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I tried a chlorate/sugar rocket once and it kinda had potential, first it flared a bit and then it just made a really quiet sound for a bit with no visible flame. I was about to go back up to my house when it began to roar and looked like a proper rocket just before it flies. Then the end shot out and and there was a burst of flame as all the propellent ignited at once.

The end plug was clay and the hole was the right size, but I had made it and then glued it in place. In hindsight that sounds really dumb but it was the first rocket I made and Im real used to gluing in endplugs on firecrackers. But anyway Im gonna try it again sometime with a proper nozzle and like I said im pretty sure it has potential for those who get Sodium Chlorate cheaper than KNO3.

Oh and I used a visco fuse which obviously contains some Sulphur but theres such little contact between the sulphur and chlrate theres pretty much zero risk. As long as you dont store it too long I dont think youre in any danger especially if you know that there is a tiny chance of it going off and hold it pointing away from you.


Soz just saw that im a bit late but hey sumone might be interested.

Yeah I know its expensive, you can sometimes get it on ebay but its ?9.00 for 100grams which is too much for me to buy a lot, although Im gonna buy some soon along with some 200mesh aluminium powder also on ebay ?5 for 500grams to make Flash Powder. Is 200 mesh ok for flashpowder or should I buy/make a ballmill.

Couldnt you just replace the permangate with another oxidiser, like potassium perchlorate or potassium nitrate. On a related note does anyone know a supplier of potassium perchlorate in the UK for the production of Flash Powder. The only place I could find it was ebay at ?9.00 for 100grms which is way too much of a rip off for me to buy it.

Yeah theyre in excellent condition, no marks. im probably not gonna sell them thou, I could do with a hundred quid but it wouldnt feel right selling them.

STANDARD - Cannon
Little DEmon
THunderbolt

A WESSEX FIREWORK (Made by Waeco) - Block BUster
Blasted
Mighty Atom

PAINS - Cannon Crasher
Zing Boom
Little Terror
London Rouser

BENWELL - Penny Banger

WIZARD - Martian charge


The Jumping Jacks had no brand name so I set them off last summer. All the bangers were priced about 1 to 1 1/2 pence.