Video idea: make a tomato-destroying guided missile with multiple stages. Maybe you could collab with another youtuber! Would be a great video to see you bombing tomatoes. Or make a bombing plane that drops tomatoes. Why? Because tomatoes are disgusting! Tomatoes are disgusting!
@@douglasomard9601 No it is not illegal at all provided the intent is not to use them for offensive intentions IE: With the intent of it being used solely a weapon!!! Prime example is the use of self landing tech made by another UA-cam channel... that is without a doubt the exact definition of a guided rocket it gets launched and is expected to control its own flight until landing.
I'm currently studying Aero engineering. My team and I are finishing up a new propellant mixture and are getting ready to characterize it. Our base is Ammonium perchlorate, a few different sized grains of aluminum powder, copper, and a small list of other ingredients to help the casting process. Turns out making a solid rocket motor is a lot more like cooking, everyone has their preferred ingredients as MIT has a similar formula they named "Cherry limeade", look it up it's pretty cool. We added copper(and other tweaks) to sway the performance, ISP and whatnot, towards our goals and for a gatorade light blue flame :)
Yeah that's commonly called APCP, or Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant. It's a pretty standard rocket propellant composition. The copper is just for looks as it oxidizes and creates that blue flame. Otherwise it serves the same role as the aluminum powder.
Future Video Idea: Small electric motor that is driven by a smaller motor attached to the wheels of an RC car, the electricity produced will power the larger motor. In turn creating a forever lasting electric motor. Future Video Idea: Make an external combustion engine that moves a mechanised system to power itself repeatedly. Like an auto loader adding wood or coal into itself to heat water in a steam engine.
Not quite how that works but close. The motor would produce some electricity but hardly any, also when you apply a load to the motor it would make it even harder to turn thus turning it into a brake. But I see where your coming from and why you would recommend it in fact I even tried it myself once and even came to the conclusion that I'm telling now.
Some things I want to point out: - You need certain types of charcoal for "usable" black powder. Namely willow, balsa etc. - You need to ball mill the potassium nitrate for nearly all KNO3 based propellants. Please invest in one, as it's also safer. - Be careful when you compact your black powder rocket motors. Any cracks developed during manufacture/burning would lead to an explosion. I like using a press better than a mallet. - The thing used for the match heads is not red phosphorus. It's a mix of chlorate/perchlorate oxidizer, some sort of fuel, glue and stuff. The phosphorus is actually in the striker paper. Phosphorus is some nasty stuff, please do not experiment with them. - Rocket candy is famous because both the oxidizer and the fuel can be dissolved in water, thus eliminating any grinding in the manufacturing process. It seems like you didn't actually make the "candy" and just used the powder mixture, which would require some good grinding, probably with a ball mill. - Acetone would not ruin nitrocellulose, but the amount of solvent in the mixture can determine the burn ratio. IIRC, the solvent content is precisely controlled to modify the burn rate of the powder in firearm ammunition. - Perchlorates are really powerful oxidizers, I would recommend you start with KNO3 first. Store them safely, until you have access to a better lab/testing site. Be careful and have fun.
@@Blutwind But you wouldn't be near the explosion, that's the point of ball milling. Remote location, extension cord, barricade. Also lead/brass almost never spark, and ball milling gives incomparably higher quality product.
@@architakumar2579 Yeah, DIY ballmills are pretty cheap/easy to make and work just as well as the commercial ones. Glass media is controvercial though.
Integza, when I have made KNO3+sucrose rocket-candy, I have used a 2:1 weight ratio dissolved in water with a small amount of karo syrup and ferrous oxide powder, gradually heated and continuously stirred until it was dehydrated into a very thick paste. this super-saturated solution under low heat co-crystalizes the components. the paste while hot is to be handled much like taffy, pressed into the mold used to shape the fuel grain. done correctly, while it is hot to prevent inclusion of voids, this produces a solid grain and creates a very uniform burn when ignited. if you do this, use a water-buffered double-boiler for *SAFETY* as this will prevent the paste from heating to its auto-ignition temperature. and don't do it inside your home, even with a double-boiler... just... trust me on this.
I would like to add that the best way to clean the pot afterwards is to throw a lit match in it and STEP BACK lol it goes up pretty hard. Outdoors only!
@@gordonpromish9218 Understood: I’ve been religiously safety-conscious ever since a table saw kickback came within inches of castrating me a decade or two back 😮
---------- VIDEO IDEA---------- -------- laser-guided rocket----- Once you have a rocket with movable fins you could put a night vision camera that would see IR light on the front. An infrared laser would be the brightest spot to the camera. With some Vision code you could program the fins to guide the rocket to the brightest spot. This could be used for long range use against tomatoes.
Here's a theme for a future video: a bulletproof polycarbonate enclosure so you can test your rockets without killing yourself or destroying your house! You've also learned the golden rule: always order at least two of anything you need for a custom build! The tinkering and testing will inevitably destroy your first one.
Always order at least two - ah, the 'Deathstar' rule (an evolution of the Sith rule of 'there are always two') - order as many as you can afford, the bigger the better!
@@drone-time I'll call it the Sagan-Hadden rule: first rule of government spending, why build one when you can have two at twice the price, but this one you can keep secret!
Future Video Idea: Create a water powered rocket! First, use electrolysis to turn the water into hydrogen and oxygen. Then use both hydrogen and oxygen in order to produce thrust!
Quick correction: the red stuff on the match sticks IS NOT phosphorous, it is mix of sulfur and chlorate salts. Phosphorous is on the side of match box. Also nitrocelulose should not be destroyed when dissolved in acetone. Edit: I AM FAMOUS, THANKS Y'ALL
Correction to your correction: Actually, phosphorus sulfide is normally found in the heads of Strike Anywhere matches. Along with potassium chlorate, sulfur, and glass powder. He was correct 👍
@@J.C... Correction to your correction of the correction: Even though you are right, that only applies to strike anywhere matches,which have some phosphorus on the tip of the match, which those were not, hence the need for the phosphorus strip on the side of the box.
