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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
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3000+ feet? That's incredible! Well done, sugar rocket. No wonder my kids are bouncing around the room after drinking a lot of soda.
ahhahaha
😆😆😆 They need Oxidizer too.
ok boomer
@@deei5130 Is that supposed to mean something?
@@robertzeurunkl8401 It means hes a 25 year old single man who still lives with his parents, desperately clinging to his youth. I game online a lot, ive never met anyone who uses that term either A) appropriately or B) Without being a toxic d**khead
Just hit 4:53 I already vote sugar due to the way that dude looks. He knows rockets.
This was AMAZING I really enjoyed this.
I like how this vid got straight to the point and it was cool keep it going people.
This is whaat ive been lookin for lol, love the PVC concept, i didnt even think thatd be so effective !
I give credit for both the sugar rocket and the pvc rocket. Great job guys!!!!!!!!!!!
2:33 When NASA fails a rocket.
*That guy from the sugar rocket team is crazy, I like that!*
Jimmy's kinda... different?
Indeed!
-Did you get it from the hardware store?
- No Sir, it's a little bit more complicated than that, BUT IT'S BASICALLY PVC PIPE :)))))
That got me as well, like he got it from NASA.
Well, yes, but actually, no 😂😂
That was awesome. I miss the days of building rockets similar to this.
i absolutely love how this group of Americans with all the stereotypes of accents, remarks, looks etc fully in tact are doing something so amazing and the brits are watching it.
Wtf are you talking about lol, is there any context?
Don't show this to North Korea, it will set them forward at least a year.
They're too busy hacking South Korean crypto exchanges and making bulk $$$ for their god.
XxNexusxX a century
XxNexusxX lmao
ww III, artificial sugar could save your life
haha
Absolutely awesome!
An enjoyable video. Thank you.
Both are really cool!
"Sugar rush" is a really good name for a rocket candy driven rocket :-)
they used nighthawkinlight's video!
GameTrench what's that
+SG pro another RUclipsr
i was just going to say that!
i know right
That's very dodgy - not even to acknowledge thats he using another RUclipsrs video. Very poor.
I like how the pvc rocket was tested first then the Sugar one that just blew everyone
I tried to make one of these back in my grade school days using sugar and saltpetre as fuel in a tube made from aluminium foil wrapped around a pencil with cardboard fins. Big whoosh when ignited but failed to leave the ground because it blew out the nozzle I had fashioned in the Al. foil.
When your rocket competition looks like the dude in pink, you know you've already lost before it even started.
“Thousand 15 hundred feet”🤣
Silly comparison. 38mm 4grain sugar motor, likely full "I" class(somewhere around 600Ns), vs a 29mm hybrid which likely came in at a "G" or "H" class(somewhere around 160-300Ns). They didn't really configure the competition to be highest altitude per motor volume, or propellant mass, or anything. They didn't use the same size rocket either. The Sugar motor was just plain bigger, and naturally if you compare a bigger motor and a smaller one, the bigger one will go higher.
The sparks in sugar rocket is from added in Iron (III) oxide for better combustion. This can make the fuel 20% more energetic, by increasing the burn rate.
Hi, I'm doing research about rocket propellants and the use of iron oxide for better combustion is really interesting. Can you elaborate on how does it work? I thought that it was a little like the sulfur in gunpowder, but I'm really not sure And especially, in what proportion is better for the combustion?
the iron oxide is well known in the field to be a catalyst in sugar based propellants, it increases the burn rate by quite a bit. The 'why' it works requires an explanation way behind the scope of this place, in very short, it lowers the reaction activation energy. @@Frisso92_
5:59 Me on the can, a few hours after eating White Castles.
I love rocketeers there all mental great stuff 👍👍👍
You didn’t give any credit to the video by NightHawk during the acrylic video
Explosively Sweet!!!
it looks so luxurious wow... I've just tried to make water rocket : )
@Alexander Chohan why are you so nervous? i was just trying to compliment them zzzz poor thing..
nice job
First, thing I noticed was the difference in size of engines. Sugar was a lot larger.
Superb... The power of Sugar
I agree not to mention so much easier to use than a nitrous hybrid.
Madhukar Sethi sugar rush of a rocket
Indeed
3:49 they made that veteran cover up what he was a veteran of...
Wow ,one I never knew Angela landsberry was into model rocketry and two this would be a good place too start for ion propulsion rockets .
Dextrose Jimmy aka “Sugar” is the winner ! ! 😆😆😆
night hawk in light
"Sugar is a great fuel because it has so much Hydrogen in it". Nope. There is a reason they're called Carbohydrates. For every two atoms of Hydrogen in a carbohydrate molecule, there is an atom of Oxygen. The Hydrogen already wasted its energy. The only energy left to burn is from Carbon. This is also why alcohol is not as good fuel as gasoline.
They’re not saying it’s better than other fuels, but for being sugar, a common household item that isn’t dangerous then it’s a good fuel
Ture
True. And sugar is also a very unstable molecule with a low burning temperature and lots of carbon so if you likened this sugar/potassium nitrate fuel to the more common black powder rocket motors, the sugar takes the place of both the carbon and sulphur in a common black powder mixture.
How about Pentane and Phosphotungstic acid for a fuel and oxidizer?
You can make more power on alcohol than on gasoline in a blown big block V8
Back in the 60s, the kids down the street were making rockets using sugar + potassium nitrate as a propellent. All went well until one of the kids had a few fingers torn off when the rocket motor exploded on him, as he prepared to launch. I was still too young at the time to mess with any of that, but just a few years later I briefly experimented with rockets (but I used commercially available rocket motors). Then I moved on to RC airplanes, gliders and helicopters.
