New Type of Rocket Engines

For about a year, I have been wondering if homemade potassium nitrate (KNO3) rockets would go higher than store bought C6-5 rocket engines. I started getting more and more interested in them and wanted to buy a model engine, but was shocked at how expensive store bought engines were. Later, I decided that I could build my own. I started with sugar rockets, then moved to Gunpowder based rockets. Later I found that by mixing the fuels you get a more powerful and hotter chrge.

1. Empty rocket engine casing
2. KNO3/Stump Remover
3. Sugar
4. Charcoal
5. Sulfur
6. Water
7. Wooden Dowel with the same diameter as the rocket engine casing
8. Bentonite Clay
9. Wick
10. Small Allen wrench
11. Lighter
12. Funnel

1. https://www.instructables.com/Safety-of-Pyrotechnics/
2. On all of these steps use safety.
3. Wear a mask and eyeglasses.
4. Follow government regulations.
5. Only put about 10 or less grams of fuel in a rocket.
6. Wear gloves.

1. Measure out 65 grams of KNO3 and 35 grams of powdered sugar and mix them together for about 5 minutes
2. Store in a airtight container away from electronics.

1. Measure out 75 grams of KNO3, 13 grams of crushed charcoal, and 12 grams of sulfur. Mix them together for about 5 minutes.
2. Store in a airtight container away from electronics.

1. Mix all the gunpowder with the sugar rocket fuel.

1. Get the rocket engine casing and set it on a flat surface OUTSIDE.
2. Add the blended bentonite clay to the bottom of the engine and mash down with the wooden dowel until there is about 3/8 of an inch of clay in the engine casing.
3. Add about a teaspoon of fuel to the engine casing with the funnel and a spoon, then add a drop of water. Do this until you are about 3/8 of an inch from the top of the engine casing.
4. Fill the rest of the the engine casing with clay.
5. Mash down hard.
6. use a small Allen Wrench about 1/5 of an inch wide to make a hole through the clay on one side. Keep pressing until the wrench is almost through the whole engine.

1. Add a fuse in the air chamber created by the wrench.
2. Place the engine OUTSIDE away from flammable materials under a large rock.
3. Light the wick and run.
4. Watch and enjoy:)

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For more pyrotechnics see:

https://www.instructables.com/Sugar-Rockets/