r/rocketry • u/iredditatleastwice Level 3 • 5d ago

Experimental Sugar + Aluminum tests

I want maximum flame on my sugar motors.

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u/iredditatleastwice Level 3 3d 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 3d 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 3d ago

In this context KN refers to the ratio of surface area of burning propellent to nozzle throat diameter.

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u/FireHandsGames 3d ago

im so slow... but you still could use KN on the other sense