• Troy
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    5510 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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      4310 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.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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        2510 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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        1310 months ago

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