Definitely appreciate the changing desktop backgrounds for the different explanations and introductions of propellants. Also, the voice over and text responses. "Yup!" 🤣
Here's a theme for a future video: How to turn a rocket into a weapon of destruction, A step by step on what NOT to do with a rocket to make it into a weapon of destruction! And use a bulletproof polycarbonate enclosure so you can test this invention without killing yourself or destroying your house!
you should try to make a 3d-printed rocket car, since launching a rocket in europe is kind of a tricky thing to do. otherwise that would have been a fun idea too
Future video idea: I think it would be cool if you could make a jet engine run off a wood gasifier. I think the idea of something technologically advanced like a jet engine powered by something so basic as burning wood is really interesting.
I'm Sure He didn't He Said Grind everything and then mix it together He Just showed the grinding of the charcoal thats the Same colour as the black powder
Video idea: Hey integza why don't you make a portable, lightweight jet engine(maybe by using metal 3D printing) so that you can attach it onto a RC plane as most of the people who make jet engine powered RC plane use factory made model jet engines which is also cool but it would be fun to see a complete DIY jet powered rc plane (collaboration with UA-camr like peter sripol might be possible😉 ) .
I haven't read all the comments so this might already have been mentioned, but match sticks don't typically have phosphors in them. The red phosphorus is in the striker paper (ie on the box) and reacts with the chlorate salt in the head. Strike anywhere matches are somewhat different.
I have also mentioned this, because the parts he's describing are very close to accidentally making a grenade. Someone could get very hurt with this misunderstanding.
You should try Zinc sulfur (ZnS) mix with a tiny amount of aluminum powder added in to increase the heat and make the burn more efficient. I don't know how good the thrust would be but flame color would be amazing.
@@UnitSe7en but its not about the colors its about the thrust and the different types of results we get when testing them and remember its not painting it's rocketry
@@divyanshmahida8267 and thats exactly why I mentioned that it will fuck it up. Ratios are not figured out through trial and error, they're determined through molecular weight. And if they end up getting offset from their stoichemetric ratio then it loses performance heavily. Also since this guy clearly can't do the math for his engines properly, this would go horribly.
Theme for video: You kind of hinted at this, but could you try to 3d print rockets with a mixture of resin and ammonium perchlorate? If you are able to mix some into the resin and then put that in your printer and it might work as a hard rocket fuel, and you would be able to print custom designs into the fuel.
I would absolutely want to run that outdoors away from any structures or people. It’s a really cool idea though. You’d probably have to have some sort of stirring/circulation system so the perchlorate doesn’t sink or float in the resin depending on density. A simple overhead stirrer or magnetic stirring might work.
You should probably invest in a Mythbusters style blast shield if you plan on continuing to blow up, er I mean test, 3D printed rockets. Shrapnel is no joke, stay safe!
If this series of discovery and inquiry never travel beyond your lab and channel it has all been totally worth it to see how you have gone through all the amazing iterations of thrust generation! Awesome work (a little dangerous, but that makes it fun for us!).
You should make a video with all the catastrophic failures you've had! Nice fail montage but then show the success at the end. Honestly you have come a long way with rockets!
Video idea: I would love to see you play around with ultrasonic levitation, maybe even sonoluminescence? Ps. keep up the good work. Your employment at SpaceX is becoming a possibility.
Video idea: Make a supersonic rocket nozzle and produce mach diamond pattern at the exit. It looks great. Pa>>Pe. Do it with the current home made fuels. It will produce a good thrust. And yes I need that 3D printer 😅✌️✌️✌️
I made a couple rocket candy rockets a few years ago to test different mixture ratios, i used 3d printed PLA for the body and for the nozzle, using a dovetail to lock in the nozzle. Surprisingly the printed PLA body held up if printed thick enough, and the pla Nozzles worked fine for a single use. I like the idea of printable rocket fuel though!
Have you considered making a Light Emmiting Diode? I can't find anyone online that's ever made a home made LED. I think if it was scaled up it could be easier to produce because the component's may be more robust and easier to handle it.
You should get one of your rockets to fly and you can add an inertia guidance system to make it more interesting. You can target tomatoes after you get it to work 😁.
The zink and sulpher works very well. when I was a teenager I put the mixture in a used cocktail CO2 container with a small light bulb & battery. I used a flash bulb filament as a igniter. It took off early dusk could see it for a few seconds then lost sight of it. Made many rockets with that formula. I am 75 years old now.
video idea: you should try and build an RC car(or plane) then use the final rocket from today's video to create some sort of speed boost. another idea could be to try and build a rocket-powered tesla turbine?
Video idea: A rocket powered whistle, see if you can make the "nozzle" into a whistle and then see how loud you can get it and how it compares to traditional lung powered whistles.
To make the rocket powered whistle even louder he could use whistle mix as rocket fuel, it is made from sodium benzoate and potassium perchlorate. but be careful,it explodes if you hit it with a hammer!
High and tight makes Integza look a bit like a mad scientist. The glasses really amp it up. In conclusion, I really love it man!! Keep on rock in’ in the free world
It solidifies very quickly , the layers won't stick or even neighbouring particles. Metal printing is done with lasers where they melt the entire layer at once.
Great work! My idea is: that you should try to disolve some oxidizer into the 3D resin and try to print it and see if it works. (I think it would be kinda cool) And you could print a non propellant resin nossle to test it with. (sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language)
Future Video Idea: You definitely should try making flash powder, maybe the one with aluminum and potassium nitrate, taking the precautions. With that, you could make rocket propellant, or even a mortar, to change a bit. It is a good experience and very fun process. PD: Integza you are unique, continue doing this type of content, we love it!
Future Video Idea: Hey Integza, I'm currently studying for a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Your videos and experiments intrigue me, and right now I'm on a binge of a lot of your past rocket engine builds. Love your ideas, but the past few rocket designs I've seen haven't really show much as to performance other than "IT MOVES!" or "IT BLEW UP!" as rocket engines sometimes do. I'd love to see a comparison video of sorts that brings your past inventions together in a competition to see what does the best. You could use a number of experiments to measure a "winner" such as TWR, fuel efficiency, engine cost, reliability, and maybe factor in the time spent making them. I think this would be a fun video and truly show the progress you've made in the past few years with your different engines. Thank you!
