Balcony Shoot #12 - Zn Pinwheel Driver Test

Date: 2003-10-10

Description

As the composition test went OK, I prepared another lance using the same type of tube and same batch of composition.

It was taped to a piece of cardboard for a hub and attached to the wheel testing stand (a flower pot, some bricks, and a piece of pine lumber with a large split-pin for an axle).

Comments

Little thrust.

Suprising considering the lance was consumed in less than 5 seconds of burn time (end-burning mode). Perhaps choked it would develop the thrust to spin.

I think I'll stick to the Fe based wheel driver, it makes longer lasting sparks and it easier to deal with.

Attachments

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Burn Video video/x-msvideo 1.674 Mbytes
Pre-Test Picture image/jpeg 31.425 kbytes
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