paraffin fuel

Oct 16, 2010 1 Replies

Does anyone know of amateur experiments with paraffin fuel and a perchlorate oxidizer? I have seen paraffin used in a hybrid rocket, and I have seen an abstract of a Russian journal article about pressures vs. burn rate of various organic compounds with ammonium perchlorate. Paraffin was mentioned in the Russian journal article, but that is all I have been able to find on the subject by internet searching.


Do a search for "candlestick rockets." I played a little with the fuel but not enough to give any relevant data. Tom

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