Sleeter Book

[Elapid]

i got a copy of this text yesterday via rebar rocketry.
i'm 200 pages in and so far it seems to be a reasonably straightforward method.

looks like i'll need a lathe to keep costs down for tooling, unless my friend that sells CNC machines can get one of his clients to cut me a deal...

i was hoping the book would contain formulaitons and techniques for Composite fuels, but cheap BP motors will be ROCKIN'!

anyone buy supplies from these folks?
https://www.firefox-fx.com/rocketry.htm

 

[cdma77]

I have bought Mg powder form them.

 

[Stymye]

yes Firefox, is a great source

 

[Elapid]

found them about an hour sooner...
that is to say before i did a buy-it-now on ebay for some Mg powder/shavings...

i paid 6x what these folks are asking


i'm going to order one of their APCP starter kits.
is there an advantage to either the HTPB or PBAN?

 

[DPatell]

get McCreary's book...he goes into great depths about the pros and cons of both HTPB and PBAN.

I went HTPB due to ease, but PBAN is cheaper.

I recommend using HC7 curative from www.mrfiberglass.com

 

[cdma77]

Try www.pyrotek.org

They carry Mg on under the rocketry link. They are cheaper to order from since they charge less fior Mg, plus shipping shipping is cheaper and when I bought mine they didn't ship it with those stupid chips !

Jeff

 

[sandman]

I just cannot aggree with what you guys are recommending!

HTBP and PBAN are all wrong as for the HC7 well...I won't even go there!

I use ASDF and JKL; exclusivley as well as QRST and LMNOP as a curative.

I had to answer this ASAP and keep it on the QT so you guys wouldn't have a SNAFU.



Yes, I know what you're talking about but...it sounds so silly if you read this thread out loud.

 

[Elapid]

i'll check out the pricing...
the kit form makes it simple to get the right proportions of each compound to minimize waste for a newbie like myself.

sandman:

sure glad you answered PDQ, on the QT with the info so we could avoi8d that SNAFU which could have resulted in KP for me.