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vashon rocket propellant

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does any one know what to use as a propellant for the vashon rocets i was going to use the air brush propellant from wal-mart but now it is flamable. can any one help me


    



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Lord Flasheart

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What is "Vashon"?

The closest thing I can think of as a rocket propellant from Wal-Mart would probably be Potassium Nitrate in the form of, "Tree Stump Remover". Mix it in a dry 60/40 or 75/25 ratio* to get excellent performance, though I would not suggest making the compressed rocket candy. I ruined my portable electric-heater attempting to heat the accursed slurry to a proper temperature, and the risk of explosion was extremely high all the while.

*Say, 60 or 75 parts of Potassium Nitrate, and 40 or 25 parts of common table-sugar.

Enjoy and take caution.

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10kBq jaro

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It appears you may need a bit more than "Tree Stump Remover" for that Vachon rocket :


http://www.asme.org/asme/pastpresident.html


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[past ASME president Reginald I.] Vachon published extensively and also consulted on several prominent design projects for the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency and NASA, where he worked on the early precursor to the solid rocket motors used on today’s space shuttle.


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GoogleNaut

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Nice site for Rocket Research
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There is a really nice website about all things rocket. These folks are ameteurs, but they are extremely professional at what they do. They have launched some big liquid fueld rockets to. Go to:
the Reaction Research Society

www.rrs.org

They even offer classes in how to safely build and test your own solid rocket motors. Anyone interested should probably contact them for details.


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rocket man

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ok first of all it is vashon not vachon and for those of you who dont know what it is it's a cold power rocket witch means it uses pressure to launch the rocket in to the air so the the fuel can't be flamable it must be something like airbrush propellant but the walmart kind changed to a flamable substace ok can any one pleese help me  

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