Is fireproof wad a necessity?

[Daddyisabar]

I was in Germany for vacation so I scoped out a hobby shop that sold a few rockets, I also got some Klima wading, It's like flame-resistant wool. Works great!View attachment 388569 View attachment 388570

In my Noris kit it looked like synthetic pillow bunting. Biodegradable? Was scared to be seen with the stuff, a serious breech of PCness.

 

[Daddyisabar]

Let us, or I should say lettuce, congratulate you on your "green new deal" related to wadding.

Thanks! I'm sure the Green's will love me until I forget to clean out a prepreped rocket I did not get around to flying for a month or two.

 

[boatgeek]

This place can get a bit crazy sometimes. But now that you are well versed in chute protection and various forms of environmentally friendly wadding, it is time to ditch any vegan tendencies and go full out carnivore. I'm talking a meat piston here; a nice sausage or fillet wrapped in bacon depending on your rockets diameter. Maybe start off with layers of finely sliced medallions of beef tartar
The ejection charge would impart a nice smoky flavor and the tartar wadding would need its own recovery system as well. As you advance in your rocketry skills you can fly with hard salami fueled hybrid motors like the Myth Busters!

I am actually going to use some lettuce at the launch tomorrow since I have never done anything that crazy.

Nothing like a little sulfur on the bacon. Mmmmm.

 

[Daddyisabar]

Nothing like a little sulfur on the bacon. Mmmmm.

Bacon grease is the perfect sealant for black powder anvil flying! No wadding needed for that hobby!

 

[Bat-mite]

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From the PDF: "Since it is shredded, it is dispersed like dust after ejection and does not litter the ground in the park."

Well, yes it does; you just can't see it.

 

[shreadvector]

From the PDF: "Since it is shredded, it is dispersed like dust after ejection and does not litter the ground in the park."

Well, yes it does; you just can't see it.

Obviously you have never seen the lawn areas of the park we use. Huge amounts of Goose-Poo. People in sandals are idiots. And when the coyotes get a goose or duck, there are a lot of feathers, etc.