Chute dusting powder.

[mh9162013]

True enough. But I do think that balance can swing a little too far the other way, passing rationality.

Oh, absolutely.

 

[mtnmanak]

According to almost every label on everything I get from Amazon, it has materials that are found to cause cancer in the state of California. That has included anything from a laptop PC to a trash can, writing desk, a knife sharpener, streamer material, or spray paint. ALL have these warnings, and none cause cancer except in the CA courts. Attorneys seem to be the primary source of the cancer. Or maybe they are (the cancer).

Maybe Californians have a problem with eating their PCs, trash cans, writing desks, knife sharpeners, streamer materials and spray paints? People in other states apparently have figured you shouldn't ingest those objects. Maybe they can replace the "this product causes cancer" labels with labels that read something like "Don't eat this trash can. If you do, it may cause cancer, but you will have much bigger problems anyway. We really thought this was self-evident, but, you know, it's California."

 

[Donnager]

Maybe Californians have a problem with eating their PCs, trash cans, writing desks, knife sharpeners, streamer materials and spray paints? People in other states apparently have figured you shouldn't ingest those objects. Maybe they can replace the "this product causes cancer" labels with labels that read something like "Don't eat this trash can. If you do, it may cause cancer, but you will have much bigger problems anyway. We really thought this was self-evident, but, you know, it's California."

LOL . I think the label is applied so liberally it no longer means anything.

 

[86mustang408w]

I use baby powder from walmart. One the nosecones too if they are a little tight.

 

[Banzai88]

I must have been under a rock and didn’t realize baby powder is technically flammable!

I’ve been using it on cold day LPR launches for a while and haven’t had any issues… yet.

I will continue playing with fire (see what I did there).

Baby powder used to be primarily finely ground talc, sometimes mixed with corn starch, but once the lawsuits hitting J&J threw out the science for 'feelings', most manufacturers stopped including it as a primary material and now it's just straight corn starch.

Reference the numerous "Baby powder cancer lawsuits". The 'science' linking talc and J&J baby powder to cancer is basically been proven to junk time and time and time again. But.....court cases sometimes are more about 'feelings' than science, so here we are.

I threw don't use anything with corn starch in it because no matter what I do, I invariably get pin holes burned in my plastic chutes and they need replaced every other season or so. I have some rockets that have only had talc used on them and still have the original estes plastic parachutes, still functional, and over a decade old.

 

[ONAWHIM]

In CA cars come with a Proposition 65 warning label on the driver's side window.
Good to know that the vehicle may cause cancer and birth defects.

It's removable by the end user/owner but so many cars are on the road with those sticker intact.
Prop 65 wanrnings have become a CYA for manufacturers and resellers so much so that most everything has a warning label.

The funniest meme is a roll of toilet paper with each sheet being a prop 65 warning.

 

[PhilC]

According to almost every label on everything I get from Amazon, it has materials that are found to cause cancer in the state of California. That has included anything from a laptop PC to a trash can, writing desk, a knife sharpener, streamer material, or spray paint. ALL have these warnings, and none cause cancer except in the CA courts. Attorneys seem to be the primary source of the cancer. Or maybe they are (the cancer).

We don't have this probem in the UK. Talc is widely available, safety labels usually have some scientific basis and lawyers stick to practicing law.

 

[Donnager]

We don't have this probem in the UK. Talc is widely available, safety labels usually have some scientific basis and lawyers stick to practicing law.

At least someone (or country) has some sense. In the US, we seem to rely on media personalities to identify/resolve our technical issues, apparently.

Maybe I should move.

 

[VTS SkunkWorks]

I have used carpenter's chalk that is used to refil a chalk marker snap cord. Choose your color. Leaves a nice puff of color at deployment that can help find a rocket for someone with not so good eyes, like me! Downside is it leaves some color on cloth chutes and body tubes.

 

[SolarYellow]

If you really want to know what the deal is on Prop 65, look it up. It's easy to find the info.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Colored chalk makes it a lot easier to spot where your rocket lands...

 

[OzHybrid]

Quaint British cottages only smell like that if the owner is trying to mask something insanitary. They didn't have plumbing, sewers or damp courses when old cottages were built.
I think Yardley smells more like a tart's boudoir than a British cottage.

