From Nothing to Rockets

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From Nothing to Rockets

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This instrucable will explain how to make rocket candy and the casing

Do not do unsupervised 

Do not do around open flame 

not responsible for accidents 
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be safe


modelrocketzone.com

Ingredients

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Stump remover (KNO3)
- stectacide brand perfered

Corn syrup

sugar


Rust

Making Rust

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you will need

- a cup     - bleach

- coffee filter     -steel wool

Instruction

Put the coffee filter into the cup first                                                Let it sit over night

then put the steel wool into the cup                                                pull out filter keeing the rust from spilling out 

Finally pour bleach into cup                                                            Boil off water

*make sure steelwool is submerged in bleach

Making Casing

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You will need

-paper       - rod        - glue      - Clay    


Instructions

cut paper into strips
*cut width of strip as you desire

glue the entire srtip of paper

wrap around the rod tightly to make casing

close one end with clay and let dry 

Making Rocket Candy

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you will need 

- Hot plate      - Spatula       - Sugar 

- Stump remover     - Corn syrup     -rust

- water     - beaker/cup 

Ratios

- KNO3 60%     - Sugar 30%     -corn syrup 10%     *add 5% rust of the mass of the three ingredients 

Ex: 50g sample    KNO3- 30g   Sugar- 15g     corn syrup- 5g      *rust- 2.5g  

Instructions
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put sugar and KNO3 into cup/beaker
- add water to the mixture until all is dissolved 
- grind rust as fine as possible then add to mixture
- set hotplate 
-when all water boils off add corn syrup
-turn off heat
-mix together until gel like substance remains 

Filling Cassing

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you will need 

- rod     -casing    - rocket candy       -spatula     - clay

Instructions

- use spatula to pick up rocket candy 

-scrape into casing

- use rod to compact 

-repeat till 1/4 inch of space remains

- fill rest of space with clay 

-let cool and dry

Finishing Casing

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you will need 

- casing with rocket candy in it     - Drill

Instructions 

- use drill to drill small straight hole into casing

Finished

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You are ready to launch a Rocket!!!!!