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A glorious gas-passer rising from the playa, with a 20-second burn. This Hybriddyne rocket uses a hybrid liquid-solid motor similar to that used by Virgin Galactic. It has a large liquid nitrous oxide tank (comprising most of the rocket) with rubber propellant in the fin can area. This It had a glorious launch Sunday, reaching Mach 2.67

Update: Just uploaded the video

The hybrid motors have a smaller plume than the solids, and they sound like a very long fart.

3 responses to “The Hybrid R10000 Rocket Rising from the Dust”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Prepping at the pad, for a sense of scaleHybriddyne R10000 Rocket

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    jurvetson

    Update from the builder, Alex Pavlik: "So on a really brief post flight analysis without pulling Kate GPS data yet ….. Jeff an I have conversed and are semi in agreement, on injector failure eventually causing a burn through directly below the injector, followed by a Hard Left @ Mach 2.67 and you know what comes next… I was expecting 100k ft. minimum. Motor burnout Per RAS Aero said Mach 2.7M @ 28k ft… can’t wait to review flight data"

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    jurvetson

    And a couple more photos from Alex…
    Pad Cam:

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