People had to learn that you cannot be next to it when it ignites, which is why we use electronic ignition systems now
@@WNActivist88 Oh yes, back when I played with rockets (1975) I also used electric ignition, keeping a safe distance away from the rocket. The commercially available motors came with igniters.
Kids. That is the main problem, although it's fun and a good learning experience, kids should benefit from the assistance of someone with actual experience in the field.
That was a sweet flight, James Yawn!
Sweet!
Thanks sir 😊
The sugar rocketeer is wonderfully flamboyant! Sweet guy! 😀
Or flamgirlant .😀
The hybrid with PVC lost a whole lot of Nitrous Oxide venting outside of the motor when fill tube stayed attached all the way up the tower. U/C valves are terrible for this, especially in such small motor.
Now I see this, I wanna build it myself
This is what Hamas use in their Qassam rockets BTW, a sugar plus potassium nitrate mix.
You can use fertiliser to get the potassium nitrate, which is probably where they get it.
Once you pack enough in there, they are able to get their homemade rockets to go up to 30km in distance, which is pretty impressive, it also carries a 10kg explosive head.
it's be cool to have a blk powder motor powered rocket as a control, but these both are quite impressive!
1:25 thats nighthawk in light
Sweet and low works crazy good
When I was a kid (I am fifty-one now) I used to make smoke bombs out of potassium nitrate and sugar. I do not remember the mixing ratio but a kilo of the stuff in an open container created a hell of a lot of smoke.
www.nakka-rocketry.net/smoke.html
65% KNO3 to 35% sugar. You can add in 1-2% iron oxide for a faster burn too, it creates a much denser smoke.
This IS rocket science!
Hey, please credit nighthawkinlight for his video which you used at 1:15
no they have the right to use any footage they want if they are lazy
@@asasnat342 Not legally speaking.
I'm sure they asked for permission
Nasa: Hold My Beer
Was the weight of the propellant the same for both fuel types?
Pretty cool. We should of done this in science
Awesome
Whaaaat? I have been in the plastics industry for longer than a decade and I've always known PVC as a self extinguishing material. That got me Stuffed.
i love it
Wow!
sick
Indeed
*indeed*
Yay for sugar! That's sweet.
What a nice thing
Really interested in the hybrid mix ratios, would like to know if there are books or forums on this specifically?
hybrids are NOT mixed.
Holy crap. I go to that rocket club. It’s called NEFAR rocketry.
Jimmy James Yawn a true R-candy legend. His website is amazing!! Tought me everything I know. Safety number 1!!
çok güzel. very well.
That's so cool he just made a rocket fueled by pvc !
I think this way Hamas leant to make the sugar rockets !!
Indeed.
@discovery you shoud make a mini one
Sugar is sweeter, hence will go higher? Very good answer.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nice
We used to caramelize sugar and mix on saltpeter ( potassium nitrate), it made on hell of a smoke bomb but also would have made great rocket fuel. It isn't the hydrogen it is the hydrocarbon burning in the presence of the oxidizer.
Does pbc act as a nozzle? How can I prevent the heat from ignition is moving to the fuel tank?
My question why is that man's veteran hat covered.
What if your KNO3 and sugar rocket is in a PVC tube?!
You will essentially get a boosted rocket motor using solid fuel.Another take on it is to use PVC granulate mixed in with the sugar and the KNO3, which works quite well too. A little rocket I made once ended flight at 556 m..
But what kind of pvc do they use?
Nasa wants to know your location
No need to yell
@Light Maestro You never use plastic containment for a burning chamber, loco o que?
In the hybrid rocket, Solid Parafine fuel would have a bit more of a kick
3:20 the smoke is going round and round on the flame
I believe that was the nitrous oxide fueling line.
Regular sugar and potassium nitrate can also make a very powerful thrust.
so is the PVC tube a one time use?
The sugar rocket definitely has a cooler plume
That's because they added some Titanium to the fuel and didn't mention it. Without it, the fuel just makes a gray cloud of smoke.
Is there a rocket club in banting ??
Don't make mistake with sugar and dicstroze! C6H12O6 is glucose. Sugar is C12H22O11.Pirochemical.
Monosaccharides (dextrose, glucose, fructose, galactose) are C6H12O6, disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, lactose) are C12H22O11. All are "sugar".
theyre both sugar
Dextrose = glucose. Just a different name.
Dextrose is glucose monohydrate. Basically glucose + water.
Glucose and dextrose have same molecular formula but they differ in 3d arrangements
Oxidizer is kno3
Dang the pvc rocket was literally only in the air for like 5 seconds and it's already back on the ground. I thought it was gunna go way higher
After watching this . I do believe that I will pick the sugar rocket to go the highest .
Yeah
It's a verry good rocket!
funny how they covered their caps :P
Good
very impressive rockets gone in the sky
Sweet.
Kim jong un : i am done the mission boi :)
6:35 I'm not sure if that's the fuel, because the sugar rocket had a much better looking nozzle
fuck you watch closely you idiot
When I eat candy with a lot of sugar I launch myself from the couch afterward with lots of gaseous energy "wink"
Man's really pulled a Italy
Sweet ;-)
So that's what people mean when I hear them talk about a sugar high. I always wondered what they were talking about. Now I know.
i think that when you burn pvc one of the products of the combustion is mustard gas
I need the process and parts of rocket you have used.
I also wanna to make a rocket and launch it.
Go to the king of random RUclips channel.