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Credits

Hybrid motor design credits.

Like many things throughout history, hybrid rocket motors are an evolution of technology. Each new experimenter building on the ingenuity of previous designs while adding their own ideas and innovations that hopefully become the starting platform for other experimenters. As a relative newcomer to the hybrid motor scene, we feel the need to thank and give credit to those innovators whos brilliant contributions to hybrid motor science served as the starting point for our motor plans.

U/C valve.

The U/C valve is hybrid pyro ignition valve that was developed by two experimentalists at nearly the same time, totally independent of each other. Bill Colburn and John Urbanski met at Balls in 1995, both armed with more or less the same idea. They decided to release the idea to the public domain, and only requested that people who use the valve, refer to it by name. The Urbanski-Colburn valve, or U/C valve for short.

You can read abut the U/C valve in Bill Colburn's own words here, on Bob Fortune's excellent Aerocon Systems web site.

Floating Injector.

Dave Griffith, of RATT works, took the idea of a floating bulkhead, combined it with the U/C valve, and created what we now know as the 'mono tube' hybrid. This piston divides a single tube into two sections. One section for the oxidizer, and one for the fuel. as internal pressures change, the injector is able to 'float'. It also made hybrids much easier and cheaper to manufacture as well as assemble.

Web site credits.

This web site could not have been what it is without friends who gave their time and talents.

Logo artwork.

The Sky Ripper Systems logo was deigned by Greg Lukach.

Photography.

The product photos were expertly taken by Rich Pitzeruse.

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		Credits Hybrid motor design credits. Like many things throughout history, hybrid rocket motors are an evolution of technology. Each new experimenter building on the ingenuity of previous designs while adding their own ideas and innovations that hopefully become the starting platform for other experimenters. As a relative newcomer to the hybrid motor scene, we feel the need to thank and give credit to those innovators whos brilliant contributions to hybrid motor science served as the starting point for our motor plans. U/C valve. The U/C valve is hybrid pyro ignition valve that was developed by two experimentalists at nearly the same time, totally independent of each other. Bill Colburn and John Urbanski met at Balls in 1995, both armed with more or less the same idea. They decided to release the idea to the public domain, and only requested that people who use the valve, refer to it by name. The Urbanski-Colburn valve, or U/C valve for short. You can read abut the U/C valve in Bill Colburn's own words here, on Bob Fortune's excellent Aerocon Systems web site. Floating Injector. Dave Griffith, of RATT works, took the idea of a floating bulkhead, combined it with the U/C valve, and created what we now know as the 'mono tube' hybrid. This piston divides a single tube into two sections. One section for the oxidizer, and one for the fuel. as internal pressures change, the injector is able to 'float'. It also made hybrids much easier and cheaper to manufacture as well as assemble. Web site credits. This web site could not have been what it is without friends who gave their time and talents. Logo artwork. The Sky Ripper Systems logo was deigned by Greg Lukach. Photography. The product photos were expertly taken by Rich Pitzeruse. Back
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