Most Powerful Solid Rocket Ever Fired by Students (R4000)

Shockwave is the Most Powerful Solid-rocket Motor Ever Fired by Students! As well as the Most Powerful Composite-Case Solid-rocket Motor Ever Fired by Amateurs'!
MOTOR DIMENSIONS
Motor Diameter, in ………………....….….. 8.5
Overall Motor Length, in ……………. 106.4
MOTOR PERFORMANCE (Vacuum)
Classification .............................. R4000
Burn Time, sec ………………......….…….. 16.3
Maximum Thrust, lbf .…...…………... 4,220
Specific Impulse, sec …………...………. 259
Total Impulse, lbf-sec ……..…….... 51,529
Average Thrust, lbf ……………...…….. 4,025
WEIGHTS
Total Motor, lbm ………………....…...…… 288
Propellant, lbm ………………….......……… 199
Burnout, lbm………………...………......….... 89
Note: Smoke from case was not a result of combustion chamber leakage and did not affect the structural integrity of the CFRP case.

[@victorayomikun68]

Shock diamonds in the flow of a solid rocket motor? That’s cool

[@seventeenshaun6424]

I think it just depends on the expansion ratio

[@hello-lb3vf]

That's crazy. That's a big rocket. Good job

[@UraTrowelie]

3700 lbf? Seems pretty great

[@papakrakazyabrika]

👍👍👍

[@sebastianarmand5061]

Cool!

[@MARIO-ok3mn]

cool 😮

[@Sanjaya4521]

❤👌

[@hueman9]

3700lbf? Seems pretty legit.

[@reotseng3299]

Valid

[@deletdis6173]

Valid

[@capekraken2672]

valid

[@jasperdecraene6239]

Valid

[@jtjtjt9203]

Valid

[@Grabacr_KDH]

Valid

[@jtjtjt9203]

What’s the fuel mixture?

[@jtjtjt9203]

@@Scavendon worth a try

[@merxellus1456]

@@Scavendonrocket fuel has never ever been a secret.. If u talking bout the rocket design itself then thats another case.

[@nathanteig7108]

What was it?