Sugar Rocket/ Rocket Powered Shopping Cart!
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Sugar Rocket/ Rocket Powered Shopping Cart!
Fabrication
Casting the Grains
Mount Motor and Pack
To mount the motor I use hose clamps and exhaust clamps (the first time i used zip ties as a last resort and the motor came loose!!!). I put them through the shopping cart basket on the bottom. Your shopping cart may be different but you''ll need to find the balancing point on the shopping cart and attach the motor there. also make sure the motor is as far forward as it can be to add stability to the rocket. Next go to the desert or somewhere no one is around with no air traffic in case your motor comes loose the first time too; and pack the motor with 5 grains. next get a little baggy and fill it with black powder (about 5 grams) and stuff it into the back of the motor (the end with the end cap). Next get an e-match iginter and poke it up into the motor until it touches the black powder. Next put the nozzle in with its o-ring and a little silicone grease to help make a seal. Put the snap rings in then set the shopping cart in launch position and safely hook up your ignition system.
Launch!!!
This is the first launch attempt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--mw4pu4PA
this is the second launch attempt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXpPZZLWI5s