April 16, 2007

Homemade Rocket Motor Test
Crazy Hacks

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  Who said building and testing rocket motors in your basement is dangerous? “This is the first static test with our homemade tar/oxygen hybrid rocket motor. James Turner and myself (Eric Stackpole), and two of our friends, Jeff Bernard and Caleb Lesher did this project last summer because we wanted to learn more about how rocket engines work. We built the rocket in James’ garage in Humboldt County, CA completely

Phil Duclos Hula Hula Engine
Insane Equipment

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  The Hula Hula engine starts quite slow and looks like it would vibrate tremendously however as it picks up speed it looks like everything balances out. First thing to do after running this engine would be to make sure you still have all of your fingers. “This is a steam type engine running on compressed air.It self starts itself.This was named by the hula style action as it runs.