½ inch end burner tooling.

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½ inch end burner tooling.

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I have a rather large amount of ½ X 2 ½ tubes that needed to be put to some use, so I turned up a simple end burner tooling set on the lathe Thursday, I ran a test in daylight against a very blue sky the reason for this was I wanted to see the smoke trail and not a little red dot as you would at night.

Using the Estes 302232 Alti Trak Altitude Finder I was surprised the rocket hit 825 feet, BP was straight 75/15/10 milled for 6hrs.

I will be making a few sets next week so if you want one let me know, and oh they are very silent in operation after 100 feet or so.
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They are a lot of fun thanks Ken nice one. B
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Glad you like it you have the only one on the planet LOL.

Hot BP is the key.
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Could be cool for inserts,methinks. Have to grab one and play.
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Yes that I had I mind when I ordered it,but they do work well for little rockets. B
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Mine arrived today. Nice looking little piece of kit.
Weather permitting,I will be trying this tonight.
Thanks Ken
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Glad you got it ok Dave good old UPS, you need some hot BP for this one, you can adjust the flight time with the second rammer a full tube can go very high.
Thank you for your order it’s what keeps us going.
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