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[@robertzeurunkl8401]

3000+ feet? That's incredible! Well done, sugar rocket. No wonder my kids are bouncing around the room after drinking a lot of soda.

[@football-talk3602]

ahhahaha

[@dheeraj2947]

😆😆😆 They need Oxidizer too.

[@deei5130]

ok boomer

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

@@deei5130 Is that supposed to mean something?

[@mountainwobbles3568]

@@robertzeurunkl8401 It means hes a 25 year old single man who still lives with his parents, desperately clinging to his youth. I game online a lot, ive never met anyone who uses that term either A) appropriately or B) Without being a toxic d**khead

[@generalmax4252]

I give credit for both the sugar rocket and the pvc rocket. Great job guys!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zaquedavis3391]

Just hit 4:53 I already vote sugar due to the way that dude looks. He knows rockets.

[@carl-ok9gn]

i absolutely love how this group of Americans with all the stereotypes of accents, remarks, looks etc fully in tact are doing something so amazing and the brits are watching it.

[@matija01]

Wtf are you talking about lol, is there any context?

[@charging_station2]

*That guy from the sugar rocket team is crazy, I like that!*

[@thevampz8353]

This was AMAZING I really enjoyed this. I like how this vid got straight to the point and it was cool keep it going people.

[@robertdraxel7175]

-Did you get it from the hardware store? - No Sir, it's a little bit more complicated than that, BUT IT'S BASICALLY PVC PIPE :)))))

[@Cardboard_Man]

That got me as well, like he got it from NASA.

[@inwg8156]

Well, yes, but actually, no 😂😂

[@Galaxius2117]

2:33 When NASA fails a rocket.

[@ThePOSM]

This is whaat ive been lookin for lol, love the PVC concept, i didnt even think thatd be so effective !

[@gametrench1255]

they used nighthawkinlight's video!

[@SGprooo]

GameTrench what's that

[@myname-pe2pe]

+SG pro another KZbinr

[@sohamadhikari2550]

i was just going to say that!

[@dlam2864]

i know right

[@MrBartleby451]

That's very dodgy - not even to acknowledge thats he using another KZbinrs video. Very poor.

[@spencertapp9183]

You didn’t give any credit to the video by NightHawk during the acrylic video

[@itsjustme4026]

I like how the pvc rocket was tested first then the Sugar one that just blew everyone

[@MeepMu]

Hey, please credit nighthawkinlight for his video which you used at 1:15

[@asasnat342]

no they have the right to use any footage they want if they are lazy

[@infinitepower6780]

@@asasnat342 Not legally speaking.

[@uraninite8151]

I'm sure they asked for permission

[@woolfy02]

That was awesome. I miss the days of building rockets similar to this.

[@barbecuesquirrel2324]

“Thousand 15 hundred feet”🤣

[@williamgottlieb8723]

5:59 Me on the can, a few hours after eating White Castles.

[@zapfanzapfan]

"Sugar rush" is a really good name for a rocket candy driven rocket :-)

[@Beemer917]

Jimmy's kinda... different? Indeed!

[@martinscaune4165]

The sparks in sugar rocket is from added in Iron (III) oxide for better combustion. This can make the fuel 20% more energetic, by increasing the burn rate.

[@Frisso92_]

Hi, I'm doing research about rocket propellants and the use of iron oxide for better combustion is really interesting. Can you elaborate on how does it work? I thought that it was a little like the sulfur in gunpowder, but I'm really not sure And especially, in what proportion is better for the combustion?

[@inverse2k1]

the iron oxide is well known in the field to be a catalyst in sugar based propellants, it increases the burn rate by quite a bit. The 'why' it works requires an explanation way behind the scope of this place, in very short, it lowers the reaction activation energy. @@Frisso92_

[@committedcoder3352]

Don't show this to North Korea, it will set them forward at least a year.

[@MB-to2wi]

They're too busy hacking South Korean crypto exchanges and making bulk $$$ for their god.

[@1takeroddy]

XxNexusxX a century

Lmfao

[@ralsei6279]

XxNexusxX lmao

[@userGGG702]

ww III, artificial sugar could save your life

[@Rocketpax]

Silly comparison. 38mm 4grain sugar motor, likely full "I" class(somewhere around 600Ns), vs a 29mm hybrid which likely came in at a "G" or "H" class(somewhere around 160-300Ns). They didn't really configure the competition to be highest altitude per motor volume, or propellant mass, or anything. They didn't use the same size rocket either. The Sugar motor was just plain bigger, and naturally if you compare a bigger motor and a smaller one, the bigger one will go higher.

