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[marble]

These are BP fueled rockets right?

[cplmac]

They are whistle rockets.

[cplmac]

3" ID Ti Whistle to report, you can watch this one in Windows Media player

[Wyvern]

That is a fantastic rocket mate.

[pihop]

They are whistle rockets.

May i ask how much whistle mix you fit in there?

[cplmac]

That particular rocket took 1555 grams + 75 grams of Ti sponge.

[marble]

What was the salute made out of?

[Creepin_pyro]

3" ID Ti Whistle to report, you can watch this one in Windows Media player

Great stuff cplmac! Reminds me of this beast! Keep 'em coming!

[Wyvern]

What was the salute made out of?

From what i have read onthe APC forums ~750g of standard 70:30 flash, please correct me if i am wrong cpl

Edited by Wyvern, 28 August 2007 - 10:56 AM.

[cplmac]

Wyvern you're right, I just used plain old 70/30, in a salute this large it would be a waste to use my hotter flash. And I'm running low on some of my other metals. Creepin it's funny you post that video, I was there. That's my buddies rocket and he's really the impetus for my trying my hand at it. He did all his tests of that rocket at my place. Believe it or not that was a whistle rocket too, but he used a little over 20% Ti and it ate up all the sound. I just talked to him yesterday about the rocket, we are going to be making a few more for another club shoot coming up, his tooling is different than mine though, he uses a little shorter core because he wanted his rocket to ascend VERY slow, now he knows how to make some serious salutes and rockets. In all honesty he is the one who convinced me to get started in hobby pyro and he helped make sure I knew enough to keep my digits.

[marble]

Thats one expensive rocket

[cplmac]

6 pound step whistle

[dr thrust]

"step whistle " never seen one of those before! very nice but how was it done?

[SwissTony]

That is awesome.
Sounds like dolphin calls on my pc .
We need pics and tutorial.

[Wyvern]

That is awesome.
Sounds like dolphin calls on my pc .
We need pics and tutorial.

Also a nice uk source of Sodium Salicylate wouldnt go amiss either, only thing i have is benzoate at the moment which i hear is an inferior fuel as far as it is less powerful.