If you need help with soldering, I've been soldering for most of my life and can give you some advice. First of all your set-up and equipment makes a big difference, especially for tiny SMD level stuff. You can certainly use those direct plug in hobbyists irons but they're best for big stuff or large through hole soldering. What you want is a soldering station that can regulate it's temperature and you can control that temperature with a dial or buttons. The reason temperature is important is because when too cold the solder won't melt completely to wet the two surfaces and you'll get a cold joint, too hot and all the flux will burn off really fast and the solder will start acting weird, wanting to go everywhere and get stringy and follow the iron tip. When your temperature and flux is just right the solder acts like a water droplet on a hydrophobic surface, it has a lot of surface tension and only wants to spread out on metal. But again using a hot direct plug in hobbyists iron all the flux burns off too fast before the solder can both spread out in the joint, and consolidate itself into the least surface area through surface tension when you remove the iron. For the iron itself you want one that you can change the tips because using the proper tip is also important, too small and you won't get enough heat into the joint and too big you'll be hitting everything around the joint. Another added benefit of these stations is that you can change the heating element or tip as they wear out also if the temperature can be set low enough you can use these stations for plastic welding, you set the temp to just above the glass transition temperature of the plastic you're working with and have a dedicated tip just for plastic welding. If you get into more advanced stuff it also helps A LOT to preheat the board on a hotplate or in an oven before soldering, not hot enough to melt the solder on the board but hot enough so that touching the iron to a joint is enough to bump the joint up to a liquid state and the rest of the board around the joint isn't pulling heat away because it's already warm. Now for the soldering. You don't have to add any flux if your set-up is correct because there should be flux in the center of the solder wire. But for learning and delicate stuff adding flux during soldering and cleaning it off with isopropyl after wont hurt anything. You want your iron tip to be shiny and clean, that's a big factor in using too much heat because a dirty tip is insulated from the joint and so you turn the temperature of the iron up to get the heat through that layer. While the iron is heating up you want to hold the solder wire to the tip so it immediately gets tinned, or wet with solder. When up to temp the iron is too hot if you get a big puff of smoke whenever you touch the solder wire too the iron, that's all the flux burning off you want a slow steady stream of smoke coming from the tip. Now you want a wet sponge or copper brillo pad to wipe the tip on to remove excess solder and keep the tip clean. When you go in to solder something I like to have a tiny bit of solder on the tip to help with heat transfer into the joint but it's not necessary. The important part is that you heat up the joint first with the iron tip then add the solder wire directly to the joint. What happens is the flux in the solder wire melts first and coats the joint, if you hit the iron tip first the flux can get burnt off by the tip before any gets into the joint. Next the solder itself turns to a liquid and follows the flux into the joint. Because the flux is there the solder wants to wet the metal and spread into the joint through capillary action and surface tension. Then you want to remove the iron before all the flux is burnt off so that the liquid solder can consolidate to the minimum surface area through surface tension.
Great video, as always! A tip for rocket building is using the OpenMotor software, it's used to optimize (in some cases) the nozzle geometry. Another good software is Propep 3, for calculating the chemical properties of the propellants
As a future theme for a video i would like to see a tug of war between to minicars propelled by rockets. It would compare initial energy vs longer burns
You should try to make a linear aero spike engine. It’s pretty much a normal aero spike engine but with a ton of combustion chambers lined up in a row(hence the name) that are directed at a curved piece that directs the thrust down.
If you want better performance with AP or KNO3 propellants, you should add some powdered aluminum. Adding small amounts of Fe2O3 (rust) can also make it burn faster.
I would love to see you making a Ramjet engine considering you have made so many jet engines this would fit right into the collection, and it would also be a joy to see you recreate the type of engine the infamous SR-71 blackbird used. But overall, it would be an interesting project to see.
@@valvatorez8517 They need some speed to get the ram compression effect, maybe not mach 1 but close to it anyway. IIRC the SR-71 had turbojets with bypass ducts that basically made them ramjets at high speed. There was an experimental helicopter with ramjets on the tips, a setup like that could work for testing, but it would need to be big and spin at very high RPM's so it would be super dangerous.
@@valvatorez8517 the idea behind ramjet is that the air is coming in with so much energy that it can compress itself with just a little bit of mechanical advantage (a wedge). The air has to be coming in pretty darn fast in order to have enough force.
@@alexanderm2702 But thats a helicopter and dumb idea, but just a small engine would be fine. And for the problem for the speed; ive seen people used compressed air to achieve those speeds so i thought there might be some potential for it
Just a tip ( although late lol) when wondering iv been doing it about 10 years flux only helps a little, high temp for short time and good solder makes your dreams come true, make an led cube it’ll help you with your quick solder but forgiving and you should been better by the end of it I love soldering now
Hello Integza. I think great subject for a video would be to make a working turbo pump, like the ones used for liquid rocket engines. And who knows?, If you get one to work, you might end up using it for a liquid rocket engine sometime in the future! You can make a turbopump to pump water as a demonstration of the concept using some form of enclosed combustion to power the turbopump and inject colored waters into a clear combustion chamber to illustrate how fuel & oxidizer are injected
@@mrbeastfan1015 just report those as soon as you spot one, I'm yet to see youtube actually do anything after a scam comment gets reported, but maybe if they get flooded with reports they'll get of their asses and remove them.
I did some rocket propellent tests a few years back and found that a good 50/50 split of potassium nitrate and sugar worked best! Still absolutely loved the video :)
I would love to see what goes into making a video. The research, planning and modeling of parts. A tour of your workshop and tools. Even how you film your videos, how long it takes, etc.
Yes, I came to the same conclusion, I messaged them on telegram to try my luck but they wanted $140 for shipping and were ‘giving away’ a different 3d printer to an ended 3, sucks that people that that will actually profit from something like this..
