/sci/ - Science & Math

Morning /sci/, I've got an important announcement that I think you will enjoy.

By this time next year /sci/ will be in space. The first prototype motor is complete and almost ready for a live test fire. If it's a success then I'm confident a year will be plenty of time.

>Description of motor so far
It's a welded steel pipe with a screwable filler/compression cap. The fillable chamber is 60mm long with a 12mm internal diameter. Exit hole is 6mm leading into a 20mm nozzle. Fuel will be a KNO3 / Sucrose (65:35) mix, powdered and compacted.
I know it's a big project so I've started out small, no point wasting too much of the budget on full size failures when models will do + it's safer.

Today I hope to have the test area prepared and have it fueled and fired by the evening.