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by Alster370
Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:42 am
Forum: Hybrid Cannons
Topic: hybrid ballistic knife
Replies: 19
Views: 8537

Lovely! I especially like the delrin glowing red when it fires :D
by Alster370
Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:30 am
Forum: Hybrid Cannons
Topic: Hydrogen/Oxygen Mixes
Replies: 3
Views: 1786

by Alster370
Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:12 am
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: Episode 13 is up
Replies: 13
Views: 2749

I had an idea a long time ago about using a certain type of candy as shot.
Why not shoot one of those enormous jaw breakers? :D
by Alster370
Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:41 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Hybrid Rocket Engine Tests
Replies: 24
Views: 7529

Can you use regular compressed air as the oxidiser for a hybrid rocket?
by Alster370
Sat May 12, 2012 3:06 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Oil Burner design
Replies: 9
Views: 5655

would there be no worries using meths n an oil burner design? Like this for example : http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/oilburners09.html or a design where pressurised air pushes the fuel though the atomiser nozzle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw4qsOWSjrg Id be worried about the high flammabilit...
by Alster370
Sat May 12, 2012 2:59 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Steam boiler
Replies: 4
Views: 1541

I just wanted to use it as a quick test bed, since building a mini copper mono tube boiler would cost an arm and a leg at the moment. As for heat I would use a vaporising alcohol burner. :D i think it would be best though to pass a hot flame underneath the radiator, so that the hot gases would rise ...
by Alster370
Fri May 11, 2012 1:24 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Steam boiler
Replies: 4
Views: 1541

oh, I cant find a video of the particular episode, care to post a link?

thanks
by Alster370
Fri May 11, 2012 12:53 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Steam boiler
Replies: 4
Views: 1541

Steam boiler

Just wondering if this could be used as a steam boiler. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Aluminum-Heat-Exchanger-Radiator-For-PC-CPU-Water-Cooling-System-/190657482218?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item2c64124dea#ht_2531wt_1085 Water would be fed in, and the heating source underneat...
by Alster370
Sun May 06, 2012 3:47 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Oil Burner design
Replies: 9
Views: 5655

Could my design work with a <70% spirits? I happen to have a few litres on hand. :D Besides I doubt I could get sunflower oil to run with this design, especially at a small diameter.

besides my tyre compressor is very small and can only deliver about 8cfm IIRC.
by Alster370
Sat May 05, 2012 12:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Oil Burner design
Replies: 9
Views: 5655

A burn tube would be a piece of steel or copper that sits on top on the fuel nozzle and is preheated before lighting?

And yes I would hopefully like to get this design to work with sunflower oil or similar.
by Alster370
Sat May 05, 2012 11:22 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Oil Burner design
Replies: 9
Views: 5655

Oil Burner design

Id like to use an oil burner for various hobbies that I do , but I need it to be very compact, and so I drew up this (very crude) design. Hopefully you get the design, as it works similar to aerosol cans in the way that the air pushes the fuel up the nozzle, mixing with it as the flow is restricted....
by Alster370
Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:56 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: H2 Reactor (auto-production of H2, a powerful fuel)
Replies: 81
Views: 18008

Is not so heavy, 200g Thats still fairly heavy, and with a bullet that looks about an inch in diameter, I think you will find the performance quite disappointing, due to such a dense bullet and the use of a very fast burning gas. Although I would think that a normal combustion would have some troub...
by Alster370
Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:04 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: pneumatic mortar?
Replies: 5
Views: 1858

edit down your posts a little to keep the intended use a little more vague. Good point, posts edited Is there a reason you don't want to use a combustion? its not quite as precise as using air, plus I already have most of the fittings for a pneumatic on hand so the cost would be reduced. But mostly...
by Alster370
Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:44 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: pneumatic mortar?
Replies: 5
Views: 1858

Well they cant be discussed, mostly so that people don't replicate the recipe and injure themselves and the fact that this isn't that type of forum, so that's why i haven't mentioned what it is or anything about it but its obvious what it is to most people on this forum. My only concern with your de...
by Alster370
Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:15 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: pneumatic mortar?
Replies: 5
Views: 1858

pneumatic mortar?

My "magic dust" worked brilliantly when tested yesterday, I would like to build a simple mortar to launch this high into the air. I don't want to rely on something like a lifting powder so I thought a pneumatic would be best? I would need to fire "object" about an inch in diameter and I can use ggdt...