thru the years people have used various tapes on the aft end of the rocket engine, plastic collar clamps. And clamps with limit line lanyards with pull pins.
So to test various piston tube to engine friction fitting ideas I was thinking of attaching an air compressor to the aft end of the piston tube, and gradually raise the internal pressure unto the engine pops off.
I was thinking that if I use a model of the same weight and shape, the entire model would pop off and go x amount dustance .
Then I could do a comparsion of which friction fitting technique was optimal by the distance the model goes
Comments and suggestions are welcome
You don't want it so tight bit at the same time you don't want it to loose either.
Down thru the years people have used various tapes on the aft end of the rocket engine, plastic collar clamps. And clamps with limit line lanyards with pull pins.
So to test various piston tube to engine friction fitting ideas I was thinking of attaching an air compressor to the aft end of the piston tube, and gradually raise the internal pressure unto the engine pops off.
I was thinking that if I use a model of the same weight and shape, the entire model would pop off and go x amount dustance .
Then I could do a comparsion of which friction fitting technique was optimal by the distance the model goes
Comments and suggestions are welcome