Sodium Water Hybrid Rocket?

What happens when I make a rocket that uses sodium and water as propellent?

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[omegaflameZ]

Calculating the integral by just cutting the paper and weighing it is hilariously clever. Bravo

[xzendon]

The fact that you weighed the graph instead of doing a ton of math is amazing.

[shipwreck]

Making a rocket out of spare parts in a cave.
Absolute legend.

[randomnik]

The best of OG YouTube. Rusty metal, cracked containers, duct tape all over, dodgy camera work... what more could we want? So happy Cody's still going strong!

[calebrobinson]

Cody still being active makes me so fucking happy. Thankyou for years of great organic content :D

[SomethingSyncopated]

It’s been years since I’ve watched Cody‘s lab.

Something I used to watch daily and I got immense pleasure out of this.

It’s good to see you’re doing well man.

[breadtoast]

my man cody has been through some rough shit and still to this day has never dropped effort or quality in videos, he will always be one of the few old youtube legends

[MalcolmCooks]

weighing the paper was a clever idea, but subtracting the negative piece by using it to tare the scales was a stroke of genius. you truly have the mind of an engineer

[simonmaverick]

I should add, Cody is a bright and intelligent man - being able to muddle these projects together on a budget is inspiring.

[MurkyDizZ]

Watching Cody build things from random pipe pieces makes me feel like I'm on a watch list

[wardyosh]

The computer next to Cody whilst he is doing paper based integration is just a paper weight, whilst the paper weight is the computer. Love it

[ConnorSinclairCavin]

Although somewhat dangerous in atmosphere, this would be an amazingly good idea for galactic fuel. In the vacuum of space it becomes a very stable and renewable resource that can easily be shaped for various purposes

[Georgewilliamherbert]

Cody, for flying rockets there’s what’s called the Amateur Exception in the FAA regulations and people regularly build large metallic VTVL and ascending liquid (sometimes hybrid) rockets and fly them. At Black Rock in Nevada the airspace is under a quirky uncontrolled category where the paperwork is particularly easy. The folks at Friends of Amateur Rocketry site in California are great supporters and a launch site as well.

[yutub]

cody is sitting in front of a computer that could have done that for him in seconds and instead chose to draw it on graph paper, cut it out, and weigh it haha. this is why we love watching this channel. dudes way of doing things is always so creative

[cgn]

"Now, just because it's made out of pipe, and will probably explode, does not mean it's a pipe bomb. Intention matters." -Cody's Lab 2023.

Thank you, Cody, for another amazing video.

Not completely done with the video, and I don't know how to suggest this, but I think the optimal setup would have a minimal amount of water come into contact with as much sodium as possible. I'm not sure how this can be achieved.

[Nighthawkinlight]

That worked way better than I thought it would! I figured you would have melting problems. I wonder if it would be better to inject both the water and the sodium as a liquid. Or you could fiber reinforce the sodium with something like steel wool. In any case I'm interested to see more!

[regorschneid]

I thought that the engine would explode since the burn started at the top rather than at the nozzle. Fortunately the sodium was ejected and didn't plug the nozzle. This was a lot of fun to watch and your calculating was bliss.

[jokalary]

Cody is now becoming a "not technically a rocket" rocket scientist.

[RottingFarmsTV]

I like how Cody goes from hand soldering pipes together, to owning a lathe, back to hand soldering. Fits this channel so well.

[Mrminecraftdudee]

Hey that’s me! Thanks for the autograph Cody!!