I'm seeing a lot of articles coming up about defense contractors working on hydrogen jet engines. That seems right up your alley to try it yourself, and could make for a really fun and educational future video!
I think the logical next step is to 3d print some molds so you can shape that shockingly effective last mixture into different shapes with different burn characteristics. Just make sure you test them outside lol!
I got ideas for your next video. 1. Creating a functioning and explaining 3 point gyros such as in spacecraft. 2. Create a unit that has microphone and speaker set with the objective of figuring out perfect background noise canceling such as the ones used in phone calls. 3. Creating a simple or complicated device that can figure out 4 things; direction, altitude, speed and horizon. Such as the ones used in airspace and new high-end cars as party trick. 4. Creating a drone with adjustable blade angles (such as in helicopters) and I want you to show how different anges can affect thrust and power consumption, and how it can be used to in different manner (ie. Turn, carry heavy objects, change center of trust, change the angle of attack, etc)
Hello integza, I'm a huge fan and l have actually been building my own rockets lately, u r one of my favorite youtubers besides Mark Robert or Peter stripol
i would love to see you make an underwater rocket ( that s probably called a torpedo ) and luch it , would be cool if you could make it go crazy fast and see the slomo of that
Make a video showing what an actual launch of all those propellants looks like. Not just thrust tests. Visually showing how they perform. Thank you for the content. Its always great and hilarious.
You should make a liquid nitrogen + boiling water propelled rocket engine or kind of reaction control system / RCS kind of like in this video! ua-cam.com/video/1a1iHUd_14Q/v-deo.html
The sugar one could be the best, you should just heat the mix till it melts and put in the combustion chamber. When it gets cold will be solid like a rock. I did it, is just awesome
Video idea….. make a jet engine utilising a toroidal fan at the front to focus the air flow into the compressor. You could also replace the turbine with a spiral tan, such as the nozzle you made for the CO2 rocket, thus focusing the thrust.
As far as soldering goes it might be worth testing different types to see which works best for you. Solders without lead in them can behave differently from ones with it in the solder composition. It might also be worth investing in a soldering station with a temperature control.
Video idea: make a tomato-destroying guided missile with multiple stages. Maybe you could collab with another youtuber! Would be a great video to see you bombing tomatoes. Or make a bombing plane that drops tomatoes. Why? Because tomatoes are disgusting!
Tomatoes are disgusting!
Its illegal to make guided missile
bsp space is a good colab
@@MinerKingX me?
Easiest way to get a visit from the feds :)
@@douglasomard9601 No it is not illegal at all provided the intent is not to use them for offensive intentions IE: With the intent of it being used solely a weapon!!! Prime example is the use of self landing tech made by another UA-cam channel... that is without a doubt the exact definition of a guided rocket it gets launched and is expected to control its own flight until landing.
When it’s done in a lab it’s science but when it’s done in a garage it’s called a felony
True lol
Hahaha best thing ive seen all day
And in the house it’s a bad idea.
Science is when you do the same thing over and over again hoping for the same result.
Because knowledge is power and your not allowed power 🤣🤣🤣
I'm currently studying Aero engineering. My team and I are finishing up a new propellant mixture and are getting ready to characterize it. Our base is Ammonium perchlorate, a few different sized grains of aluminum powder, copper, and a small list of other ingredients to help the casting process. Turns out making a solid rocket motor is a lot more like cooking, everyone has their preferred ingredients as MIT has a similar formula they named "Cherry limeade", look it up it's pretty cool. We added copper(and other tweaks) to sway the performance, ISP and whatnot, towards our goals and for a gatorade light blue flame :)
cool! where are you studying?
Cool my project we did a small Higgs boson and put in a rocket engine proposal
I just love science. That's all I have to say. 🤣
Yeah that's commonly called APCP, or Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant. It's a pretty standard rocket propellant composition. The copper is just for looks as it oxidizes and creates that blue flame. Otherwise it serves the same role as the aluminum powder.
Cherry limeade is worst than Kitchen made Kno3 sugar they just use it for research purposes because it is cheap.
Future Video Idea:
Small electric motor that is driven by a smaller motor attached to the wheels of an RC car, the electricity produced will power the larger motor. In turn creating a forever lasting electric motor.
Future Video Idea:
Make an external combustion engine that moves a mechanised system to power itself repeatedly. Like an auto loader adding wood or coal into itself to heat water in a steam engine.
I refer you to the first law of thermodynamics
@@_skyyskater indeed
Not quite how that works but close. The motor would produce some electricity but hardly any, also when you apply a load to the motor it would make it even harder to turn thus turning it into a brake. But I see where your coming from and why you would recommend it in fact I even tried it myself once and even came to the conclusion that I'm telling now.
That's not how electricity works
Most of you guys missed the joke.
Some things I want to point out:
- You need certain types of charcoal for "usable" black powder. Namely willow, balsa etc.
- You need to ball mill the potassium nitrate for nearly all KNO3 based propellants. Please invest in one, as it's also safer.
- Be careful when you compact your black powder rocket motors. Any cracks developed during manufacture/burning would lead to an explosion. I like using a press better than a mallet.
- The thing used for the match heads is not red phosphorus. It's a mix of chlorate/perchlorate oxidizer, some sort of fuel, glue and stuff. The phosphorus is actually in the striker paper. Phosphorus is some nasty stuff, please do not experiment with them.
- Rocket candy is famous because both the oxidizer and the fuel can be dissolved in water, thus eliminating any grinding in the manufacturing process. It seems like you didn't actually make the "candy" and just used the powder mixture, which would require some good grinding, probably with a ball mill.
- Acetone would not ruin nitrocellulose, but the amount of solvent in the mixture can determine the burn ratio. IIRC, the solvent content is precisely controlled to modify the burn rate of the powder in firearm ammunition.
- Perchlorates are really powerful oxidizers, I would recommend you start with KNO3 first. Store them safely, until you have access to a better lab/testing site.
Be careful and have fun.
