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Microtek
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I used silicone putty for bathrooms and I did just a single grain. Both ends of the rocket were machined from steel rod on my lathe and screwed into
the body. The nose part had a small reservoir which I filled with an easily ignitable thermite pyrogen, I think it was based on CuO/Mg. I don't recall
the Kn, but the throat was around 2 mm IIRC. The burn time was much less than a second, maybe around 0.2 seconds, and it seemed that the SiO2 tended
to condense on the nozzle rather than erode it (at least in static tests).
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Quote: Originally posted by Microtek | I used silicone putty for bathrooms and I did just a single grain. Both ends of the rocket were machined from steel rod on my lathe and screwed into
the body. The nose part had a small reservoir which I filled with an easily ignitable thermite pyrogen, I think it was based on CuO/Mg. I don't recall
the Kn, but the throat was around 2 mm IIRC. The burn time was much less than a second, maybe around 0.2 seconds, and it seemed that the SiO2 tended
to condense on the nozzle rather than erode it (at least in static tests). |
Thank you! Did you use steel for the body as well? I like the idea of containing the igniter comp in the nose plug. Working on some new AN now and
i´m eager to get this propellant to work!
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I generally used aluminum tube for the body, but did do a few with steel bodies. I didn't notice any compelling reason for using steel in the tests I
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Thank you for your answers, will report back when I have tried again!
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