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[–] 55 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Making amateur rockets and pipe bombs are basically identical -- for a rocket, one end of the pipe is open. There's a vibrant amateur rockets community nevertheless.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Not really, the whole point of a pipe bomb is for the reaction to happen as fast as possible. This is sub optimal for rocketry.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    However, anyone who has tried to make their own DIY solid fuel model rocket motor has inevitably wound up with their first attempt being something between a small bomb and a large firework.

    My first attempt certainly was...

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