Hydrazine reactions! Hypergolic reactions! JP Montello 2021-07-18 | 98% Hydrazine reacts with Iodine, Iodine pentoxide and Fuming White Nitric Acid in that order. Beautiful reactions!
Packbot 510 vs Endure Zuul R/C rock crawl JP Montello 2023-11-12 | Modified Packbot 510 and Element Enduro Zuul do some rock crawling!
Worlds most powerful handheld laser! 120 watt laser! JP Montello 2023-10-07 | diode laser vs wood and a razor blade
Antweight battlebot competition at SET High! JP Montello 2021-08-31 | Antweight battlebots competing for glory at SET High
Hydrazine Reactions! Hypergolic reactions part 2 JP Montello 2021-07-21 | 98% Hydrazine reacts with silver nitrate, Potassium Permanganate and not so much with sodium nitrite
PWM R/C controller signal JP Montello 2019-12-03 | Here you can see the width of the PWM signal changes due to throttle positions on the controller. The width of the square wave signal tells a servo or speed controller where to be or how fast to spin.
Heroes engine! Steam powered sphere thingy JP Montello 2019-12-02 | 9 liter stainless steel sphere tank heated to about 120C generates 30 psi steam vapor which generates thrust when released. The thrust is used to generate rotational energy.
Watch a 120 watt laser destroy a fiber optic cable! JP Montello 2019-10-02 | The best things in life are free. This improperly cut fiber optic cable was free so why not burn it and learn from it?
Paint Robot! JP Montello 2018-09-09 | Using a robotic arm and a pololu controller robots can now become master painters!
Experimental Ejection Seat tests! JP Montello 2018-05-06 | I strapped experimental rocket motors to a child car seat to see what it would do :D enjoy
A LASER destroys Mongolia! JP Montello 2017-02-10 | A super mega powerful laser just vaporized Mongolia off the face of the earth!
Ejection test for the mega rocket! JP Montello 2017-02-08 | an electronic circuit counts to 18 seconds then initiates pyrotechnic bolts which severs the bulkhead off of the body of the rocket. the parachute is then pushed out by a big spring which is under tension the whole time.
testing the cold gas thruster on an office chair :D JP Montello 2016-12-22 | a 13 cubic inch tank was filled to 3,000 psi and has a high pressure ball valve to release the pressure quickly creating 7lb second force total impulse! the result makes me spin around
Steampunk drifting JP Montello 2016-11-27 | cruzing down the driveway in my jeep equipped with a steam rocket motor. yeah
Tays sugar rocket! JP Montello 2016-11-22 | I mentored Tay during the construction of his sugar rocket! Tay did an amazing job, he machined everything himself, I just gave him advice and made the bates fuel grains.
YAG laser 1st test! JP Montello 2016-08-27 | I bought a YAG laser and the power supply was in really bad shape. my friend Ryan and I reorganized and soldered on the components and gave it a go! It started punching 1/16" craters into the plywood with each pulse!!
64% hydrazine reacts with 70% nitric acid JP Montello 2016-08-13 | hydrazine hydrate reacts with 70% nitric acid. These chemicals are hypergolic which is a nice feature to take advantage of in a rocket motor.
Mega rocket progress update JP Montello 2016-08-03 | Mega rocket in construction phase! The radial bolt holes are being match drilled and other details are getting sorted out. stay tuned to see the finished rocket! This rocket should touch the edge of space! more details soon!
steam rocket explanation! DIY jet pack! JP Montello 2016-06-20 | finally I reveal to YouTube how my steam rocket motor and jet pack work!
steam rocket skateboard of science! steam rocket success! JP Montello 2016-05-18 | yeah it's a ton of fun to ride trust me :P
Rocket fuel + Toy Lightsaber JP Montello 2016-03-14 | Toy lightsaber packed with 150 grams of ammonium perchlorate composite propellant!
Baby jetpack! Steam powered jetpack! JP Montello 2016-03-06 | A baby doll takes a dangerous ride on the steam powered jetpack!
