Rocket
Science is for
Everyone!
Welcome
to my site; my name
is Bob Doran, and just like you, my passion is High Powered
Experimental Rocketry. I began this website at the age of 19 while
attending
Penn State University, majoring in the field of Electro-Mechanical
Engineering. I have now finished up my degree and am currently working full time as a Mechanical Engineer.
Rocketry was always my hobby, since I was seven or so.
Since then I have invested alot into this hobby, buying a metal lathe,
milling machine, welders, grinders, saws, more epoxy that imaginable, etc. This is
by no means an
inexpensive hobby, so if you are getting started into it make sure you
keep that in mind, because as soon as you launch your first rocket, you
will never be able to stop. I, like many other rocketeers, prefer to
build every part of my rockets, which includes the motors, in my
opinion the most challenging and fun part to build. I have
spent many hours reading through &
admiring James
Yawn's,
and Richard
Nakka's websites, both of which
are an excellent wealth of
rocketry knowledge.
This site also covers some of my other hobbies, noteable electronics
and chemistry.
Right
now Im
still working on this site, trying to get all the pages made and alot
of pictures. Last Updated: 1/5/16
Constructing
Motors
Propellants:
Proven Propellants:
- Ammonium Perchlorate #1 (AP,
PBAN, DER-331 Epoxy, Lampblack)
- Potassium Nitrate &
Sucrose (Sugar) Propellant
- Potassium Nitrate &
Sucrose (Sugar) with Iron Oxide
- Sorbitol & Potassium
Nitrate Propellant
- Sorbitol
& Potassium Nitrate with Iron Oxide
Experimental
Propellants (Unproven):
- Ammonium Nitrate Composite
- KNO3 Composite Propellant
Equipment:
Rockets:
Chemistry:
I recently began a new hobby; collecting elements. Of
course with
such a hobby comes alot of chemistry. Especially due to the fact that
whatever elements I can isolate by myself, I will. I believe it is much
more fulfilling and educational to isolate an element yourself than
just
purchase it from some online retailer in a little vial or ampoule. Here is how I built my periodic table wall display: Building the Periodic Table
Of course in addition to isolating elements there are many other
interesting experiments, so anything else that I document will be added
under the general chemistry section.
Isolating Elements:
General Chemistry Experiments:
