Liquid Nitrous Oxide-Kerosene Rocket Engine Part 1 of 5
This is the first run of a rocket engine I designed and built. It originally was going to use 80% pure hydrogen peroxide and kerosene and then I switched to LOX and kerosene and ultimately I wound up using liquid nitrous oxide and kerosene since nitrous is cheaper, more plentiful and doesn't have to be at -300 F to be a liquid. I designed it to have 200 lbs thrust while using hydrogen peroxide and kerosene but since it was already built by the time I switched to nitrous and kerosene I was unable to change it to match the propellants to produce the 200 lbs thrust. Therefore on it's first run the thrust peaked at 120 lbs since and on this run peaked at 100 lbs. Email me at [email protected] if you have any comments or questions.