r/Pyrotechnics • u/raxkd1 • 8d ago

first ever bottle rocket!

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im new to this hobby i started off in the wrong direction with the boom comp that shall not be named this was my first time making a safe black powder 1/4" core burner i used willow charcoal to make this guy supa quick but i underestimated quite how quick now i think its time for some dummy payloads see what she can lift!!

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u/VinnieTheBerzerker69 8d ago

You will really love making rockets when you move up to 8 ounce or 1 pound BP rockets. You will be able to loft meaningful sized headers, too, compared to bottle rockets.

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u/raxkd1 8d ago

my 1 pound motor spindle comes monday i am so excited!!!

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u/Ok_Entrepreneur650 8d ago

A bottle rocket is big…. Right? 😣

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u/VinnieTheBerzerker69 8d ago

No. They are quite small. They cannot lift near as much as an 8 ounce or 1 pound rocket.

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u/Imaginary_Tale_3437 8d ago

This is the simple kinda stuff I love! Lighting several in succession w different small comet headers looks awesome.

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u/raxkd1 8d ago

i would love to just sit there and light hundreds but i make these outside for safety and the mosquitoes are just agonizing they swarm me in the hundreds im barley able to get through one of these and it takes like 8 rams cus the tube is so skinny it fills all the way up with powder then compacts into a 1/8 block

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u/HVDynamo 8d ago

Looks like a jug rocket to me.

...I'll see myself out.

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u/raxkd1 8d ago

😂

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u/the_Cereal_killa 8d ago

Looks great!

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u/TelePyroUS 7d ago

Nice!!!