Can you build a Liquid Rocket out of BEER KEGS?! - KegRocket Ep 1
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2023
- This is the first in a series of videos about Project KegRocket, where we're building a real life liquid fueled rocket with fuel tanks made from beer kegs.
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I'm Ryan Callahan. Thank you Jaymee Panian, Clinton Motley, and David Chance for appearing and helping build this thang!
Special thanks to the following rocketeers for letting me show their amazing projects as examples:
- Denim Rocket! - max_q
- Furby Rocket! - Davis Ryan - x.com/davis_ryan03
- Rocket Powered Christmas Tree! - @BPSspace with @xylafoxlin • Rocket Powered Christm...
• Putting a Gigantic Roc...
- Keg-Based Test Stand! @AstroCharlie • Liquid Rocket Engines ...
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T-Beer o'Clock just got better.
Waiting on you
Now you gotta build a submarine out of kegs.
Wanna lend us a BPM-5 😉
Well hello there CopSub!
YES YES YES, love this project so much!
🥲Thank you so much. Honestly there were a lot of "what would BPS do" moments along the way. Big inspiration!
@@KegRocket needs more blue tape
It's amazing guys😃 love from India❤🇮🇳
two rockets meet together 🗿
Why don’t you and BPS collar on a landing keg rocket
"Apogee: 3in" 😂 Can't wait to break that altitude record. 🚀
Your LCS will make it happen!
U Karl and I'm Karl , W!😅
Nice 🌱✨
Achievement unlocked: Barely there.
@@nicojansenvanvuuren2745 That's the step before "exceeded expectations!" on launch!
I am unreasonably excited for this project! 🤩
(Great first video too! Fun and informative edit 👍)
Thank you! Love your content as well
You are on an impressive journey. McMaster Carr sells cryogenic pop-off valves in incremental ranges from 5 to 400 psi for your LOX tank. Your hydrostatically tested modified beer kegs are strong enough to hold liquified Butane. Butane is a good deal more energy dense than alcohol. Mixtures of Butane and Propane will give you enough pressure to pump itself if you wrap the feed lined around the outside of the engine. LPG is easier to ignite and simpler to feed into a rocket motor than alcohol.
Good Luck & have fum.
The machining and fabrication quality on this thing is spectacular. Huge props.
No, no props. This thing is powered by a rocket engine, not propellers.
I am afraid his tank bulging will cause a steering failure. Not sure I agree with attaching things to the tank.
For real. Those welds are professional looking.
@@noahhastings6145 tryna differentiate between autism and sarcasm
He meant props as propellers and most engines has one but this rocket has none
This guy took the "HOLD MY BEER" concept to a whole new level
Hold my beer, i'm launching it
Even before starting the video I knew the answer to the why question :D
There’s no reason not to hydraulically crush a beer keg too, eh?
@@KegRocket I could do the pressure test with liquid nitrogen and let it rip with bit more action 😂
We just exploded some truck tires at 50 bars and looking new targets to over pressurise 😄
@@HydraulicPressChannel more keg data never hurt anyone!
Yes! A long-awaited video documenting some of the KegRocket history and technical aspects of the journey (and some humor to boot)! Keep the updates coming as you can-thanks Ryan!
May the kegs go boldly where no keg has gone before
I would put a pop off valve on it! J- tube for a little vapor pocket. I built cryo tankers for 12+yrs. Liquid O2 will build pressure fast!! We put a 350psi to 550psi relief valve anywhere that the liquid could get trapped. I am going to guess that this is not Your first rocket build, and You probably already know this. Awesome project!! Stay safe Brotatoe!
Thanks real life cryo-guy! Not our first rodeo, so relief valves will exist :)
this is my obligatory comment to help boost engagement because everyone should see this. its beautiful
The algorithm has blessed me today. I cannot wait to see how this goes!
These kegs were tested more than the titan submersible. Looking forward to Ep 2.
KegSub 👀
I love the Science! lol.....I am not much of a Rocketry Guy myself...I have way too many expensive hobbies but I love to watch regular folks sending home built machines up
Your payload should be a keg of beer. That's our gift to the universe.
Payload will probably be a very small keg or a growler!
"Well... why not?"
That's as good a reason as any! 👍
I love the attitude of "we have *this* ten times already but nobody is doing *that.* I am dissatisfied and must remedy this situation."
Please use a beer tap handle for a launch switch.
Lets go!!!! Love this. Cant wait to see a build video.
Here we gooooo. I'll enjoy the ride.
Love seeing the Furby rocket featured!!!
It's a good one
can already hear the radio chatter go
"command, we lost the first stage."
"Copy. Green light confirmed, production started on the next iteration. Calling the team, i bring the cups"
I’m so happy this random video from a brand new channel popped up on my recommended it’s exactly the content I love to see
Cool. Definitely gonna keep an eye out for updates.
Wanna see this thing fly!
Excited. To. See. This. Rocket. Flying in. Sky🥺
very nice welding, nicely done, respect
Looking forward to seeing your progress Professor !
At first I though "a beery project joke", but after seeing the video, this thing is no joke. Very good tech and fabrication.
The V-2 rocket used ethanol for its fuel, so this is thematically coming full circle to Wernher von Braun’s earliest work.
Beer keg very german rocket
Plus the kegs were even made in Germany
Excellent Work Guys! Brings back lots of fond memories of the early days with Armadillo Aerospace...
Was always very inspired the videos of Stig lifting off and flying for basically forever. I'd consider it very formative to my interest in liquid rockets. Thanks for the comment.
As both my worlds collide, I'll definitely be watching and rooting.
I know building the Rocket is impressive but shout out to those welds. Great fabrication.
The whole rocketry community here.We're rooting for you Ryan.
