Methane Rocket Engine

[Zephik]

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Tip of advice, if you have a giant sub woofer next to your face, turn it down. ...or up if you want to feel what I felt. I would of said heard too, but I can't hear anything at the moment. Damn online tv shows that have your volume turned down too much so I have to crank mine up, then forget about it! lol

Well, I probably shouldn't have a giant sub woofer next to my head anyways. I can't imagine that being any good for my ear drums. lol

[FrooP]

thanks for the tip with the sub :D

sweetnes gotta watch it again when no one else is at home :D

[Zephik]

Thats 7,500 pounds of thrust by the way. According to this article...

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070507_methane_rocket.html

I wonder what causes that kind of interlace affect you see in the flame? It looks pretty cool.

[DZ469]

Dude the sound it makes when it ignites is freaking sweet. Reminds me
of a cannon or some type of alien spacecraft. As for the lacing, idk
i tried looking it up but couldnt find anything. Probably has to do with the
properties of the gas.

[Spawn-Inc]

haha wicked, i played the video before i read what you said so it was a cool surprise. it reminds me of the sound of the nuke from crysis.

click here (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/images/methaneblast/testfiring.wmv) to see the video bigger, you can see the rocket jump up a bit when it fires. also i thought it was just some guy with a truck but its a couple of trailers.

as for the lacing effect apparently it's called "The long flame was punctuated by bright spots called shock diamonds." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_diamond

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/04may_methaneblast.htm

[Greco101]

reminds me of an article I read about a new jet their making to reach shuttle speeds... Mach 15...