• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Making amateur rockets and pipe bombs are basically identical – for a rocket, one end of the pipe is open. There’s a vibrant amateur rockets community nevertheless.

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      11 months ago

      Not really, the whole point of a pipe bomb is for the reaction to happen as fast as possible. This is sub optimal for rocketry.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        However, anyone who has tried to make their own DIY solid fuel model rocket motor has inevitably wound up with their first attempt being something between a small bomb and a large firework.

        My first attempt certainly was…