A Comparison of 3 Different Rocket Heading Construction Methods

[@Langonica]

As always, thank you Ned! The community needs champions like you.

[@scrappydoo7887]

I love your work Ned. I wish my country wasn't so difficult with these things

[@kaliumnitraat]

Free people don’t ask 💪

[@scrappydoo7887]

@@kaliumnitraat 🤡

[@yogidemis8513]

Thank you Ned for another fantastic video, keep up the great work. Take care!!!

[@buschlightpyro660]

Amazing as always

[@tastiger91]

Very nicely done.

[@lessel1103]

great as always ned, are you going to make more tutorials/builds? listening to your expertise is so relaxing and very educational.

[@D1zZit]

Disc pasted seemed to have the best results IMO, very symmetrical break it seemed

[@smileface102]

Ned is the Bob Ross of fireworking. There are no mistakes, just happy explosions in the wonderful clouds!

[@nedgorski]

It's your little world. You can put a Palm Tree shell in that corner of it if you want to..... 🤣

[@JayceMcCormick]

​@nedgorski I've seen your video on flash powder vs black powder salutes, they were four inches. What if you tried making a 4 inch ball shell black powder salute, no booster, just plan 75/15/10 black powder or BP coated rice hulls, and used 3 times the reguler amount of gummed tape on it.

[@nedgorski]

That sort of BP "maroon" can make a good boom, for sure.@@JayceMcCormick

[@smileface102]

@@nedgorski We love you Ned!

[@bargainbin22]

Fantastic!❤

[@johneliadis9689]

You should do a tutorial on how to make ematches. That would be awesome.

[@friendsmakingmusic1751]

Great educational material as always. In the second shell second pics I know the black material is the burst charge, what is the white material?

[@nedgorski]

That is slow flash booster, Friends.

[@jeeplove_8831]

Pasted circles & the wasp, they all look amazing though. How small of a shell is the wasp compatible for?

[@nedgorski]

I've taped as small as 3", and I think the machine could be tuned to even do smaller.

[@patman0250]

Yeah I just had a question wanted to see if somebody can answer. I'm trying to make some strobe fuel but can I substitute the ammonium perchlorate for potassium perchlorate? Would that work? Has anyone ever tried that?

[@nedgorski]

That will not work for strobe.

[@777treyu]

Right on 🤘

[@tantrannhat1233]

I'm also passionate about this. but don't know how to do it. Can you teach me?

[@nedgorski]

That's what I, and others, do in the website all day long. You'd be welcome.

[@CarterGunnells]

On the wasp shell you said it broke too hard. Would you explain the differance?

[@nedgorski]

It had more paper confining it than did the disc pasted heading. I was wondering whether or not more paper would be needed on the disc pasted one, or less on the WASPed one. That was part of the testing I was doing.

[@NagashiChidorii]

@@nedgorskii think hes asking what indicated to you that the shell broke too hard on the wasp shell? Was it because the break was wider and less symmetrical?

[@nedgorski]

Yes, it was wider and asymmetrical, Nag. It just appeared to have broken too hard@@NagashiChidorii

[@CarterGunnells]

Did the wasp and disk methods use the same loads?

[@nedgorski]

Yes@@CarterGunnells

[@super00su]

Nice

[@LW-rt6gl]

Hey ned I’ve been watching you videos over and over just wondering if you can’t get Argo laundry starch how do you make BLACK MATCH now??,

[@nedgorski]

Interestingly enough, since I make my granulated BP with no binder, and use 50:50 isopropyl-alcohol:water as the solvent, and I get good, hard grains, I decided to try that with blackmatch. It works great, so that's the only way I make match now. try it, you may like it.

[@enthusiasticbanana6232]

​@@nedgorski Wow really no binder for black match? I've made good bp without a binder, but for black match once I had too much alcohol and not enough water to activate the dextrin and it barely stuck to the yarn, very crumbly. At least I assume that's why it turned out bad. I did also try to make Black match without any binder back before I had dextrin and it didn't stick. I wonder why it works for you, Ned. 🤔

[@nedgorski]

@@enthusiasticbanana6232 Yep, it works great for me. Hot BP charcoal, no binder, and 50:50 isopropyl:water.

[@johnstaton5524]

What motor size??

[@nedgorski]

1" ID, BP nozzleless motors

[@johnstaton5524]

@@nedgorski really!! Love the height

[@NagashiChidorii]

@@nedgorskihow many psi pressed and what metal did you mix to get that nice glittery tail?

[@AdaKurFireworks]

😮