Ball mills would be kinda bad idea imho because if you take the wrong milling medium there can be sparks while milling leading to... unhappy moments
@@Blutwind But you wouldn't be near the explosion, that's the point of ball milling. Remote location, extension cord, barricade. Also lead/brass almost never spark, and ball milling gives incomparably higher quality product.
@@glitchygarden6973
I recommend mixing ammonium perchlorate with in the acetone/nitrocellulose goo. This mixture is really powerful.
@@glitchygarden6973 you need not buy a ball mill. You can make one yourself by using normal steel containers, glass balls used as a toy and a motor
@@architakumar2579 Yeah, DIY ballmills are pretty cheap/easy to make and work just as well as the commercial ones. Glass media is controvercial though.
I feel like all your videos are building up to one big project and honestly I am here for that!
i feel like all these videos lead up to the destruction of Portugal
a nuclear ramjet
I'm calling it again: Integza is gonna reach Mars before Doge Man does. He's busy with his latest toy bird now anyways.
I suspect he will build a manned suborbital rocket to fly himself to North America...😊
In this video I'm sending my sister into orbit!
The phosphorus is in the striker strip, the match heads are made from potassium chlorate, glass powder and a binder/fuel
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Yeah
Video Idea: use the last formulae but make the rocket as big as possible and see what you can launch 🚀
That would be pretty cool!
That would really be interesting
That transition at 1:51 was fantastic. Don't think we didn't notice it.
Integza,
when I have made KNO3+sucrose rocket-candy, I have used a 2:1 weight ratio dissolved in water with a small amount of karo syrup and ferrous oxide powder, gradually heated and continuously stirred until it was dehydrated into a very thick paste. this super-saturated solution under low heat co-crystalizes the components. the paste while hot is to be handled much like taffy, pressed into the mold used to shape the fuel grain. done correctly, while it is hot to prevent inclusion of voids, this produces a solid grain and creates a very uniform burn when ignited.
if you do this, use a water-buffered double-boiler for *SAFETY* as this will prevent the paste from heating to its auto-ignition temperature.
and don't do it inside your home, even with a double-boiler... just... trust me on this.
I would like to add that the best way to clean the pot afterwards is to throw a lit match in it and STEP BACK lol it goes up pretty hard. Outdoors only!
Thanks for the detailed recipe & process!
@@DEtchells use in good health! have fun but, as ever with energetic chemistry, err on the side of safety.
@@gordonpromish9218 Understood: I’ve been religiously safety-conscious ever since a table saw kickback came within inches of castrating me a decade or two back 😮
Video idea :
No blade less fan on a rc car with (some important like inserting the ionic thruster in the tube because some thrust going outwards)
You can place 2 jets on 2 small linked cars in opposite directions and thus see which one is the best
---------- VIDEO IDEA----------
-------- laser-guided rocket-----
Once you have a rocket with movable fins you could put a night vision camera that would see IR light on the front. An infrared laser would be the brightest spot to the camera. With some Vision code you could program the fins to guide the rocket to the brightest spot. This could be used for long range use against tomatoes.
Here's a theme for a future video: a bulletproof polycarbonate enclosure so you can test your rockets without killing yourself or destroying your house!
You've also learned the golden rule: always order at least two of anything you need for a custom build! The tinkering and testing will inevitably destroy your first one.
So true!
Always order at least two - ah, the 'Deathstar' rule (an evolution of the Sith rule of 'there are always two') - order as many as you can afford, the bigger the better!
@@drone-time I'll call it the Sagan-Hadden rule: first rule of government spending, why build one when you can have two at twice the price, but this one you can keep secret!
Nail; head.
But then he'll just kill himself testing the bulletproof enclosure.
Integza you should make a rocket launch competition with the 3 best propellants you made and a small rocket.
Future Video Idea: Create a water powered rocket! First, use electrolysis to turn the water into hydrogen and oxygen. Then use both hydrogen and oxygen in order to produce thrust!
Yes! That is an awesome idea!
video idea:
try building a rocket with your nozzles you already built and launch it.
Quick correction: the red stuff on the match sticks IS NOT phosphorous, it is mix of sulfur and chlorate salts. Phosphorous is on the side of match box. Also nitrocelulose should not be destroyed when dissolved in acetone.
Edit: I AM FAMOUS, THANKS Y'ALL
Correction to your correction: Actually, phosphorus sulfide is normally found in the heads of Strike Anywhere matches. Along with potassium chlorate, sulfur, and glass powder.
He was correct 👍
@@J.C... Correction to your correction of the correction: Even though you are right, that only applies to strike anywhere matches,which have some phosphorus on the tip of the match, which those were not, hence the need for the phosphorus strip on the side of the box.
@@J.C... But they were not strike anywhere matches. If they were, he would've gotten a big surprise when he crushed them.
@@J.C... you are wrong, goofy
Exactly!!! Didn't he watch Breaking Bad??
Definitely appreciate the changing desktop backgrounds for the different explanations and introductions of propellants.
Also, the voice over and text responses.
"Yup!" 🤣
Every time I watch one of your videos I leave Impressed you're alive
Here's a theme for a future video:
How to turn a rocket into a weapon of destruction, A step by step on what NOT to do with a rocket to make it into a weapon of destruction!
And use a bulletproof polycarbonate enclosure so you can test this invention without killing yourself or destroying your house!
you should try to make a 3d-printed rocket car, since launching a rocket in europe is kind of a tricky thing to do. otherwise that would have been a fun idea too
this would be fun indeed
one word, YES
yes please
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I think it would be cool if you could make a jet engine run off a wood gasifier. I think the idea of something technologically advanced like a jet engine powered by something so basic as burning wood is really interesting.
love your vids! keep em going!
3:15 never grind black powder together. Grind the charcoal separately and then mix all three together.
A ballmill with lead balls or ceramic is the way to go. Obviously not indoors.
