Sunfire III Hot Fire - All Footage

We are excited to announce that on the 14th March, we successfully hot fired our Sunfire III regeneratively cooled engine three times! The engine achieved the highest thrust out of any UK collegiate team with a thrust of 4.4kN.
Test 1: 3.6kN burn for 2 seconds
Test 2: 3.8kN burn for 5 seconds
Test 3: 4.4kN burn for 3 seconds
The AlSi10Mg engine was designed for 3.5kN and was pushed beyond its design point without any cooling issues. We’re looking forward to re-firing the engine later this year!
Many thanks to Aconity3D GmbH for their support and printing the engine in their AlSi10Mg performance alloy. The success of this engine demonstrates the capability of Aconity3D GmbH's printing for high performance applications.
Huge thank you to Airborne Engineering Ltd for the help with firing on the day providing their expertise and use of their test stand. We’re looking forward to firing more engines at airborne in the future.
#engineering #sheffield #universityofsheffield #space #rocketry #propulsion

[@Rama_--_]

Wow 😲 this engine is awesome having a super roar sound with incredible thrust. Amazing!!

[@no-damn-alias]

Looks like that'll be a good tailgater deterrent

[@cheezysot]

And so it really would be

[@jasonhull5712]

Wow. That’s amazing and terrifying at the same time. 😮
Very cool.
Love the purging sounds.

[@BrainiacManiac142]

An amazing achievement!

[@brettbartlett5960]

Awesome job!

[@silkabhattacharya8799]

Absolutely incredible!

[@bailey125]

Ok now this is epic

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

First test, 'yeah, nice',... Last test 'Wholly Fcuk YEEESSSSS'.!!

[@ProjectSunride]

Yeah!!

[@levyludeke2945]

congrats!

[@FunnyGuyexe4]

Damn the sounds' so cool

[@basic-decaf]

That's a lot of thermocouples. What type? Are they measuring EGT or wall temperatures? Aren't they too slow to yield any meaningful data for a 3-sec test?

[@redTanto]

3d printed? How was it sintered? sps?

[@user-xf4xz5bv5j]

❤❤

[@bctpcp9546]

man, check those shock diamonds!

[@gregwarner3753]

What is the Specific Impulse? Fuel/oxidizer combinations?

[@jhonsiders6077]

So can it be fired for longer ?

[@tom5051666]

can this be mounted to a family sedan?

[@ayoksusune8095]

Turbo pump semprot dari samping putaran tak terbas ha

[@truestopguardatruestop164]

How is this even possible?

[@dubsar]

PORCH THIEVES, FEAR ME!

[@truestopguardatruestop164]

What fuel does it burn?

[@-xirx-]

I am very curious, too

[@joshplayzgamezz]

magical expensive fuel

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

The tears of lesser engineers

[@ProjectSunride]

Nitrous Oxide and Isopropyl Alcohol 🔥

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@@ProjectSunride Getting sponsored by NOS? :)
Also, that's pretty damn low cost fuel compared to some of the exotic stuff.

[@jerminemhyne4620]

Hot fire it for atleast 20 secs

[@ProjectSunride]

We're planning to hot fire it for longer in July!

[@stevos7111]

Batmobile Engine......

[@deankelz29]

doesnt seem that powerful 🤣

[@bishop8958]

Compared to other rocket engines, it's not that strong, only intended for 3.5kN, but that's still strong enough to bring a car from 0 to 60 in about 9 seconds depending on the weight of the car. And even then, they were firing it at 4.4kN, which is above its intended specifications.

[@deankelz29]

@@bishop8958 i was being sarcastic it seems rather powerful lol but yeah thanks for the info

[@bishop8958]

@deankelz29 Ah my bad, sarcasm is hard sometimes on the internet.