Experimental Solid Composite Propellant

In my freshman year at ASU, I had flown a variety of small commercial solid rocket motors, and I quite enjoyed my time with them. However, I came to learn about rocketeers producing their own experimental solid propellant. I saw just how far the performance boundaries could be pushed with custom SRMs as opposed to commercial options. Soon after this realization, I started mixing my own propellant, under the guidance of a mentor at first. Ever since then, I have come to develop my own formulas. Some of which push the boundaries to the limit of what I can achieve with the chemicals I have at hand, and some exist simply to look pretty. I’ve come to mix well over 150lbs of solid propellant, having produced and fired over two dozen custom SRMs. To date, these propellants have gone on to fly in excess of Mach 3 numerous times.

Custom Formulas:             

        

  • Boostka White - Generic Performance Propellant  

    • Developed alongside my mentor, Thomas Booska

    • 84% Solids loading

    • 70% Bimodal 400u/90u AP

    • 10% 9u Aluminum

    • 4% 3u Magnalium

    • R45 HTPB binder

    • Sports extremely good pourability and low erosivity

  • Bite of 86 - High Solids Loading Performance Propellant

    • 86% Solids loading

    • 70% Bimodal 400u/90u AP

    • 11% 9u aluminum

    • 5% 3u Magnalium

    • R20 HTPB binder

    • Extremely high solids loading, utilizes R20 HTPB to enhance pourability

  • KSP v1 - High Performance Fast Blue

    • 78.26% Trimodal 400u/200u/20u AP

    • 5% 9u Aluminum

    • 0.5% Cupric Oxide

    • 0.25% Red Iron Oxide

    • R45 HTPB binder

    • High performance, fast burning blue propellant, utilizes trimodal AP distributions to enhance workability

  • Bluetooth - Smokeless Blue Propellant

    • 83% Solids loading

    • 82.89% Bimodal 400u/90u AP

    • 0.03% Cupric Oxide

    • 0.08% Lamp Black

    • R45 HTPB binder

    • Pretty! Produces a clean blue flame with no smoke

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