07-22-2010, 10:52 AM
|
the middle-aged rocketeer
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Urbana, Illinois.....the birthplace of HAL
Posts: 468
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by blackshire
Yes, the manual hand-rammed methods in the Teleflite book could be rather involved. I was put off trying them by the first step given in the book, which was the construction of a steel plate "explosion shield."
Sugar rockets aren't quite as hazardous to make as black powder motors, and they lend themselves to core-burner grains. (It's really a necessity with sugar motors due to the propellant's lower specific impulse.)
|
The blast shield did discourage me from trying it my attached Garage!
Not that I could think of anyway to do it safely, other than the way it's done by manufacturers.
__________________
Jeffrey Deem
NAR16741
CIA section 527
|