Successful test firing of an amateur built liquid rocket engine

[Sunhillow]

Copenhagen suborbital test-fired their alcohol-LOX-engine for 30 seconds:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2...medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=MoreRecently

Well done, I say :thumbup:

"backyard rocketry" might be not the right place for this, but it also is not "spaceflight news"

 

[C3PO]

This one should be fun to watch.

 

[Phil Smith]

only thing I can say after that engine is WOW!
Great job!
So now my plans for such kind of engine (with LOX) became more realistic

 

[RacerX]

excellent! :thumbup:

 

[Phil Smith]

next step i guess is manufacture of a turbopump Seems I will be first to try it:lol: