Seminar

Black Powder Rockets - Part 1: Lecture

with John Steinberg MD, Kurt Medlin, Leo and Silas Covarrubias

The goal of this presentation is for you come away with a practical understanding of the factors that control the performance of a traditional core burning black powder rocket so you can adjust and adapt the information to your tools and materials. Topics discussed include:

- Basic core burning black powder rocket design
- Some common rocket sizing conventions
- Commonly used materials
- Rocket tooling
- Mixing and adjusting black powder-based propellants
- Loading black powder rocket motors