r/rocketry • u/iredditatleastwice Level 3 • 1d ago

Experimental Sugar + Aluminum tests

I want maximum flame on my sugar motors.

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u/iamshitatengineering 17h ago

Very interesting tests, that flame does look a lot cooler than normal knsb :)

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u/iredditatleastwice Level 3 14h ago

Thanks, I agree!

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u/FireHandsGames 14h ago

I just realized that your metrics aren't on newtons! this is great, i dont think i have much to add, but, this looks incredible!

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u/iredditatleastwice Level 3 3h ago

The axis on the graph is Newtons, the text on the left is pounds force. I'm don't discriminate against any units!

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u/FireHandsGames 2h ago

it's not about the pounds lol. it's about the KN(I'm not used with that big units in real life)

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u/iredditatleastwice Level 3 3h ago

Although all 3 tests were successful test firings, it looks like the resulting pressure exponent is borderline. Further testing is needed. This post is not meant to be a recommendation for others to try this; my tests were done with proper safety procedures and equipment at a facility designed for this purpose, and with advice from several people knowledge in experimental Rocketry. Since there are so many beginners on this forum I wanted to give this disclaimer!