I have posted a couple of images from Perchlorathon 6-04. These are Kosdon propellants.
A burnoff and a flight of a 54mm J IIRC
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perchlorathon...Jerry
[Kosdon] Perchlorathon 6-04
Jul 07, 2004
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I loved my Kosdon motors, too bad they are no longer certified :-(
The 38/600 motor was great. One fast burn reload and one slow burn reload (both baby J motors) along with one smoky reload and a C-slot that were I motors. You could Cert Levels 1 and 2 with one case! In addition, the C-slot was really sweet in my Endeavor - a 4:1 thrust ratio and almost 5 second burn produced a beautiful flight as long as there was NO wind!
There was a J2000 motor I saw fly one time, I think it was in a 38 mm case but it might have been 54 mm -- the ultimate sledgehammer motor!
Illegally of course!!
Yea. I've seen it :-( Danger, wayyy too fast :)
Jerry
The one I saw terminated the motor case with extreme prejudice. Actually, the only Kosdon CATO I ever witnessed in many, many flights.
You gotta love those snap rings!
Cool.
Is that a legal term?
Jerry-motors.
Mike F. wrote:
No, not jerry-motors, Frank Kosdon motors.
Jerry's motors got even more snap rings than Frank's do. (Not quite as many as Gary's got o-rings, though!)
I dunno, though - at least the o-rings won't try to slip loose of the pliers, leap out of sight, and get lost!
-dave w
I've got a minimum diameter carbon fiber rocket that I'll be trying it in in a couple of weeks. I'll probably set it up as a moonburner K340 though. I'm tired of epoxying the grains to the liner tube.
Mike Fisher
Not true!
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Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
This poster is obviously TRA centric and quite myopic.
I've got a KBA L1000 and a K777 (somewhere). I flew an L1860 in a 4" rocket at MDRA. Kosdon cases kick ass but so do AMW's and Loki's, too. Can't beat the ease of setting up an AT 98 O-ring motor though.
That's what Dr. Evil was saying after that small problem with his pyramid. ;-)
Dr. Evil, good one. It made a nice flame thrower.
-Rob
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