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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 55 points 11 months ago (1 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.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 43 points 11 months 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.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months 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...

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

A rocket makes for a bad, inefficient pipe bomb. But it'll still take your hand off