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1/2 inch BP Core Rocket with 3 inch ball, firefly 120 grams
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Hi all, Here is a 3 lb rocket with Ti tail, the 4 " cylinder has 3/4 " glitter comets and timed reports( the timing was not great) I also put a bottom shot on that must have had a seal problem, because it burst during the shell burst( you can see it in slow motion view, and hear it in the video as almost a double burst.) overall , home made tooling with a short spindle, 6 ", nice lift, nice tail, good break , good umbrella effect with the glitter. The glitter was a bit course so the flashes a
Wanted to test a 1 # rocket for lifting 3" cylinders, loaded this one with a 330 g "flour " payload ( soon to be used as air float flour in glue that I want to try) Put a Ti tail on it and a tiny break of 3 washed out blue stars I'm trying to get rid of. She jumped out of the tube, straight and sweet ! delay charge was a touch long with break just after the apex. This is homemade tooling, with a 5 " spindle, tube was 7 ", with 1.5 inches of Ti mix above the spindle. Total fuel was 46 g,
After years of loving consumer mortar lift shells, I just started this hobby in January. I definitely love the mortar lifts, but have found that I am really liking rockets for lift, I am amazed by the lift power from a small motor. Tonight with a 1/2 inch rocket, I pushed a 102 gram 3 inch ball with 2 ( 14 g) sticks attached, total weight 130g. A 4 oz rocket lifting just a tad over 4 oz counting the sticks. The Firefly Stars were dextrin / water bound and cut to 3/8 + using the "zip l
