2 tons is not enough pressure for a 3" whistle rocket. I use between 5500 and 10000 psi depending on what type of core I'm making. No sleeve, the tubes I use for the 3" rockets is strong enough. Also like you said, these things are really powerful when they CATO.
60, as in six zero. A 3" ID motor in proportion will hold 60 pounds of lead which is where the traditional weight scale came from as I understand it. It is a monster of a motor, it had 10 pounds of whistle fuel in it.
@cplmac2 wow! thats more fuel than i have in my shop!
i keep about 1lb of each chem and only thing i leave around that is already prepared is black powder and stars. i wouldnt leave whistle mix sitting next to anything. i discard the leftovers.
The tooling is custom, the biggest standard tooling is 1.5". I made the custom tooling myself, but the core I do individually for each rocket. I'm hoping to get a 4" whistle rocket together for the PGI convention this year, but we'll see. That's a pretty tall order and I've been pretty busy.
That's amazing man! Any rocket you can stick 5 2.5" salutes and 2 3" salutes on is well worth it I bet!
Goodluck with that whistle rocket. Man a
4" whistle rocket would be way loud, can't imagine.
How hard was it to get the proper ATF and state/local permits where you live? I am going to get mine when I can move to a more fire safe area in california, or maybe out of state.
I actually prefer Iron, but sometimes I use the copper to get a little bit stronger higher pitched motor. They both work really well, but the copper motors seem to burn a bit faster.
The whistle is produced when the oxidizer and an organic salt burn a layer at a time and emit gas in spurts. When the compounds are contained in a narrow tube, the pulses of escaping gas produce the whistling sound.
thats alot of pressure, i will work on something else to upgrade my press system.
propyropower 4 months ago
in not that much time im so gonna make this. did you used a sleave for pressing or not ?
im planning using 2 tons of pressing force, should be okay ? if not its gonna be a hell of a explosion xD
propyropower 4 months ago
@propyropower
2 tons is not enough pressure for a 3" whistle rocket. I use between 5500 and 10000 psi depending on what type of core I'm making. No sleeve, the tubes I use for the 3" rockets is strong enough. Also like you said, these things are really powerful when they CATO.
cplmac2 4 months ago
how fine is the Ti Powder?? did u use a nozzel?
Domnaek 4 months ago
This is Chuck Norris at toilet.
Mosse222 5 months ago 2
was this made with ammonium perchlorate or kclo4 ?
propyropower 8 months ago
@propyropower
kclo4
cplmac2 8 months ago
@cplmac2 Kclo4/Sodium benzoate? and what ratio by weight? thanks
Heliman96 1 month ago
@Heliman96
KCl04/Sodium Salicylate this motor I believe was 70/30.
One of these motors takes about 10 pounds of fuel.
cplmac2 4 weeks ago
I'm waiting for a tutorial on your rockets Kevin!!! :-D Damn, these are nice.... How much composition, real weight, did you put in it???
Landotter1 9 months ago
60, as in six zero. A 3" ID motor in proportion will hold 60 pounds of lead which is where the traditional weight scale came from as I understand it. It is a monster of a motor, it had 10 pounds of whistle fuel in it.
cplmac2 1 year ago
@cplmac2 wow! thats more fuel than i have in my shop!
i keep about 1lb of each chem and only thing i leave around that is already prepared is black powder and stars. i wouldnt leave whistle mix sitting next to anything. i discard the leftovers.
TheBombBros 1 year ago
is this an 8 pounder?
TheBombBros 1 year ago
@TheBombBros
This is a 60 pounder by the traditional scale as I understand it.
cplmac2 1 year ago
@cplmac2 60? you mean 6? if not than thats a big number!
nice work!
TheBombBros 1 year ago
A 3" rocket? That's awesome! Do they even make tooling for that, or does it have to be custom?
PersonguydudeWB 1 year ago
The tooling is custom, the biggest standard tooling is 1.5". I made the custom tooling myself, but the core I do individually for each rocket. I'm hoping to get a 4" whistle rocket together for the PGI convention this year, but we'll see. That's a pretty tall order and I've been pretty busy.
cplmac2 1 year ago
That's amazing man! Any rocket you can stick 5 2.5" salutes and 2 3" salutes on is well worth it I bet!
Goodluck with that whistle rocket. Man a
4" whistle rocket would be way loud, can't imagine.
How hard was it to get the proper ATF and state/local permits where you live? I am going to get mine when I can move to a more fire safe area in california, or maybe out of state.
Keep it up man, you got a sub here :)
PersonguydudeWB 1 year ago
Licensing is kind of a PITA, but all agencies were really easy to work with. Just a lot of I's to dot and T's to cross.
cplmac2 1 year ago
Everything is a PITA with the government, unless you aren't a citizen of course :)
Love your other videos, thanks for posting.
PersonguydudeWB 1 year ago
As I could see in your videos, you rather use Cu-Oxychlorite as the catalyst, whats the difference between Fe203 and copperoxychlorite?
Really impressive work dude, keep it up
Krautjaeger 2 years ago
I actually prefer Iron, but sometimes I use the copper to get a little bit stronger higher pitched motor. They both work really well, but the copper motors seem to burn a bit faster.
cplmac2 2 years ago
3" id is absolutely a huge size for a rocket. how deep was the propellant in the motor? and how much compression did you use on your rocket press?
TheBombBros 2 years ago
The fuel was about 10 inches deep, loading pressure was about 4000psi.
cplmac2 2 years ago
very impressive. keep up the good work.
TheBombBros 2 years ago
Nice :O
UserNameZor 2 years ago
how do you create that whistleing sound?
TheUnforgivn17 3 years ago
a whistle is ammouinum perchlorate when forced through a small hole it whistles creating that sound the smaller the hole the highger the whitsle
saluteshell5 2 years ago
The whistle is produced when the oxidizer and an organic salt burn a layer at a time and emit gas in spurts. When the compounds are contained in a narrow tube, the pulses of escaping gas produce the whistling sound.
saluteshell5 2 years ago
love the multiple salutes
torofighter 3 years ago
really nice:)
ChrHRO 3 years ago
Wow... ok Ti is the elemental abreviation for titanium. BTW very nice rocket!
ammosmoke 4 years ago
what is Ti?
MontanTny 4 years ago
Amazing as always, great job! I need to get some Ti to make my rockets more camera friendly as yours are. Loved the reports
Nighthawkinlight 4 years ago