How to build a salute shell

This is how I make a cylindrical aerial salute.
The flash powder I use is sodium nitrate / magnesium flash powder with iron powder but may be substituted with another mixture.
The lift powder is good granulated sulfurless black powder.

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• how to build
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• aerial salute
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• salute
• shell
• firework
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• flash powder
• black powder
• sulfurless
• sodium nitrate
• NaNO3
• magnesium
• Mg
• potassium nitrate
• KNO3
• potassium perchlorate
• KClO4
• KClO3
• iron
• titanium
• Fe
• Ti

[Micke1324567]

Hur många gram eller kryddmått hade du av NaNo3/Mg/Fe?

[Dornier335A]

@Micke1324567

Jag gjorde 1g och använde kanske 0,8 g. Och nej, man kan inte använda KNO3/socker som kastladdning. KNO3/askorbinsyra funkar däremot.

[tiagonyl]

Hello!

when I use NaNO3, there it comes a trouble. It comes wet really easily. Could it get wet inside a shell stored for some days?

What could I do?

(For that I prefer to use KClO3, but it's harder to get...)

Thanks!

[Dornier335A]

@tiagonyl

Yes, NaNO3 is hygroscopic. Dry it in an oven before you are going to use it, and store it on a dry place. It's winter here in Sweden now so the air is quite dry. I store some of my NaNO3 in an open container and it doesn't get wet at all. So I don't think there is going to be any problem.

[RedneckNit09]

Small but nice work. I would like to know more about the lift charge and the visco fuse. Did you make both of them and how? Would appreciate if you could share.

[Dornier335A]

@RedneckNit09

The lift powder is homemade granulated sulphurless black powder. I usually don't use visco fuse, I use homemade black match, but it's best to use visco.

[Micke1324567]

@Dornier335A Okej, jag menar att man kan ha KNO3 och florsocker som drivmedel till en raket. Alltså om man packar det i ett rör med t.ex. kattsand.

[Micke1324567]

@smexykid666 Oh, i say wrong. Thats the mix for an another kind of lift powder :)

[Micke1324567]

@smexykid666 If you have KNO3 (potassium nitrate) you can take 21g kno3 and 11g powdered sugar, it will work good too :)

[smexykid666]

Would I be able to use potassium nitrate instead of sodium nitrate?