William Bronson wrote:The pocket rocket I just built failed miserably, refusing to draft the up the right pipe no matter what I did.
I did take liberties with the design, using a 6" feed pipe and 3" chimney.
Evans and Jackson called for a 4" chimney.
I think I might skip past that right onto a 6" chimney.
Here is a photo of the delightfully ass-backerd burn:
Peter van den Berg wrote:
kees ijpelaar wrote:I have now done some more drawing, looks like it go look good and also compact.
It may look compact, but the core is too large for the bell. Or the bell is too cramped for the core. In order to build a bell like that for the core, the heater will be very high.
Building a wider bell so the gases will flow freely down the sides would help already. It would be even better to lift the core from the floor to such an extend that it's above the exhaust opening.
For a well-proportioned bell: see https://permies.com/t/238503/Batch-Rocket-Build
What you could do is scaling the core down and leave the bell size as it is.