deepdixie Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Greetings all from the Deep South,I have some rockets and helicopters that I would like to add an added effect to. My fuel is 75/15/10 BP. I have some -10+20 Titanium Flake on hand. Would it be safe to hand-ram this Titanium, using Aluminum tooling and a non-sparking mallet? As best I know, the consensus among most pyros dictates that any size Titanium should never be hand-rammed into a rocket motor. I don't have a press. If finely divided Titanium is unsafe to hand-ram with BP, then what else could I use for added effect in Rocket fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nater Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I prefer to press any comp with metals in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schroedinger Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The safest thing would be to add just some coarse charcoal.If you ram the ti/bp mix you can make it safer by using a wooden rammer, but like said before better press the metalls and use them just above the spindle. Also if you want to use the bp/ti for delay on a rocket, you will get some problem as it burns too fast for a delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddewees Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nater Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Most rocket builder have used a BP/Ti delay for a nice silver tail with no problems at all. In fact C6 with 10% metal added makes an excellent delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddewees Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Not to mention, the wooden dowel doesn't make it any more safer than say aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Also, using a wooden rammer doesn't make it any safer. It's particle-particle impact that is the issue, not particle rammer. The lore used to be that things like this were safe to ram under a certain metal percentage (10% or so). I've done it and gotten away with it, but it's hard to recommend something like that. You may want to look into a small arbor press. They're quite inexpensive, and good for smaller things. I find most of the things I add Ti to tend to be smaller and suitable for one. http://www.harborfreight.com/1-ton-arbor-press-3552.html [edit] ddewees beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) [edit] ddewees beat me to it. And the link doesn't work. Has %C2%A0 added to the end, again. What are you trying to do, get me banned? I'm on to you... *stares* (At least the forum doesn't go nuts as long as the link leads outside)B! Edited October 28, 2014 by MrB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepdixie Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 I believe I am going to have to go with a press for safety's sake. Mumbles, that is a good price for the small arbor press. I just might have to ask the Mrs. for one of those for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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