• Troy
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    557 months ago

    Making amateur rockets and pipe bombs are basically identical – for a rocket, one end of the pipe is open. There’s a vibrant amateur rockets community nevertheless.

    • @[email protected]
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      437 months ago

      Not really, the whole point of a pipe bomb is for the reaction to happen as fast as possible. This is sub optimal for rocketry.

      • @[email protected]
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        257 months ago

        However, anyone who has tried to make their own DIY solid fuel model rocket motor has inevitably wound up with their first attempt being something between a small bomb and a large firework.

        My first attempt certainly was…

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        137 months ago

        A rocket makes for a bad, inefficient pipe bomb. But it’ll still take your hand off