Tomorrow the Mythbusters fly Civil War period rockets! Should be a fun episode to watch as Jamie and Adam built a couple of rockets straight from the Civil War era!
Erik Gates Gates Brothers Rocketry
Mythbusters Confederate Rocket Episode
Oct 26, 2005
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Thanks for the heads up Eric.
Randy
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Excellent episode! Plus, a little bit of historical info...educational(gasp) as well. If I were Jamie and Adam though, I do believe I would've re-thought that indoor static test, though! {:>/
You have to wonder about a crew that isn't afraid of making guncotton or that indoor test, but is for pressing BP.
I mean yes,the ACW instructions are scary with pounding the powder with a wooden mallet, but they could have farmed that out to a real firework company that use updated methods for pressing BP than beating each cupfull of powder with a hammer after its been poured into the casing.
Rather than nitrous/wax, they should have done the mother of all candy motors, or zinc/sulphur
** mike **
I think that the hybrid should have burned outside. It would have looked much better. But it was a cool show.
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