[@ziongite]

This is what Hamas use in their Qassam rockets BTW, a sugar plus potassium nitrate mix. You can use fertiliser to get the potassium nitrate, which is probably where they get it. Once you pack enough in there, they are able to get their homemade rockets to go up to 30km in distance, which is pretty impressive, it also carries a 10kg explosive head.

[@rock3tcatU233]

When your rocket competition looks like the dude in pink, you know you've already lost before it even started.

[@daveslow84]

The sugar rocketeer is wonderfully flamboyant! Sweet guy! 😀

[@theone8308]

Or flamgirlant .😀

[@coriscotupi]

Back in the 60s, the kids down the street were making rockets using sugar + potassium nitrate as a propellent. All went well until one of the kids had a few fingers torn off when the rocket motor exploded on him, as he prepared to launch. I was still too young at the time to mess with any of that, but just a few years later I briefly experimented with rockets (but I used commercially available rocket motors). Then I moved on to RC airplanes, gliders and helicopters.

[@WNActivist88]

People had to learn that you cannot be next to it when it ignites, which is why we use electronic ignition systems now

[@coriscotupi]

@@WNActivist88 Oh yes, back when I played with rockets (1975) I also used electric ignition, keeping a safe distance away from the rocket. The commercially available motors came with igniters.

[@inverse2k1]

Kids. That is the main problem, although it's fun and a good learning experience, kids should benefit from the assistance of someone with actual experience in the field.

[@MadhukarSethi]

Superb... The power of Sugar

[@mojaverockets]

I agree not to mention so much easier to use than a nitrous hybrid.

[@velazquezarmouries]

Madhukar Sethi sugar rush of a rocket

[@lukedemaiter4496]

Indeed

[@jaakkooksa5374]

When I was a kid (I am fifty-one now) I used to make smoke bombs out of potassium nitrate and sugar. I do not remember the mixing ratio but a kilo of the stuff in an open container created a hell of a lot of smoke.

[@vic8717]

www.nakka-rocketry.net/smoke.html

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

65% KNO3 to 35% sugar. You can add in 1-2% iron oxide for a faster burn too, it creates a much denser smoke.

[@Alexagrigorieff]

"Sugar is a great fuel because it has so much Hydrogen in it". Nope. There is a reason they're called Carbohydrates. For every two atoms of Hydrogen in a carbohydrate molecule, there is an atom of Oxygen. The Hydrogen already wasted its energy. The only energy left to burn is from Carbon. This is also why alcohol is not as good fuel as gasoline.

[@hunterwheeler5510]

They’re not saying it’s better than other fuels, but for being sugar, a common household item that isn’t dangerous then it’s a good fuel

[@alonewalker7480]

Ture

[@seanhartman6496]

True. And sugar is also a very unstable molecule with a low burning temperature and lots of carbon so if you likened this sugar/potassium nitrate fuel to the more common black powder rocket motors, the sugar takes the place of both the carbon and sulphur in a common black powder mixture.

[@thespacecowboy420]

How about Pentane and Phosphotungstic acid for a fuel and oxidizer?

[@ChuckBeefOG]

You can make more power on alcohol than on gasoline in a blown big block V8

[@davidlalramsanpulamte3925]

Sugar is sweeter, hence will go higher? Very good answer.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TrueStrongNorth]

3:49 they made that veteran cover up what he was a veteran of...

[@dooleyfussle8634]

I tried to make one of these back in my grade school days using sugar and saltpetre as fuel in a tube made from aluminium foil wrapped around a pencil with cardboard fins. Big whoosh when ignited but failed to leave the ground because it blew out the nozzle I had fashioned in the Al. foil.

[@returnerreturner]

it looks so luxurious wow... I've just tried to make water rocket : )

[@returnerreturner]

@Alexander Chohan why are you so nervous? i was just trying to compliment them zzzz poor thing..

[@Lux158]

Did you ask #NightHawkInLight to use his video? 1:13 to 1:30

[@matthewsequoyah2665]

Dextrose Jimmy aka “Sugar” is the winner ! ! 😆😆😆

[@tommyzhao6600]

1:25 thats nighthawk in light

[@alextalkov8304]

Don't make mistake with sugar and dicstroze! C6H12O6 is glucose. Sugar is C12H22O11.Pirochemical.

