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Promotional Video showing various motor firings! Quicktime format 22.8 Mb Promotional Video showing various motor firings! AVI format 20.4 Mb |
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STANDARD "STD", "everyday" Low grey smoke, light orange flame, medium burning time Patriot on an H120-STD. Tom Rouse's Big Kahuna on a 98mm O 3800 STD. The team pre-flight on Tom's R&R 98mm O 3800 STD. Greg Glass Sonic 3100 on a J500-STD. J500-STD static. Our reload, their case, medusa nozzle. 120G30-8STD flight |
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FAST "F" Low grey smoke, light orange flame, fast burning time In-house test firing of a fast propellant O7000 motor Flight test in 1.5# 1.6" rocket F80 reloadable Fast |
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WHITESTAR "WS", "Brightstar" White smoke, noise, bright white flame, longer burning time 29-60-WS reload in an All Weather kit O 3000 WS in house static test Joe May's 65 pound L750WS rocket. In-house test firing of a whitestar propellant O3500 motor. |
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FIRESTARTER "FS", "Skidmark", "Spitfire", "Sparky" Black smoke, loud noise, long duration sparks, orange flame, very long burn time, price premium Ray Dunakin's G45FS powered camera rocket. Our 1990 Firestarter T-shirt. USR 80F30FS static test with a 4 foot tall whiteboard (from nozzle to top only) in background USR 120G45FS static test at night!! USR 240H FS liftoff, note ground safety. Estes Cineroc on-board. The movie is sensational. USR 240H FS inflight, note flame visibility as speed increases and smoke is stretched. |
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BUTTKICKER "BK", "Extra Fast" Light grey smoke, light flame, very short burning time, price premium USR 140G280BK static test with 215 delivered ISP 140G280-BK flight test |
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STARDUST "SD", "Tinkerbell" White smoke, bright white flame, longer burning time, visible sparks, price premium SPECIAL ORDER ONLY |
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BASIC "B", "Ultra Value" Low smoke, orange flame, short burning time, bulk discount reloads only |
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FASTERSTARTER
Propellant Combination "FFS", "Moderate sparky" Moderate black smoke, loud noise and moderate long duration sparks. Slide show of a Fasterstarter Propellant Combination flight. 124kb |
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CUSTOM Others by special order. Large minimums and price premiums apply. CLEARSTAR - No smoke, invisible flame, very high efficiency, fast burning. BLUESTAR - Low smoke, blue flame, high efficiency, fast burning. Static test of reloadable 29mm 160G100-P-BLU Bluestar. Flight of reloadable 29mm 60F60-8BLU. Effect less visible on small motors REDSTAR - Low smoke, red flame, medium efficiency, medium burning rate. MAGENTASTAR - Low smoke, magenta flame, medium efficiency, medium burning rate. BLACKSTAR - Dense black smoke, low flame, very low efficiency, very low burning rate. Greg Glass Dream Machine on a 29mm 120G60-4BLK. Hulan Matthies Custom 7.5 inch on a 75mm 10240M1700-16BLK. SLOWSTAR - Light grey smoke, White flame, high efficiency, very low burning rate. THUNDERBALLS - Black smoke, orange flame, low efficiency, high burning rate, FLYING BALLS OF FIRE - HARD HATS, EYE PROTECTION and FIREPROOF launch field REQUIRED. M motor and larger ONLY. Extreme price premium and special pre- qualification required. U.S. Rockets knows rockets. And special effects! |
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