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Old 06-14-2021, 09:12 PM
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Speaking of clusters, here is my 3x29mm UltraViolet III, lifting off the rail at NSL in Alamosa, Colorado. Powered by three F15-6 engines. Ignition from Quest Q2G2 igniters.
The second stage of a "Maxi [or Mega?] Space Angel!": http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/nostalgia/73avi04.html
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That "Spider" ignition method is interesting.
Seems it must be easier to get good old-fashioned black-powder in my area than there.
My local gun shop stocks FF and FFF.
VERY hard to locate FFFF any longer though.

I bought a couple pounds from Graf and Sons a couple years ago. They have 4F in stock along with 1F, 1.5F, 2F, 3F, Reenactor, and cannon grade.
https://www.grafs.com/goex
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Old 06-15-2021, 02:10 PM
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I bought a couple pounds from Graf and Sons a couple years ago. They have 4F in stock along with 1F, 1.5F, 2F, 3F, Reenactor, and cannon grade.
https://www.grafs.com/goex
^+1 hoof up^ I know a few people who are gunsmiths and also do reloading (among other things, for our local annual machine gun shoot), and they use Goex powders extensively.
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Old 06-15-2021, 05:23 PM
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We always use 3F in our saluting cannon for the 4th of July.
Way louder than a real M80, and has a nice shock wave as well.
We use about 1/3 os per blast. Cigarette butts ram-rodded on top for "wadding".
Green Visco Cannon Fuse for ignition.
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The second stage of a "Maxi [or Mega?] Space Angel!": http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/nostalgia/73avi04.html



Maybe a bit more like an Estes Vapor, fin-wise. It’s hard to see aft detail in launch photo. The rocket is similar to a LOC Viper with exposed 29mm motor tubes. You can see it better in primer.
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Maybe a bit more like an Estes Vapor, fin-wise. It’s hard to see aft detail in launch photo. The rocket is similar to a LOC Viper with exposed 29mm motor tubes. You can see it better in primer.
Ah--I've never seen one, except in a LOC Precision catalog (I'm not into HPR, purely for financial, building space [about 12" square], and storage space reasons; mini motor powered rockets and such down-scales fit my apartment and budget, although my flying field is no longer available).
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Old 06-15-2021, 08:32 PM
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tb, good price on that there, but adding in the shipping and hazmat fee makes it not worth it IMO. I wonder if it might be available locally somewhere?
Just ask the shipper to label it "model aircraft parts" (hey, it *could* be cans--or blister cards--of antique Jetex fuel pellets, you know...? :-) ).
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Just ask the shipper to label it "model aircraft parts" (hey, it *could* be cans--or blister cards--of antique Jetex fuel pellets, you know...? :-) ).


Just change the labels to "Black Pepper" . . . Solved !

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Old 06-15-2021, 10:03 PM
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Just change the labels to "Black Pepper" . . . Solved !

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Empty, washed, and dried "Lawry's Seasoned Pepper" containers would be perfect--the new contents would look right, and no one "along the route" would really want to open them for fear of the (expected) sinus effects--hmmm...
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