{"id":518,"date":"2015-12-29T17:48:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2015-12-29T18:08:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:08:58","slug":"first-rocket-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/first-rocket-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"First Rocket Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s one of the first few test launches of the compressed air rocket. Please excuse the portrait video, I didn&#8217;t film it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZgiHiQ3HT4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was about 60psi, although the limiting factor is really the restricted flow rate through the valve. You can hear the air hissing out for a good long while after the rocket is clear of the launch tube.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great fun to play with!<\/p>\n<p>At some point, I plan to\u00a0try an indirect acting solenoid valve, with a larger aperture. When the weather improves that is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s one of the first few test launches of the compressed air rocket. Please excuse the portrait video, I didn&#8217;t film it&#8230; This was about 60psi, although the limiting factor is really the restricted flow rate through the valve. You can hear the air hissing out for a good long while after the rocket is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/first-rocket-launch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First Rocket Launch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/int03.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}