Newspaper rocket fuel  Have you read the newspaper today? What
have you done with the newspaper? Thrown it in the dust bin or
recylce bin? Can you imagine, newspaper can be rocket fuel and
blast us to the moon or to other planets? I had this idea,
searching for a suitable binder and reinforcement of the grain
for hexaphenox propellant. The binder and part of the fuel is
polyvinyl acetate (white wood glue). The secondary fuel is old
newspaper. The oxidizer ist KClO3. It is a kind of cellulose-
reinforced plastic propellant. The video shows a test firing of
70g polyvinyl acetate/cellulose/KClO3 propellant:   The
propellant was made as following: Some converted JPGs from the
video (using Free Video to JPG Converter): Propellant dries in
the baking oven:  Finished propellant grain:  Keine Kommentare:
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