Recent content by Jack Oswald

Great, thanks for the info everyone.

To make sure, it would be an electric battery supplying the energy to spin the nozzle not exhaust gas. I wouldn't think that spinning the nozzle would actually reduce that much thrust being produced due to an incomplete angle.

If I am understanding correctly, you're saying the spinning of the exit cone of the nozzle will result in the exhaust particles applying force in a less than 180 degree direction from the forward position. However, my question is would this loss of thrust be made up for by the longer exit cone...

It's ugly, hope it gets the idea across.

Nidum, I would appreciate it if you could elaborate.

I think this is a recurring theme; I'll try to draw something up.

Thanks berkeman, I have not, not yet. My interest lies not in necessarily how practical the application is in the present but simply in whether the centripetal force would allow further control over the thrust of a solid rocket engine (and hypothetically liquids) and/or increase the pressure...

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and I have a question that has stumped several of the professors at my school. My idea is to use an electric motor with a solid rocket engine on a thrust stand to spin the exit cone. The concept would make use of centripetal force to increase the pressure of...