I'm Sure He didn't
He Said Grind everything and then mix it together
He Just showed the grinding of the charcoal thats the Same colour as the black powder
@@blueredbrick remotely operated in a pit
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Hey integza why don't you make a portable, lightweight jet engine(maybe by using metal 3D printing) so that you can attach it onto a RC plane as most of the people who make jet engine powered RC plane use factory made model jet engines which is also cool but it would be fun to see a complete DIY jet powered rc plane (collaboration with UA-camr like peter sripol might be possible😉 ) .
I haven't read all the comments so this might already have been mentioned, but match sticks don't typically have phosphors in them. The red phosphorus is in the striker paper (ie on the box) and reacts with the chlorate salt in the head. Strike anywhere matches are somewhat different.
I have also mentioned this, because the parts he's describing are very close to accidentally making a grenade. Someone could get very hurt with this misunderstanding.
Iirc the head of the matches is commonly made of Potassium Chlorate (or Chloride, cant quite remember)
To be honest the video was done a bit badly, should be remade
You should absolutely do a part 2 of this. Make it a series!
You should try Zinc sulfur (ZnS) mix with a tiny amount of aluminum powder added in to increase the heat and make the burn more efficient. I don't know how good the thrust would be but flame color would be amazing.
It's insanely dangerous
And it will probably melt the resin
@@DandSCreations if It's insanely dangerous then we should definitely do it.
Dont do it. Its dangerous
Hard to see the flame of zinc/sulfur through all the white smoke.
Poor isp but an incredible burn rate!
my idea: you can mix all the different types of propellants with different amounts of ratios and see which is the best
thats like when you mix all the paints together and you just get brown.
@@UnitSe7en but its not about the colors its about the thrust and the different types of results we get when testing them
and remember its not painting it's rocketry
@@divyanshmahida8267 yeah but the thrust equivalent will just be the same if not worse. Propellants have specific ratios for a reason
@@zacharyj6465 that's why I mentioned ratios just try it with different ratios
@@divyanshmahida8267 and thats exactly why I mentioned that it will fuck it up. Ratios are not figured out through trial and error, they're determined through molecular weight. And if they end up getting offset from their stoichemetric ratio then it loses performance heavily. Also since this guy clearly can't do the math for his engines properly, this would go horribly.
I like how genuinely nice you are
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You kind of hinted at this, but could you try to 3d print rockets with a mixture of resin and ammonium perchlorate? If you are able to mix some into the resin and then put that in your printer and it might work as a hard rocket fuel, and you would be able to print custom designs into the fuel.
I would absolutely want to run that outdoors away from any structures or people. It’s a really cool idea though. You’d probably have to have some sort of stirring/circulation system so the perchlorate doesn’t sink or float in the resin depending on density. A simple overhead stirrer or magnetic stirring might work.
You should probably invest in a Mythbusters style blast shield if you plan on continuing to blow up, er I mean test, 3D printed rockets. Shrapnel is no joke, stay safe!
Yup, I don't know how protected he is during the tests but that garage door could have been his face :(
If this series of discovery and inquiry never travel beyond your lab and channel it has all been totally worth it to see how you have gone through all the amazing iterations of thrust generation! Awesome work (a little dangerous, but that makes it fun for us!).
Future Video Idea:
Make a smaller scale robot and program it with different things that the viewers would want to see!!
Another great video, thanks for it.
You should make a video with all the catastrophic failures you've had! Nice fail montage but then show the success at the end. Honestly you have come a long way with rockets!
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I would love to see you play around with ultrasonic levitation, maybe even sonoluminescence?
Ps. keep up the good work. Your employment at SpaceX is becoming a possibility.
He’s too smart to work at SpaceX
@@Roomsaver I did aim a bit low.
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Make a supersonic rocket nozzle and produce mach diamond pattern at the exit. It looks great. Pa>>Pe. Do it with the current home made fuels. It will produce a good thrust. And yes I need that 3D printer 😅✌️✌️✌️
PLASMA ROCKET !!!!!!!! That's what the Brazil wants to see !!!!
Idea:
Make a compact hydrogen generator and use it as propellant for a jet engine!
Video idea: Build a solid-fueled rocket and a liquid-fueled rocket and test them to find out which is more effective.
Liquid fuel rockets are better over all but solid fuel rockets are good for getting stuff off the ground
These videos have gotten so funky. Like a 70s funky. And it’s good
I made a couple rocket candy rockets a few years ago to test different mixture ratios, i used 3d printed PLA for the body and for the nozzle, using a dovetail to lock in the nozzle. Surprisingly the printed PLA body held up if printed thick enough, and the pla Nozzles worked fine for a single use. I like the idea of printable rocket fuel though!
Have you considered making a Light Emmiting Diode? I can't find anyone online that's ever made a home made LED. I think if it was scaled up it could be easier to produce because the component's may be more robust and easier to handle it.
This is a scam bot, you didnt win I almost fell for it.
You should get one of your rockets to fly and you can add an inertia guidance system to make it more interesting. You can target tomatoes after you get it to work 😁.
And maybe get arrested in the process, tons of fun!
@@user_kg imagine trying to scam ppl with comments, L
The zink and sulpher works very well. when I was a teenager I put the mixture in a used cocktail CO2 container with a small light bulb & battery. I used a flash bulb filament as a igniter. It took off early dusk could see it for a few seconds then lost sight of it. Made many rockets with that formula. I am 75 years old now.
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you should try and build an RC car(or plane) then use the final rocket from today's video to create some sort of speed boost. another idea could be to try and build a rocket-powered tesla turbine?
Ah yes, doing things experimentally.
A few months in the lab can often save a few hours in the library.
So much more fun, though!
Video idea: A rocket powered whistle, see if you can make the "nozzle" into a whistle and then see how loud you can get it and how it compares to traditional lung powered whistles.
well lol
To make the rocket powered whistle even louder he could use whistle mix as rocket fuel, it is made from sodium benzoate and potassium perchlorate. but be careful,it explodes if you hit it with a hammer!
