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Old 08-27-2013, 04:29 PM
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Don't forget the October Science "BRAVO-NINER" motors . . .

http://www.privatedata.com/byb/rocketry/octoberscience.pdf
All I got when I clicked on the URL was an "Address not valid" message.
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All I got when I clicked on the URL was an "Address not valid" message.


http://www.privatedata.com/byb/rock...oberscience.pdf

I just tried this and it worked

http://tinyurl.com/p5llq24
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Thank you for re-posting this! The sugar propellant is certainly much safer to mix and "pour" than the zinc/sulfur propellant. While the PVC motor case could potentially form shrapnel in the event of a CATO, it's safer than a metal case.
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Thank you for re-posting this! The sugar propellant is certainly much safer to mix and "pour" than the zinc/sulfur propellant. While the PVC motor case could potentially form shrapnel in the event of a CATO, it's safer than a metal case.


I never messed around with Zinc / Sulfur aka "MICROGRAIN" . . . I have heard that static electricity could set it off, right in your face.

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Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdEije_CvQg is a 1/2" ID KNSU motor built according to specifications in David Sleeter's book, Amateur Rocket Motor Construction.

Produced almost 2 LBS peak thrust on 9 grams of fuel. Not bad and I still have all my fingers.
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I never messed around with Zinc / Sulfur aka "MICROGRAIN" . . . I have heard that static electricity could set it off, right in your face.

http://www.raketenmodellbau.org/repository/archive/704
It is static-sensitive, yes. I believe Dr. Z (Dr. Jan Zigmund) used a deliberately "watered-down" (intentionally "oxidizer-rich" or "oxidizer-lean") zinc/sulfur mixture in his early Rapier single-use jet motors (Jetex replacement motors), but abandoned it because of the combination's sensitivity.
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Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdEije_CvQg is a 1/2" ID KNSU motor built according to specifications in David Sleeter's book, Amateur Rocket Motor Construction.

Produced almost 2 LBS peak thrust on 9 grams of fuel. Not bad and I still have all my fingers.
Your video doesn't have descriptive text accompanying it (having a rather slow connection, I haven't downloaded and watched it yet). Does KNSU stand for potassium nitrate (KN) sulfur (SU)?
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Your video doesn't have descriptive text accompanying it (having a rather slow connection, I haven't downloaded and watched it yet). Does KNSU stand for potassium nitrate (KN) sulfur (SU)?


KN = Potassium Nitrate
SU = Sucrose (confectioners sugar)

Sleeter refers to this fuel as KS in his 2004 book, which also contains a small percentage of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to reduce the burn rate. There is no sulfur in this formula as there was in the formula referenced in the Bravo Niner booklet and as originally published in Sleeter's earlier efforts. Sleeter uses a dry rammed method and the motors produced are core burners.

I don't wish to disclose Mr. Sleeter's exact formulas as his work is copyright protected. Used copies of his 2004 book is available through Amazon by various vendors at inflated prices.
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Thank you. He sent me a couple of his "The Incredible Five-Cent Sugar Rocket" reports and Micro-Sonde model rocket plans a little while back. I used to have his book on making black powder motors.
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Thank you. He sent me a couple of his "The Incredible Five-Cent Sugar Rocket" reports and Micro-Sonde model rocket plans a little while back. I used to have his book on making black powder motors.


You are most welcome.

Hmmm, "....a little while back". Like how long ago? The reason I ask is I haven't or seen much about him in a good while. He seemed to have vanished from the mid-nineties until he published his masterpiece in 2004. I wonder, is he writing another book?
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