Tape heaters are inappropriate for Spike, since the propellant tank is part of the aeroshell and it needs to be very clean aerodynamically in order to get good data. Cole-Palmer sells 316 SS immersion heaters that might be appropriate if we decide we need tank heat.
Honestly, I don't think we do for things like Spike and KISS, if we use silver catalyst. It's something to keep in mind for POGO, since it pulses its engines and can much less afford the startup transient. -p On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:29:11 -0800 Randall Clague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:16:31 -0500, "Sean > Patrick Daly" > wrote: > > >If in the end, all you are looking to achieve > is heating the H2O2 tank up a > >bit, I'd go with an even simpler approach by > using Nitrous Oxide tank > >heaters available at your local performance > auto parts shop/catalog. You can > >get flexible "tape" style heaters and couple > them together around the tank. > >Not too much draw on power and will run on > 12/24 volts. > > That's perfect. Thanks! > > -R > > -- > "...And the last thing I remember is asking, > 'What could go wrong?'" > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list > _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
