John H. Wickman's How to Make Amateur Rockets Book

Hi all, from what I've gathered on the forums, general consensus seems to be really great on Professor Terry McCreary's Experimental Composite Propellant. What about John Wickman's How to Make Amateur Rockets? How is it?

I like them both, but you don't need them both. Probably I would suggest Nakka & McCreary, even if you don't plan to make candy.

I am not familiar with McCreary, however following the Aerotech fire and 9/11 restrictions I left organized rocketry and exclusively flew experimental. Both Richard Nakka and John Wickmans work were invaluable to our projects. I highly recommend both.

I'm more familiar with McCreary than I ever wanted to be...

I bought Wickman's book, which has some very good features and information. Nylon nozzles are a good idea for the worker who doesn't want to machine "compressed filth" (graphite). Four salient points: ammonium perchlorate composite propellant is no longer on the explosives list, while ammonium nitrate mixtures are still there. PVC is not a suitable casing material IMHO. One propellant ingredient is quite expensive and difficult to ship. And the propellant has a low burn rate, much lower than most APCP. It might be great for long-burn, low thrust motors.

Best -- Terry

Thank you @dhbarr, @Padseven, and @prfesser for the replies. Really appreciate it! Richard Nakka's website was my first go to resource. Looking to expand my reading.

Will definitely order Experimental Composite Propellant to start things off!