@@XXXXPyrofreakXXXX Sounds like it would be right up his alley 🤣
High and tight makes Integza look a bit like a mad scientist. The glasses really amp it up. In conclusion, I really love it man!! Keep on rock in’ in the free world
I would like to see a "best of combination" of all your propellant and nozzle testing into an actual (small) rocket and see how high you can get
Video idea: What if you built a 3D printer with an induction coil hotend? That way you could 3d print with any conductive metal like copper wire etc.
It solidifies very quickly , the layers won't stick or even neighbouring particles. Metal printing is done with lasers where they melt the entire layer at once.
Great work!
My idea is: that you should try to disolve some oxidizer into the 3D resin and try to print it and see if it works. (I think it would be kinda cool) And you could print a non propellant resin nossle to test it with. (sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language)
it would probably explode in the 3d printer
but cool idea
He already did that and it works barely
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You definitely should try making flash powder, maybe the one with aluminum and potassium nitrate, taking the precautions. With that, you could make rocket propellant, or even a mortar, to change a bit. It is a good experience and very fun process.
PD: Integza you are unique, continue doing this type of content, we love it!
Nice idea, that mixture is safer than candy, and does not need cooking. It would be excellent if he sees it and could try it.
Hey, that's cool, flash powder is more efficient than other fuels, Cheers from Brazil
Thats a good propellant and easier to make. It will open him new doors to continue without much complication.
WOWWW Im so excited to se that video if integza reads it. 🚀🚀🚀
Future Video Idea:
Hey Integza,
I'm currently studying for a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Your videos and experiments intrigue me, and right now I'm on a binge of a lot of your past rocket engine builds. Love your ideas, but the past few rocket designs I've seen haven't really show much as to performance other than "IT MOVES!" or "IT BLEW UP!" as rocket engines sometimes do. I'd love to see a comparison video of sorts that brings your past inventions together in a competition to see what does the best. You could use a number of experiments to measure a "winner" such as TWR, fuel efficiency, engine cost, reliability, and maybe factor in the time spent making them. I think this would be a fun video and truly show the progress you've made in the past few years with your different engines. Thank you!
Damn, the scam bot could've at least liked my comment
If you need help with soldering, I've been soldering for most of my life and can give you some advice. First of all your set-up and equipment makes a big difference, especially for tiny SMD level stuff. You can certainly use those direct plug in hobbyists irons but they're best for big stuff or large through hole soldering. What you want is a soldering station that can regulate it's temperature and you can control that temperature with a dial or buttons. The reason temperature is important is because when too cold the solder won't melt completely to wet the two surfaces and you'll get a cold joint, too hot and all the flux will burn off really fast and the solder will start acting weird, wanting to go everywhere and get stringy and follow the iron tip. When your temperature and flux is just right the solder acts like a water droplet on a hydrophobic surface, it has a lot of surface tension and only wants to spread out on metal. But again using a hot direct plug in hobbyists iron all the flux burns off too fast before the solder can both spread out in the joint, and consolidate itself into the least surface area through surface tension when you remove the iron. For the iron itself you want one that you can change the tips because using the proper tip is also important, too small and you won't get enough heat into the joint and too big you'll be hitting everything around the joint. Another added benefit of these stations is that you can change the heating element or tip as they wear out also if the temperature can be set low enough you can use these stations for plastic welding, you set the temp to just above the glass transition temperature of the plastic you're working with and have a dedicated tip just for plastic welding. If you get into more advanced stuff it also helps A LOT to preheat the board on a hotplate or in an oven before soldering, not hot enough to melt the solder on the board but hot enough so that touching the iron to a joint is enough to bump the joint up to a liquid state and the rest of the board around the joint isn't pulling heat away because it's already warm.
Now for the soldering. You don't have to add any flux if your set-up is correct because there should be flux in the center of the solder wire. But for learning and delicate stuff adding flux during soldering and cleaning it off with isopropyl after wont hurt anything. You want your iron tip to be shiny and clean, that's a big factor in using too much heat because a dirty tip is insulated from the joint and so you turn the temperature of the iron up to get the heat through that layer. While the iron is heating up you want to hold the solder wire to the tip so it immediately gets tinned, or wet with solder. When up to temp the iron is too hot if you get a big puff of smoke whenever you touch the solder wire too the iron, that's all the flux burning off you want a slow steady stream of smoke coming from the tip. Now you want a wet sponge or copper brillo pad to wipe the tip on to remove excess solder and keep the tip clean. When you go in to solder something I like to have a tiny bit of solder on the tip to help with heat transfer into the joint but it's not necessary. The important part is that you heat up the joint first with the iron tip then add the solder wire directly to the joint. What happens is the flux in the solder wire melts first and coats the joint, if you hit the iron tip first the flux can get burnt off by the tip before any gets into the joint. Next the solder itself turns to a liquid and follows the flux into the joint. Because the flux is there the solder wants to wet the metal and spread into the joint through capillary action and surface tension. Then you want to remove the iron before all the flux is burnt off so that the liquid solder can consolidate to the minimum surface area through surface tension.
Great video, as always! A tip for rocket building is using the OpenMotor software, it's used to optimize (in some cases) the nozzle geometry.
Another good software is Propep 3, for calculating the chemical properties of the propellants
As a future theme for a video i would like to see a tug of war between to minicars propelled by rockets.
It would compare initial energy vs longer burns
love the glasses! much fun here
You should make a rocket powered tomato blender...
You should try to make a linear aero spike engine. It’s pretty much a normal aero spike engine but with a ton of combustion chambers lined up in a row(hence the name) that are directed at a curved piece that directs the thrust down.
Do you know how hard that would be😂
Those glassed are crazy, I love em
This is amazing!!!!!!!
Make a rocket powered by tomatoes to drop a tomatoe from the highest hight it got
good video. I like
thanks integza for you give to another person the printer
Man, you're looking sharp in this one!
If you want better performance with AP or KNO3 propellants, you should add some powdered aluminum. Adding small amounts of Fe2O3 (rust) can also make it burn faster.
I would love to see you making a Ramjet engine considering you have made so many jet engines this would fit right into the collection, and it would also be a joy to see you recreate the type of engine the infamous SR-71 blackbird used. But overall, it would be an interesting project to see.
