09-16-2012, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
Considering its relatively low ISP, the Truax TR-1 steam rocket might have been in the category of what today would be called LPRs (Large Model Rockets), in the "borderlands" between model rockets and HPRs. With today's engineering, I think steam-powered model rockets of the size of the Vashon/Estes Cold Propellant model rockets are feasible; like Truax's steam rockets, they could have calibrated-pressure safety valves (like those in pressure cookers) to prevent steam explosions if the water in the rockets was over-heated.
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Other than being able to fly them during a burn ban, I would think the complexity, the length of time needed to liftoff once on the pad and that fact that more than 15 or 30 feet separation is required would turn many people off. Just saying...
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