Design, Build,
and Test Small Liquid Rocket Engines
http://www.gramlich.net/projects/rocket/
Copyright 1967 by Leroy J. Krzycki
Combustibles Burning in Changing Pressures
- Why ejection charges don't want to function in a vacuum
A dP/dt Failure Monograph by Bill Colburn
Hypergolic Propellants From The Ft. Bliss
Debriefing Of German Scientists
"Operation Paperclip"
A compilation of secret World War Two rocket propellants
Thiokol Rocket Basics
a great .pdf about the history of rocket motors and their
basic design
1949 Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program
Manual on rockets from the Civil Air Patrol and
it has a great schematic diagram of the V2 Rocket, 4 meg .pdf file
Redstone Arsenal
Propellant Mixing and Handling
Protocols
MANUFACTURE OF CASTABLE COMPOSITE PROPELLANT ROCKET
MOTORS, Chapter 24 Thanks to Hans Olaf Toft!
The
Carbon Resistor Igniter
A white paper by the late Bob Dahlquist
Jacob's Rocketry - BP Motors
http://www.jacobsrocketry.com/1979_manual/pages/cover_title_and_contents.htm |
Grove Mity-Mite Setting Instructions
Try finding this anywhere else on the Net!
Automatic Acceleration Actuated Tracking Smoke/Flare
How to use smoke candles to track your rocket
Load
Cell Trouble Shooting
Figger out what's the matter with that pesky load
cell
Load Cell Primer
Why they work and how to set them up
Pressure Transducer Primer
Why they work and how to set them up
Tank Tips - cleaning, hydrotesting,
sealing and compatibility
How to get the most from your buck when buying used tanks
Hybrid Motor Tips
Important stuff from Bill Colburn, the master
Making Fiberglass Tubes
- by Tom Cloud
How to roll your own for fun and profit
How to Dye your parachute |
Test Stand Pictorial
an assortment of rocket motor test stands from around
the world
Arrangement for an L Class Hybrid Motor
Using a simple DOT rated tank, motor, and U/C Valve system
High Mass-Fraction Hybrid Propulsion
Systems
for Sounding Rockets
A simple stainless steel hybrid motor with roll-crimped
closures
Nitrous Oxide Properties
Pressure, Density, and Mass Flow of N2O, 60k jpg image
Urbanski-Colburn Valve for Hybrid
Motors
This is where the RATTWorks motor was born
Glossary of Rocket Terms
Guipep - Graphical User Interface to PEP
GDL-Propep
Propep and more |
Ejection Charge Calculator-
for MS Excel
Black Powder Ejection
Charges
A table to determine the correct amount of BP for your
application
Round Parachute Descent Rate Calculator
A Javascript that does the calculations for you
X-form Parachute Calculator
How to calculate how fast your rocket will descend under an X-form parachute (Excel spreadsheet)
Parachute Drag Equations
How to calculate how fast your rocket will descend under
chute
Tank Calculator
Calculate the volume of your cylindrical tank
Testing your Altimeter
An easy cheap way to pull a vacuum on your barometric
sensor |
Various Rocket Gizmos 1
All kinds of interesting stuff
Various Rocket
Gizmos 2
More Interesting Stuff |
Exploding Ratt Movie
Why you don't test your hybrid in your garage
- 1.1 MB wmv file
Cletus and Delmar Score
a Dewar
How LOX can kill you, your pals, and friends a mile away
- 660k PowerPoint file
Explosive
Injuries
What happens when you blow yourself up
- an assortment of graphic images not for the faint of
heart |