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Aurora Plastics Corp Rocket Fuel - what is it?!
Hi All,
I'm trying to identify this "Aurora Plastics Corp. Rocket Fuel" - Click to embiggen The ebay auction simply stated "Each box contains 2 packs of Mark III Interceptor Missile Concentrated Liquid Fuel and 1 pack of Mark III Interceptor Missile Reactor Pellets. These are old stock from Aurora, probably from the 1960's. These are still sealed." From what I have been able to work out, the 'Concentrated Liquid Fuel' powder forms an acid and the 'Reactor Pellets' are an alkali - the reaction is much like vinegar and sodium bicarbonate. I've googled all I can and haven't been able to find anything more about what rocket this was used in. Aurora Plastics did produce models but more along the lines of novelty stuff more than rockets. I'm hoping that someone has seen these before and has an idea of what rocket they may have been used with. Cheers, Sascha.
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Here is a Worthpoint entry with a photograph from an eBay listing.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...issile-67099161
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Super Thank you! And three more - http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ssile-137272468 http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...issle-152550499 http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...eptor-112382421 It looks like the 'fuel' is poured into the bottom of the rocket and plugged. There's a string to launch it remotely. I was thinking the .59 on the end of the box was a price - but appears that it could be the year. Cheers, Sascha.
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I had one of those rockets, or a slightly later version, circa 1968.
The "fuel" came in a little drum (similar to a small talcum powder dispenser), the "oxidizer" in a bag. For whatever reason, possibly being unable to figure out the directions, I never flew it. I remember seeing replacement fuel in Woolworth's. |
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One of the components is Sodium Bicarbonate and the other is plain old Alum.
I think the Alum is dissolved in the water and the pellets are pressed Sodium Bicarb.
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