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The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets
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The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets
Why am I posting this on ecomodder...???
Well, it is transportation oriented...
Manufacturing eco also....
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I think it’s pretty cool... 😎
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08-14-2021, 12:25 PM
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When I saw the title, I thought it would be about Integza. I've been following his experiments with vortex hybrid rockets and 3D printed solid fuel. The latest:
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I watched the video. That kid is the founder of the company?!?
edit: If you want something to make you think more, try Sabin-a Hossenfelder: Physicist Despairs over Vacuum Energy
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Depending on thrust and oxidizer requirements, fuel can be just about anything. Printing it is odd, but why not? Easier/faster to use the motor tube as a form and a center insert for burn formation, however. Unless you drop it.
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They'll have a big second-mover advantage WRT reusable launch vehicles vs SpaceX.
I also like that their production easily scales in a linear fashion... add more machines, build more in parallel. But at the same time, they won't enjoy the economies of scale SpaceX can do. He even mentions this in the video. I wonder what the failure rate for their "one big part" is vs traditional methods... like, porous spots in the print, etc?
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IMHO if they get the first layer to stick they're half the way there.
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I wonder what the failure rate for their "one big part" is vs traditional methods... like, porous spots in the print, etc?
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Probably the same for the solids on the shuttle, statistically 1 failure per 100 launches.*
Porous just makes the burn accelerate in odd ways and can lead to skin burn throughs: so boom , too much thrust, not enough thrust, asymmetric thrust, whatever.
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I watched this last week and thought it was also very interesting. Being aerospace I'd imagine their quality control has to be pretty ridiculous. They probably x-ray these parts before anything is put in use or even tested.
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Fwiw, we did ultrasound only on the shuttle solid boosters, nitroglycerin mixed with aluminum chlorhydrate and a rubber binder/filler is a wee bit unstable to be putting much energy into. They did withstand rail and truck transport but not dropping
Since everyone was paranoid about propellant but not temps or o rings this kinda worked
Those were fun days.
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They mentioned a 10-15% (if I recall correctly) weight penalty. That seems significant to me, but perhaps its not for the rocket as a whole?
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