From what we can tell right now, the flame on the engine is the duct tape
catching fire. Inspected the orings and they survived.
Engine is NOS/IPA
Doug
On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Burns <burns.andrew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Looks like a seal to the top of your chamber was leaking a lot during the
run, you can see quite a lot of flame up there around shutdown. Nice run
though, what propellants?
Andrew
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Douglas Lescarbeau <lscrbo@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hey everyone,
Yesterday the BU Rocket Propulsion Group hot fired our heat sink engine,
Iron Lotus.
Full test:
https://youtu.be/TrEH56gX040
Slow-mo:
https://youtu.be/LftKgQkoDNs
~2,500lbf NOS/IPA heat sink chamber. Ignited with a Cesaroni Vmax slug.
Full data analysis to follow this week. Will be posted to
burocket.org/updates.
Best,
Doug Lescarbeau
*Director-elect, Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group*