Ramjets require supersonic air to be effective, AFAIK
@@_skyyskater i thought they could operate at any speed, basically a rocket jet engine\
@@valvatorez8517 They need some speed to get the ram compression effect, maybe not mach 1 but close to it anyway. IIRC the SR-71 had turbojets with bypass ducts that basically made them ramjets at high speed.
There was an experimental helicopter with ramjets on the tips, a setup like that could work for testing, but it would need to be big and spin at very high RPM's so it would be super dangerous.
@@valvatorez8517 the idea behind ramjet is that the air is coming in with so much energy that it can compress itself with just a little bit of mechanical advantage (a wedge). The air has to be coming in pretty darn fast in order to have enough force.
@@alexanderm2702 But thats a helicopter and dumb idea, but just a small engine would be fine. And for the problem for the speed; ive seen people used compressed air to achieve those speeds so i thought there might be some potential for it
Just a tip ( although late lol) when wondering iv been doing it about 10 years flux only helps a little, high temp for short time and good solder makes your dreams come true, make an led cube it’ll help you with your quick solder but forgiving and you should been better by the end of it I love soldering now
Hello Integza. I think great subject for a video would be to make a working turbo pump, like the ones used for liquid rocket engines. And who knows?, If you get one to work, you might end up using it for a liquid rocket engine sometime in the future! You can make a turbopump to pump water as a demonstration of the concept using some form of enclosed combustion to power the turbopump and inject colored waters into a clear combustion chamber to illustrate how fuel & oxidizer are injected
I’d love to see you experiment with this more by manipulating the grain profile of the motor to Influence burn speeds.
I'd love to see a video on using pressurized liquid propellants.
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@@mrbeastfan1015 just report those as soon as you spot one, I'm yet to see youtube actually do anything after a scam comment gets reported, but maybe if they get flooded with reports they'll get of their asses and remove them.
For a future video you could toy around with rocket nozzle designs? Different bulby shapes, simple cones, and length makes a big difference too
I did some rocket propellent tests a few years back and found that a good 50/50 split of potassium nitrate and sugar worked best! Still absolutely loved the video :)
I love these rocket experiments keep it up friend!
I would love to see what goes into making a video. The research, planning and modeling of parts. A tour of your workshop and tools. Even how you film your videos, how long it takes, etc.
Hello, my comment got picked as well, but I have to pay for delivery of the printer. Do you have the same ‘problem’?
@@albert9271 I'm certain that this is a scam. I didn't even respond.
Yes, I came to the same conclusion, I messaged them on telegram to try my luck but they wanted $140 for shipping and were ‘giving away’ a different 3d printer to an ended 3, sucks that people that that will actually profit from something like this..
Love the accidental discovery reenactments!
I'm seeing a lot of articles coming up about defense contractors working on hydrogen jet engines. That seems right up your alley to try it yourself, and could make for a really fun and educational future video!
I think the logical next step is to 3d print some molds so you can shape that shockingly effective last mixture into different shapes with different burn characteristics. Just make sure you test them outside lol!
Video idea:
Make a 3d printed working raptor engine(spacex)
In the process you can demonstrate how it works
Keep doing what you are doing it's awesome
That is a cool idea for people interested in engines and engineering, definitely worth looking into.
I got ideas for your next video.
1. Creating a functioning and explaining 3 point gyros such as in spacecraft.
2. Create a unit that has microphone and speaker set with the objective of figuring out perfect background noise canceling such as the ones used in phone calls.
3. Creating a simple or complicated device that can figure out 4 things; direction, altitude, speed and horizon. Such as the ones used in airspace and new high-end cars as party trick.
4. Creating a drone with adjustable blade angles (such as in helicopters) and I want you to show how different anges can affect thrust and power consumption, and how it can be used to in different manner (ie. Turn, carry heavy objects, change center of trust, change the angle of attack, etc)
Hello integza, I'm a huge fan and l have actually been building my own rockets lately, u r one of my favorite youtubers besides Mark Robert or Peter stripol
The resin prints held up nicely. I'd like to see a simple internal combustion engine scale model with the resin for the next video.
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Send a tomato to space.
i would love to see you make an underwater rocket ( that s probably called a torpedo ) and luch it , would be cool if you could make it go crazy fast and see the slomo of that
The comedic timing on sponsor time, made me not skip the ad first time. I was still laughing 😂
Build a hover board using monopropellant 😁
hes teaching us how to make explosives next time make a guided rocket (safely) like bps space i allways wanted to see a javalin like petershripol
yeah thats a great idea lmao
i want files
for my 3d channel
That was so cool
you could use the propellant from the firework as a motor for a two-stage parachute rocket and launch it as well
Make a ramjet engine in a future video
Yes!! Do exactly that!
Αδερφε δεν έχω κερδίσει ούτε καρβέλι ψωμί σε λαχνό από Πανηγύρι …κάνε κάτι να πάρουμε τον εκτυπωτή
Now all we need is to chuck these SRB's under a rocket and let it fly!
clearly the next step up is a jet engine project! i would love to see that as a theme for a future video!
Make a video showing what an actual launch of all those propellants looks like. Not just thrust tests. Visually showing how they perform. Thank you for the content. Its always great and hilarious.
You should make a liquid nitrogen + boiling water propelled rocket engine or kind of reaction control system / RCS kind of like in this video! ua-cam.com/video/1a1iHUd_14Q/v-deo.html
The sugar one could be the best, you should just heat the mix till it melts and put in the combustion chamber. When it gets cold will be solid like a rock. I did it, is just awesome
Video idea….. make a jet engine utilising a toroidal fan at the front to focus the air flow into the compressor. You could also replace the turbine with a spiral tan, such as the nozzle you made for the CO2 rocket, thus focusing the thrust.
As far as soldering goes it might be worth testing different types to see which works best for you. Solders without lead in them can behave differently from ones with it in the solder composition. It might also be worth investing in a soldering station with a temperature control.