I have been waiting for this! Well done so far.
Holy crap! I LOVE THIS!!!
Awesome! So excited that the kegs can hold the pressure! Can’t wait for a test fire!
What a Kerbal approach to rocketry.
Yeet! Very excited for more KegRocket content.
Whats funny is i had an VERY basic drawing of something like this in high-school, my parents said no, so no just cobbling it together in the garage.
I how ever am very excited to see how this turns out!
Classy quality workmanship. Respect. Well done.
I was following this project on Twitter, but now that I've stopped using that horrible app, I feel blessed by the CZcams algorithm for bringing me back to watch updates
feels like a perfect way to seed a space start-up :P
Interesting. A modern take on Dr. Goddard's liquid fuel rocket from 1921 and 1926. Subscribed. Hoping for your success.
😮 So following this. Love the content the rocket is beautiful. Really looking forward to learning a little and seeing this thing fly awesome.
Nice! I'll definitely be keeping track of this project, very excited to see where it goes.
Can't believe that Stanley door opener still works!
Stan-o-matic gets the job done
Thanks Ryan. I wish you every success with this rocket.
It looks as though you might have most of the mass at the bottom of the rocket. If that's the case (and I hope that it isn't), then you will need to make changes: The centre of mass needs to be in front of the centre of aerodynamic pressure/lift at all times, otherwise the rocket will try to turn around, instead of going along the desired trajectory. Think about arrows and darts: For stability, the main mass is at the leading end of the projectile, and the fins are as far back as possible.
There is indeed quite a bit of weight in the back, there will need to be some ballast in the nose along with some big fins.
So exited for this! A combination of two of the best things this world has to offer!
Dark garages and sexy, sexy young men?
@@amandahugankiss4110 😲
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 exactly my point of view 😂👏👏👏👏👍
What's great is that this takes off the shelf parts to build a rocket. This is something that has been a problem with rocketry. Is people feeling the need to manufacture custom and one-off parts rather than repurposing inexpensive things that are already exist.
Glad to be here from the beginning!
Excellent project, I can't wait to see it fly, or explode or whatever.
Any outcome is acceptable
Yess!! Super pumped for this!
Those are some clean welds! ❤
I need to acknowledge the mustang in the background! Awesome car! Awesome rocket!
This is incredibly well done
Wow, love it!
Loving this project already!! 🍺🍺
Ohhh yes, I am so on board for this
That was amazing! Will definitely subscribe!
Thank you for this.
I am super excited to see this project on a roll now!
Reminds me of the water rocket I built out of 6 tin cans when I was 14. It flew great.
The propellant is fed to the engine using a similar concept
Great to see you go from a couple of hundred subs yesterday to 6k today, I can't wait to the rest of the rocket developed.
this is going to be epic!
Yes please to more videos 🙂
I've seen people use beer kegs for static liquid-fuelled rockets on test stands but I'm very excited to see one actually fly!!
Love from India 🇮🇳
Seriously love this project ❤
I'm looking forward to see what you can do.
That apogee made me laugh, this is looking great, please stay safe!
yep i'm on board
As someone who has built and flown a rocket using the same fuels I recommend finding a way to get at least 1" of foam insulation around the keg or you'll have real issues getting it to fill up with LOX. Also mount your LOX vent and LOX pressure relief value up as far from the tank as possible.
😎
"Why would you do this you may ask?"
Honestly, that question hadn't crossed my mind... 😁
Very excited about this! Can’t wait for more!!
Fantastic job! Way to go Mr Callahan!
🤩😶🌫😎😎😃😃😉
7:30 "Apogee: 3in" 👌
Can’t wait for Ep2
Excited to see episode 2
Fantastic TIG welding!
Just because you can doesn't mean you should... Tho on that one you definetly should!
Major props for saving the ad for the end! I have lost count of the subs I have ENDED because they interrupt/delay the content with ads! YOU however get a new sub (me) and if you continue the ad policy you did here, I will hang around. Also, the video quality was good, and I am VERY interested in seeing how this project progresses.
You might have gotten lucky with the CZcams ads, but if you're talking about the sponsor we'll keep it in mind
this is some kerbal tier rocketry
4 kegs, Make another with 4!!!
YES! I was hoping y'all would make yt videos explaining/showing the designing/making of KegRocket. I can't wait for the next videos!
It is phenomenally appropriate that the keg rocket is fueled by ethanol XD
Can't wait to see the rest of this project!
Entertaining video for happy hour😎
Thank you CZcams algorithm for recommending this. Instant sub.😂
Looks sick!
This is friggin sick dude!!! I wanna see more haha
The natural order of things, first you empty a couple of beer kegs and then you get the idea to build rocket out of those kegs with your friends.
As someone who is not trained at all in mechanical engineering or rocket engineering, its very cool to be able to learn all about rocketry from channels like yours. So thanks for sharing and creating this content! If you ever get a chance, it would be very helpful for us non-engineers to hear about where you learned about all these techniques and industry related knowledge, thank you!
god i love mechanical engineering so much
I'm excited to see where this project goes. My experience tending bar tells me that a keg is pretty heavy even when empty. Kegs are designed to survive years of getting tossed around, and are built very robust. I thing the tank sections of commercial rockets are machined with an isogrid and are exceptionally thin like a soda can. Obviously you aren't trying to make orbit, but I'm very anxious to see what kind of performance you get out of the KegRocket.
Gotta see the rest of the series! Happy to watch hours of this :)
Man....those are some beautiful welds on that keg. Lol
Will be following this one closely!
I love this rocket
Kerbal Space Program in real life! awesome!
Kegrocket keeping things interesting in all things engineering as always 🔥🔥🔥🔥
damn… that’s some high quality machining.