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- From: buzz@rsd.dl.nec.com (Buzz McDermott)
- Subject: Re: Other reloadables besides Aerotech? (Re: Info. about solid rocket-
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- In article <Bzrs6r.477@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
- This brings up another thing I've been wondering about.
-
- How can one size of casing take both F and G reloads? The total impulse
- of one is twice as much as the other, so there must be twice as much pro-
- pellant in one grain than the other. Either they use two different pro-
- pellants with different "impulse densities" (impulse/volume) or they must
- have something take up the excess space. Is it a solid filler or is it
- air?
-
- The Aerotech 29/40-120 system uses 1, 2 or 3 propellant 'slugs' and cardboard
- tube spacers. Nothing is ever left 'loose' in the casing. This is the same
- for delay elements. You have thicker or thinner elements, depending on the
- delay time, and cardboard tubing to take up the extra space. The 18 and 24 mM
- reload systems are handled in the same manner. And by the way, there is twice
- as much propellant between the 29mm 'E' (40NS) and 'F' (80NS) reloads.
- However, the 'G' reload is only 120NS, not 160NS. It uses 3 of the propellant
- slugs versus 2 for the 'F'.
-
- The 'ISP' systems use a different approach. There are a number of different
- casing lengths available which use common end closures. For example, there
- are 4 different 29mm casing sizes available, providing 60 to 240NS of total
- impulse potential. There are also 4 38mm casings available, providing from
- 240 - 600NS potentail total impulse. With the ISP system, the casings always
- have a full propellant load (1, 2, 3 or 4 slugs, depending on casing size).
- The delay is handled the same as with the Aerotech system...different sizes
- with small cardboard spacers when required.
-
- There is generally more than one propellant formulation available for each
- ISP casing size. The BlackJack formula yields a motor with a little less
- total impulse even though the total propellant size is the same as for
- White Lightning or Blue Thunder propellants. For example, the BlackJack
- reload for the 29/180 casing is a 160NS 'G'. The White Lightning reload
- is the same size and is a 180NS, a 'baby H'.
-
- I am only familiar with Aerotech and ISP RMS systems. I don't know how those
- from other manufacturers work.
-
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