British cottages in Wales smell more of smoke as the Welsh have set them on fire.

 

[pathtouch]

Colored chalk makes it a lot easier to spot where your rocket lands...

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What a savage, red is the permanent stuff haha. Talk about a crime scene.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Go ahead and use the cornstarch stuff, it works fine, is cheap, and readily available.

I duuno, it burned pinholes in my plastic chutes. But I'm slowly switching to nylon.

 

[4regt4]

I duuno, it burned pinholes in my plastic chutes. But I'm slowly switching to nylon.

I've completely switched to nylon except 12" or smaller. Occasionally use a mylar 15". Apogee brand thin nylon is really very good.

Hans.

 

[OzHybrid]

I duuno, it burned pinholes in my plastic chutes. But I'm slowly switching to nylon.

How did you identify it was the corn starch and not the ejection charge that caused the damage?

 

[MClark]

I use dry dirt

 

[teepot]

Which is easy to find in the desert.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

How did you identify it was the corn starch and not the ejection charge that caused the damage?

By default, to be honest. I've never burned a 'chute before, and all of a sudden, all of my 'chutes have burns, pinholes mostly, some melting, but it sure looked like burned corn starch.

 

[tsmith1315]

I use dry dirt

Which is easy to find in the desert.

“Mark’s Dry Dirt”, “Dave’s Desert Dust”, sounds like a new rocketry product.

 

[Banzai88]

By default, to be honest. I've never burned a 'chute before, and all of a sudden, all of my 'chutes have burns, pinholes mostly, some melting, but it sure looked like burned corn starch.

And sometimes you'll get little black residue or balls of burn material that stick to the plastic. Smash it with your finger and the crust will break, and it'll have white powder in it. Only happens with corn starch, won't happen with talc.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

And sometimes you'll get little black residue or balls of burn material that stick to the plastic. Smash it with your finger and the crust will break, and it'll have white powder in it. Only happens with corn starch, won't happen with talc.

Yeah, like that. I want to thank you again for putting me on to Ripstop by the Roll, and your other assistance and advice. I now have 7 semi-elliptical nylon canopies!

 

[manixFan]

This is almost as good as a glue thread!


Tony

 

[JLP1]

 

[SolarYellow]

“Mark’s Dry Dirt”, “Dave’s Desert Dust”, sounds like a new rocketry product.

Or the name for someone's L# scratchbuild design.

Apogee brand thin nylon is really very good.

Hans.

I really like them. Use them on everything they fit so far. Have managed to get a little melty, but they are cheap enough for that not to matter too much. Not the most expensive consumable in this affair, not even close.

Yeah, like that. I want to thank you again for putting me on to Ripstop by the Roll, and your other assistance and advice. I now have 7 semi-elliptical nylon canopies!

Trying to avoid going down the chute-sewing rabbit hole, but might end up there as I keep wanting to fill minimum-size rockets with electronics and not have them make dents in the playa when landing from a properly-deployed recovery.

 

[tsmith1315]

Or the name for someone's L# scratchbuild design.

Ooh, that’s tempting fate!

 

[PhilC]

British cottages in Wales smell more of smoke as the Welsh have set them on fire.

We've stopped that ... for now

 

[PhilC]

At least someone (or country) has some sense. In the US, we seem to rely on media personalities to identify/resolve our technical issues, apparently.

Maybe I should move.

If you get tempted we have a lovely rocket club in South Wales with a pub at the end of the range.

 

[BABAR]

If you get tempted we have a lovely rocket club in South Wales with a pub at the end of the range.

”The 19th Hole” would be a good name for a pub on a golf course. for a rocket range, maybe not so much.

 

[OzHybrid]

”The 19th Hole” would be a good name for a pub on a golf course. for a rocket range, maybe not so much.

Been in several over the years. 19th Hole even has a Wikipedia entry. In my home town, Renfrew, Scotland, there still is a pub called "The 19th Hole" By the time I was old enough to drink in it 47 years ago, it was already an oxymoron as the golf course it was opposite had been turned into a housing estate 5 years prior to that..
Norm