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Old 03-10-2020, 02:44 PM
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Much better than a 21mm D20.


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A few other companies announced new products at NARCON 2020.

Quest announced that new 18mm Q-Jet motors will be released featuring White Lightning propellant.

These motors will have a higher total impulse and average thrust.
The D20 will be about 14-15 N-sec.

Cool.
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Old 03-10-2020, 02:49 PM
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A few other companies announced new products at NARCON 2020.
Quest announced that new 18mm Q-Jet motors will be released featuring White Lightning propellant.
These motors will have a higher total impulse and average thrust.
The D20 will be about 14-15 N-sec.
Cool.

Quest should make 18mm motors in the longer Estes E length right away.

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Old 03-10-2020, 03:17 PM
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A few other companies announced new products at NARCON 2020.

Quest announced that new 18mm Q-Jet motors will be released featuring White Lightning propellant.

These motors will have a higher total impulse and average thrust.
The D20 will be about 14-15 N-sec.

Cool.


I wish they had gone with blue thunder since WL swells in moderately humid environments and gets harder and harder to light. Should be fun if you don’t hoard them.
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Old 03-10-2020, 03:37 PM
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Agreed. White Lighting can be very frustrating. My experience with the now-discontinued D10s has been full of multiple tries to get the things to light, though they are fun when they do go. Blue Thunder would be less frustrating for sure.

Bob - just D20s? Or White Lightning in lower total impulses as well (though I can’t see why - the C12s are full Cs and work really well)? I can’t imagine that WL motors for the education market would be anything but a step back from the Q-Jet As and Bs as they now exist.
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I wish they had gone with blue thunder since WL swells in moderately humid environments and gets harder and harder to light. Should be fun if you don’t hoard them.

Does AeroTech even care about that? All they have to do is switch to low micron AL from Mg. Problem solved. I will cheerfully ship them their first 50 pounds for free. That will make more than 1300 lb propellant (28,300 motors).

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Old 03-10-2020, 08:24 PM
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I was AeroTech's first dealer and I can be their best savior of white lightning storability. Gary would have to violate ethics and buy me a beer. Okay, near beer.
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A few other companies announced new products at NARCON 2020.

Quest announced that new 18mm Q-Jet motors will be released featuring White Lightning propellant.

These motors will have a higher total impulse and average thrust.
The D20 will be about 14-15 N-sec.

Cool.

Very cool!
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