[Spaceships] Black powder Rockets?

Marasmusine · 04-16-2018, 05:11 AM

Lagâri Hasan Çelebi was said to have made a manned ascent in a gunpowder rocket WP

Assuming this legend was true, what would be the statistics for a Spaceships black powder rocket? I can find information on the specific impulse of small modern rockets (about 80s), but I'm not sure about what this would be with 17th-century materials, and I've no idea what the thrust-to-weight ratio is. I'm imagining it would be quite low, sub 1G.

Any ideas? Thanks.

04-16-2018, 05:11 AM	#1
Marasmusine Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Doncaster, UK	[Spaceships] Black powder Rockets? Lagâri Hasan Çelebi was said to have made a manned ascent in a gunpowder rocket WP Assuming this legend was true, what would be the statistics for a Spaceships black powder rocket? I can find information on the specific impulse of small modern rockets (about 80s), but I'm not sure about what this would be with 17th-century materials, and I've no idea what the thrust-to-weight ratio is. I'm imagining it would be quite low, sub 1G. Any ideas? Thanks.