| Rockets - They are one of the most enjoyable | | | | task easy, the rammed materials inside the body of |
| pyrotechnic devices. Small lightweight rockets can be | | | | the rocket should be hard. |
| made using Black powder, which is used popularly as | | | | Now fill in clay after making it a little moist and fill it in |
| rocket propellant and is easy to mix. We have | | | | the space where the room for air has been left. Now |
| explained the basic steps that can follow to make a | | | | punch a thin hole in the clay using a thin object, say |
| simple rocket. | | | | needle. This is for the fuse. A ready made fuse can |
| First make the black powder mix. Use Potassium | | | | be obtained from a firecracker or by coating a |
| Nitrate, Air Float Charcoal,80 Mesh Charcoal, Sulfur in | | | | cotton string with the same black powder material. |
| the ratio of 16:6:3:4. This is a optimum mix ratio, grind | | | | Attach the fuse to the under part of the rocket |
| all the mix into a container and make a fine free | | | | body through the clay, also make a conical head of |
| flowing powder. Pass it though a mesh preferably 20 | | | | paper materials. |
| Mesh steel mesh. | | | | Now tape a long stick to the rocket for stability. The |
| Take a 4 Oz Engine tube for making the Body of the | | | | rocket is ready now, bury the stick in the sand |
| rocket. Now ram the fine grained black powder mix | | | | upright and light the fuse, watch it skyrocket |
| into the tube up to 80% and a little air room. You | | | | upwards. |
| can use a 'ram through funnel', which will make our | | | | |