Home Made Rocket Fuel...

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Rocket, Engines, Solid, Missile, Potassium, Nitrate, Corn, Syrub, Sugar, Water

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Make a solid rocket engine under 10 bucks

  1. By: f-22 raptor
  2. Categories How To
  3. Views 142,828
  4. Added :08-Oct-07
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  • man,

    thanks a lot!!!

    By Scoy 1194069984
  • uhm....

    does it work if i don`t add korn syrop? :-?

    By Scoy 1194025934
    • Actually

      it doesnt goes really well without it..

      i tried but it cant be shape.. it turns to be like some ash or sumthing..

      By babihijau 1200750977
    • it will work!!!

      the rocket will work without korn syrub!!!!

      By f-22 raptor 1194038915
    • ?

      how well.

      By heartbreaker91 1199394951
    • it will work normally..

      it will work the way it surpose to work without the korn syrub.

      By f-22 raptor 1199398553
  • ;)

    5 stars gor yo

    By freshboy 1191944342
  • Very nice

    where can u get potasium nitrate from?

    By daskaterboy 1191818791
    • u can...

      get potassium nitrate from a drug store!!!

      By f-22 raptor 1191844597
    • Yes

      Yeah where do you get it, and please don't say stump remover

      By darrah 1191821785
    • Actually,..

      Stump remover is a good source
      Lowes has a great one
      Spectracide Stump Remover =]

      By Double D [MFL] 1191906268
    • why not

      non liquid stump removers are almost always 100% potassium nitrate. If it doesnt say on the ingredients portion of the label there will be a caution label somewhere stating "contains potassium nitrate".

      By jaxplane2 1193583015
    • you can...

      get potassium nitrate at and garden store, and its cheap. this is pretty much a take off from shooting eggs smoke bomb vid but still pretty cool, i have never tried it with water before.

      By Maverick22 1191970789
  • degrees

    when you say 300 degrees of heat you mean farhrenheit
    or celcius?

    By megapit1000 1280448137
  • 300 degree's

    i cant get a gas stove that says the temperature in 300 degree's. will it work if i estimate the heat?

    By greenieboy 1268864130
  • Your Pyrotechnics

    Spectacular work! I enjoyed watching you video because you spoke clearly, and all round high quality!

    5 stars

    Cheers!

    By Pyrokenesis 1267401844
  • Great Video!!

    You're video is fantastic, did it tonight and worked like a charm!! Thanks.A few questions though, when it hardens, will it soften when warm? Every time? Will it dry out?

    By krazyfish 1264823861
  • how to make it doughy

    is it suppost to harden up when cooled? how did you put it in ur hand and mold it wit out it burnin you?

    By kinggary_wong 1250299036
  • how to use in rocket

    i put a spring in a back then put something in the front of it with a giant hole in the middle so when you light it,it moves forward as gets burned down
    in the model rocket.

    By akatsuki666 1238103232
  • 2:30

    cookie dough anyone??

    By Nexus177 1226554009
  • daym

    does it matter if its less than 300 degrees because i dont have one of thoes pans that u can set the temp (can u do it on the stove?) help me please!!!

    By qu113 1219818784
    • It doesnt matter....

      As long has it's well cooked the fuel will work just fine! ;)

      By f-22 raptor 1220393801
  • Useing

    How do you use it?
    Do you mold it to a rocket shape or compres it into the rocket tube and lite it?
    Do you grind it up like powder and put into the rocket tube or what?

    By horrorkid 1213187302
    • lol

      Grind it into powder? lol nooooo
      You Mold it up and stuff it inside the bottom of a model rocket.

      By f-22 raptor 1213191683
    • Thanks

      Now I can have some fun for a chance

      By horrorkid 1213201223
  • great

    vid ill try this tomorrow i have kno3 but in pellets ill have to grind it

    By andrew ^_^ 1201811283
  • also

    when did u turn off the heat?
    whats the burn time for the whole batch?
    simple enough i just dont like the transitons can i see the whole un cut video???

    By heartbreaker91 1199394883
  • ???

    what did you pour in the time after the h2o and why did u need the spoon??

    By heartbreaker91 1199394600
  • ???

    why is he stirring the water?

    By Me111111 1196878526
    • ???

      because he used the same measuring cup as the corn syrup -gotta get every drop!

      By R4808N 1196988862
  • This

    Made me hungry

    By Esedannyie 1191906893
    • lol same here!

      looked quite yummie!... but a great vid, i would have the guts to mkae that stuff tho!

      By kemsley 1191943222
  • Help with ingredients...And Process

    hello, very nice video =]
    but i have a few questions...
    what kind of syrup must be used?
    and also, i did this the other day without the syrup tho, and i ended up with the stuff a little bit lighter in color than yours, and i put a clump and let it cool down, but it never fully got dry, it was still moldable and when i lit it it started to burn and then went out...did i not cook it long enough?

    By Double D [MFL] 1191906156
    • ... syrup

      the syrup is an oil and aids in the burning it is a required step of this project

      By CalabusDabus 1191914226
    • ...

      yes i know that it is required and that is why mine came out wrong...
      but any type of corn syrup will work?
      i dont want to go out and buy 10 containers of a syrup only to find out it wont work lol

      By Double D [MFL] 1191967496
  • other

    you can make much more faster, just no need for water, melt only shugar in tge beguining, wen you got caramel poir saltpeter,

    By pautai 1191825166
  • IS THIS EDIBLE?

    Looks good to me!

    By constantinz 1191821805
  • Nice

    and thourough instructions

    By jaxplane1 1191818053
  • Sugar Rockets

    This is the propellant for sugar rockets.. well.. the video doesn't show how to make the fuel like i do.. i think my way is better, but same concept.. i made a few rockets like this that went out of sight high on a clear day. it was crazy

    i'm thinking about showing how to make a rocket engine out of this fuel

    By FightinIrishPJ 1191817856
    • hey :D

      teach me how to make your rocket fuel

      By Scoy 1194026103
  • OO!!

    DANG how long u keep it in the container?

    By imtommyson 1191785341
    • U CAN

      u can keep it in the container for how long u want, it doesnt expire!!!!

      By f-22 raptor 1191787310
    • Does it stay play-doh like?

      or do you have to re-heat it to mold it to what you're putting it in???

      By Pixelized 1191965192
    • it stays the same

      just keep it in an air tight container!!!

      By f-22 raptor 1191967744
    • Uhm...

      I have to disagree. When making til rcandy with sucrose (ordinary sugar) the propellant gets really hygroscopic, and might have to be packed in alu-tape etc. to avoid making it soak water. Making rcandy with sorbitol or dextrose makes it much less hygroscopic, although it is more expensive. Adding 1% red iron oxide increases the burn rate significantly!

      By Bunjabin 1191925971
    • you're both right ...

      keeping the rcandy in a sealed container free from the elements will not make the rcandy expire. the hygroscopic property of sucrose will not take place when there's no water to absurb in the first place. i kept my candy sticks inside a vacuumed container for over a year

      By drinox 1191928907
  • very cool

    5 stars for you sir

    By weird1 1200247729
  • ?????

    why do you use the korn syrub if it works fine without it? when do you turn the heat down to 250? when do you turn the heat off? will it propell something well? and is it explosive? Sorry for all the questions

    By Code Anima 1199918747
  • hot stuff

    zzzzzzzzz

    By justa blur 1191989683
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