The ARocket Igniter Project

05/19/03 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

Andrew Case has been working on a bi-prop igniter that is engineered to be able to handle multiple propellant types (GOX/Propane, NO2/Isopropanol, even Ethane if he can find it). In response to a discussion on ARocket about a 'group project', Andrew volunteered to 'donate' the information that he had developed so far. Duncan McDonald has begun using the Rocket WorkBench project on Sourceforge as a project repository. He is also blogging the project as well. While the project's main goal is to build an input-flexible bi-prop igniter/gas generator; a much more important secondary goal is to figure out what it takes to really use Open Source techniques for rocketry hardware.