How To Make A Household Rocket / Motor

 by kruser495
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I will show you how to make a bottle rocket/motor out of household materials. everyone should have all the materials needed for this project. This is for people who dont have access to KNO3 or gunpowder. But for people who do have gunpowder they can use that instead of match powder and get the same results.

WARNING!... I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES OR DISTRUCTION OF PROPERTY EVEN KNOW IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE HARM OR DAMAGE BUT IT DOES INVOLVE FIRE.
 
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Step 1: Materials

Here is what you will need. everyone should have all the materials.

Materials:
~ 15 to 20 matches
~ Small container or bowl
~ Tin foil
~ fuse (I used Visco)

Tools:
~ Scissors
~ Mortar/Pestel or somthing to grind with
~ Your BRAIN!
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Thorn-Boy says: Oct 25, 2008. 1:48 PM
cud i use sparkler powder?
Pyrochemistry in reply to Thorn-BoyDec 19, 2008. 4:26 AM
i highly doubt that sparkler powder would work because it is quite a weak fuel. u could use black powder though...
Sparkythehappygirafe in reply to PyrochemistryJul 19, 2009. 5:19 PM
Ya i agree about the sparklers, know anything else other than KNO3 and black powder that is a good propellant? Anyone? lol
guitarmonk15 in reply to SparkythehappygirafeJul 13, 2010. 4:05 PM
Gunpowder: 50% Charcoal, 25% sugar, 25% stump remover
Armstrong's Mixture: Matchheads
German aluminum dark powder: 180in. x 1 feet of aluminum foil (powderized), 1 tablespoon of charcoal
Thermite (for burning through crap): 3:2 of iron oxide (burned and crushed steel wool) and aluminum powder (from foil)
Nitrocellulose: From what I understand, just ping pong balls.

manndude1 in reply to guitarmonk15Jan 2, 2011. 5:54 PM
gunpowder is 75 percent saltpeter/stump remover (KNO3) 15 percent Charcoal and 10% sulfur.
guitarmonk15 in reply to manndude1Jan 4, 2011. 4:10 PM
dependent on your formula - I have never made any of these, but found all these recipes on the web through months of research
freakyqwerty in reply to guitarmonk15Dec 5, 2010. 6:11 AM
By the way ping pong balls are made from celluloid which if you read the wikipedia article (I know, I know its unrelible and all that, but if it is used along with common sence it can have some good info) it says that celluloid is the  name of a class of compouds created from nitrocellulose and camphor which is why its bad to use the ping pong ball smoke bombs (toxic fumes). You know just thought i'd add that ;)

P.S. What do you mean by stump remover?
guitarmonk15 in reply to freakyqwertyDec 21, 2010. 1:30 PM
Search "grant's stump remover"
scoobbrandon in reply to guitarmonk15Jan 6, 2011. 10:14 AM
its a guy that you hire to remove stumps for you
Gizmo64 in reply to guitarmonk15Nov 11, 2010. 9:57 PM
That...was epic.
penna in reply to PyrochemistryJun 5, 2009. 2:14 PM
whats black powder
iTraceur in reply to pennaDec 18, 2009. 11:26 PM
Oh, this is scary.
You're looking at how to build a rocket... and you don't know what black powder is...

Kill me now, someone, please...
skipster2 in reply to iTraceurJun 21, 2011. 3:23 PM
bang
KnexFreek in reply to pennaNov 5, 2009. 6:43 PM
:(
pyroten in reply to pennaJun 10, 2009. 12:02 AM
lol... black powder is the stuff they use to propel bullets from a gun. I'm pretty sure it's not in use that much today for that purpose but anyway. it's also used in almost all pyrotechnics. It's commonly a mix of sulfur, potassium nitrate and charcoal. @Pyrochemistry --> i'v got small amounts of thrust from sparklers. I took a burnt out rocket motor, and packed it with sparklers (still on the sticks/metal things), and plugged the end. But I suppose it was more of a nice display...
jules15 says: Oct 1, 2010. 4:16 PM
If you have a lot of this, can you mix it with clay so it's moldable? How good of a propellant is this compared with real model rocket engines?
chamster says: Sep 30, 2010. 3:58 PM
Chain! There! Geez
mettaurlover says: Aug 9, 2010. 5:55 PM
Dude. Get this out of the Knex Guns group. This isn't even Knex, it isn't a gun, and it definitely shouldn't be in any group related to either of them.
pooboy says: Aug 5, 2007. 3:07 PM
okay guys i have an idea lets make the longest reply chain all you gota do is reply to the last comment in the chain okay so = lets =
M4industries in reply to pooboyJul 15, 2010. 8:43 AM
The longest one is on Kipkay's Orange Board.
pooboy in reply to pooboyAug 5, 2007. 3:10 PM

do

Supreme_Angler in reply to pooboyFeb 15, 2008. 11:27 PM
do
pooboy in reply to pooboyAug 5, 2007. 3:11 PM

this

Supreme_Angler in reply to pooboyFeb 15, 2008. 11:28 PM
this
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threecheersfornick in reply to pooboyFeb 7, 2008. 3:41 PM
there's a forum topic like that... it's called something like "Random Fun"... check it out.
Jeremykid in reply to pooboySep 21, 2007. 11:56 AM
this site is for showing inventions, not making stupid chains
2cool4u in reply to JeremykidMay 23, 2008. 7:16 PM
WHO CARES LOOSEN UP A LITTLE!! CHAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAIN!!!!!!!!!
acesk8erboi in reply to 2cool4uJul 1, 2008. 4:17 PM
chain
fail in reply to acesk8erboiApr 12, 2011. 2:31 AM
:)
ploop171 in reply to acesk8erboiAug 12, 2008. 10:53 AM

fail in reply to ploop171Apr 12, 2011. 2:31 AM
WOOOO
tinstructable in reply to ploop171Jul 20, 2010. 12:13 AM
WHOA! The chain shall never end! KEEP GOING
fail in reply to tinstructableApr 12, 2011. 2:31 AM
WOOOO
fail in reply to tinstructableApr 12, 2011. 2:30 AM
WOOOO
the mechanical engineer says: Feb 8, 2008. 9:04 AM
is there any other way you could get fuel, like breaking apart black cats or somthing
Colonel88 in reply to the mechanical engineerNov 8, 2009. 7:28 AM
Crak open the 8 ring cap gun ammo. scrape off the gunpowder.
guitarmonk15 in reply to Colonel88Jul 13, 2010. 3:47 PM
It's not gunpowder, it's Armstrong's mixture in those. Also, that is what he made in this 'ible.
mr. clean in reply to Colonel88Nov 9, 2009. 8:49 PM
Nooo dont want to do that waaayy too explosive it wont shoot up at all just boom
david102994 in reply to the mechanical engineerJul 16, 2008. 3:40 PM
open a shotgun shell
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