WOW!
Jan 13, 2009 General, Learning, Pyrotechnics, Science
Success!!
NC lacquer alone didn’t do the trick, but mixing in some good starmix meal with the NC was successful. Homemade fuse, dipped in the NC/Starmix solution and let dry a few minutes = USABLE!
I only made one video today, and that was just another test of the BP I just made. This time though, it was shot from a different angle and with better light. It shows the burnrate and gas production pretty well.
Keeping in mind this is sulfurless, but using sugar, I’m not at all displeased with the quality.
I did make a dummyshell today, and I used about 1g of this BP as break. As I have no stars ready, I used rice as a “filler” LOL. Had to have something to stop the can crushing when spiking. Didn’t use a mortar or anything to get it up, I just put it on the ground and fired. The sound was so loud it actually spooked me a bit. Wasn’t expecting that big a reaction!
Got 11 hours of work a head of me tomorrow so I don’t think I’ll make anything new. Thursday maybe, Friday for sure!
Oh, and a side note! I made a small mortar and used about 1g of BP to try for lift. Again… WOW!
I just can’t wait to make a mortar to fit my shells and see what it does.
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