[@wolflahti412]

Monosaccharides (dextrose, glucose, fructose, galactose) are C6H12O6, disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, lactose) are C12H22O11. All are "sugar".

[@ianjulius5185]

theyre both sugar

[@dcs002]

Dextrose = glucose. Just a different name.

[@OlaNordmann123]

Dextrose is glucose monohydrate. Basically glucose + water.

[@AndrewAgastusL]

Glucose and dextrose have same molecular formula but they differ in 3d arrangements

[@GRHmedia]

First, thing I noticed was the difference in size of engines. Sugar was a lot larger.

[@briancavanagh7048]

Was the weight of the propellant the same for both fuel types?

[@jamieanderson6786]

The hybrid with PVC lost a whole lot of Nitrous Oxide venting outside of the motor when fill tube stayed attached all the way up the tower. U/C valves are terrible for this, especially in such small motor.

[@lifeiseither4045]

Ingenious 101

[@philkennedy342]

I love rocketeers there all mental great stuff 👍👍👍

[@michaeldilger9582]

What if your KNO3 and sugar rocket is in a PVC tube?!

[@kalleklp7291]

You will essentially get a boosted rocket motor using solid fuel.Another take on it is to use PVC granulate mixed in with the sugar and the KNO3, which works quite well too. A little rocket I made once ended flight at 556 m..

[@diogoppereira]

But what kind of pvc do they use?

[@Mrcatpants56]

Nasa wants to know your location

[@michaelgeorge4780]

No need to yell

[@dannydetonator]

@Light Maestro You never use plastic containment for a burning chamber, loco o que?

[@smallenginemst3450]

Jimmy James Yawn a true R-candy legend. His website is amazing!! Tought me everything I know. Safety number 1!!

[@crazymemeheros2755]

3:20 the smoke is going round and round on the flame

[@ronfullerton3162]

I believe that was the nitrous oxide fueling line.

[@jeffmullinix7916]

After watching this . I do believe that I will pick the sugar rocket to go the highest .

[@friedrichbahk5675]

Does pbc act as a nozzle? How can I prevent the heat from ignition is moving to the fuel tank?

[@Octopussyist]

This IS rocket science!

[@Samvip00]

Holy crap. I go to that rocket club. It’s called NEFAR rocketry.

[@letropchiant]

Both are really cool!

[@Diegot9]

Nasa: Hold My Beer

[@joesitter20101]

An enjoyable video. Thank you.

[@la_dragonstudios2670]

Who needs rocket fuel now? If placed into the wrong hands this could start a war.

[@AngeliqueKaga]

Absolutely awesome!

[@jones1749]

6:35 I'm not sure if that's the fuel, because the sugar rocket had a much better looking nozzle

[@RunningRunner46]

fuck you watch closely you idiot

[@njlauren]

We used to caramelize sugar and mix on saltpeter ( potassium nitrate), it made on hell of a smoke bomb but also would have made great rocket fuel. It isn't the hydrogen it is the hydrocarbon burning in the presence of the oxidizer.

[@billzjr222]

Regular sugar and potassium nitrate can also make a very powerful thrust.

[@piyush9555]

Now I see this, I wanna build it myself

[@djfreak1996]

My question why is that man's veteran hat covered.

[@bradhilton2283]

Wow ,one I never knew Angela landsberry was into model rocketry and two this would be a good place too start for ion propulsion rockets .

[@register1430]

so is the PVC tube a one time use?

[@RanaRao_Chandrachur]

I think this way Hamas leant to make the sugar rockets !!

[@clintonhalunajan467]

Explosively Sweet!!!

[@MrToball]

Jimmy looks like a flamboyant Paul McCartney

[@geeder9086]

I didn't know Amelia Ehrhardt was still around & flying model rockets, while wearing a pink shirt -- LOL

[@Sdnaurs]

People watching: Ooooh I can make a rocket out of sugar, how fun. Country they live in: You're not allowed to buy KNO3 People watching: But I thought it was a sugar rocket!?!? Country they live in: They were being disingenuous.

[@Pepew86]

The sugar rocketeer looks like Sheldon's granddad

[@prithvibansal0709]

I need the process and parts of rocket you have used. I also wanna to make a rocket and launch it.

[@kiethomastephen2206]

Go to the king of random KZbin channel.

[@ygyeh]

nice job

[@SandroMancino]

What oxidizer was used with the dextrose?

[@Simon11354]

its a chemical called Sandro monohydrate

[@hemantmeena8768]

in which quantity do we mix dextrose and oxidizer for making 100 gram of mixture please tell me

[@hemantmeena8768]

@Lucas Martin Sabbione thank you sir

[@campbellparminter158]

Whaaaat? I have been in the plastics industry for longer than a decade and I've always known PVC as a self extinguishing material. That got me Stuffed.

[@AshatmaiAB]

Thanks sir 😊

[@thebeardeddragons9286]

North Korea’s missile defense system

[@rolandlee6898]

Did they use the same weight of propellant?

[@brownsamurai3070]

Yay for sugar! That's sweet.

[@ianbuilder]

night hawk in light

[@jochloch3331]

Damn I used to make these with table sugar and stump remover

[@northtexasskies3243]

Can you tell me how you did it i want to try it

[@jochloch3331]

Justin S. Use a grinder and grind up a 60/40 ratio of stumper remover and normal table sugar. I would only use spectracide brand stump remover as it’s almost 100% kno3. To make it into a rocket pack it into a pvc tube really tight and drill a thin hole down the middle. Tape that baby to a barbecue skewer and stick a fuse up the hole and light it off. Should go around 1000 ft. Check out Grant Thompson’s video on it it’s more detailed.

[@infinitepower6780]

@@northtexasskies3243 Have a look at the KZbin channel "The King Of Random"

[@galaxymyt4834]

How much distance can it take

[@abdelrahmanamer3946]

at 1:14 , how was the rocket heated to that amount tho ?(first one)

[@denbastadilfred688]

because it's on fire?

[@abdelrahmanamer3946]

@@denbastadilfred688 what did they use to heat it up tho?

[@denbastadilfred688]

Idk, the candle maybe?

[@abdelrahmanamer3946]

@@denbastadilfred688 ye i realised , i didnt think candle flame went this hot

[@abdelrahmanamer3946]

@@denbastadilfred688 thanks anyway

[@deepeshjain9073]

Sugar to pvc fuel : are you there😎😎

[@leftovercrass5210]

'Sugar powered rocket' Only talks about pvc

[@FlareGaming04]

Dextose suger isn't available everywhere...that's the problem. The project is awesome... I personally want to build this suger rocket project. Can you help me respected sir for this project ?

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Use table sugar and follows this tutorial by Grant Thompson the king of random. He makes good stuff. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2PJg2ykmruhiZo

[@TheBrendonKasa]

From: Spoon Car You didn’t give any credit to the video by NightHawk during the acrylic video

[@Martin1519]

Dang the pvc rocket was literally only in the air for like 5 seconds and it's already back on the ground. I thought it was gunna go way higher

[@shaistabano5038]

I liked it so much 🇮🇳

[@jdjds1]

Pretty cool. We should of done this in science

[@royzview6254]

No matter how many times I promised not to burn the house down or blow the garage up my wife still won't let me near a rocket! :(

[@jimbob.2299]

When I eat candy with a lot of sugar I launch myself from the couch afterward with lots of gaseous energy "wink"

[@dah9vandals]

i think jimmy has a little sugar in his tank too if you know what i mean.

[@ezradelsman6743]

Why didn't give credit to NHIL for that clip near the beguning

[@hashymashy6853]

Man's really pulled a Italy

[@user-gp2sh3li4l]

What is the oxidizer?

[@tonymcwhirter]

what was the ratio used for fuel ?

[@monke1987]

The sugar rocket definitely has a cooler plume

[@segarza]

That's because they added some Titanium to the fuel and didn't mention it. Without it, the fuel just makes a gray cloud of smoke.

[@natebrown2111]

Myth busters watching this: hehe we used poop 💩 😏

[@DarthJarJar6]

Greetings from gaza

[@omkhandke8949]

@discovery you shoud make a mini one

[@whoisme678]

Thats a lot of sugar to get a NASA rocket into space.

[@kerai9961]

How do you make a rocket that has a vent?

[@tezlashock]

U should probably credit NightHawkNlight

[@asasnat342]

no