[AR] Re: Larger size motor case liners

  • From: John Lyngdal <john.lyngdal@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:29:51 -0700

Rick,

Just took a look at their website and they look like a great source for
liner and casting tubes manufactured from various materials.

John



On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Rick Maschek <rickmaschek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> We got our phenolic liners and casting tubes made by plastifab
> http://www.plastifabsd.com/
>
>  They were used in the twelve 6" motors we made for the Myth Busters
> 'JATO 3' episode:
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHUsGFGhfmk
>
>  I then recovered them from the wreckage, cleaned them up and reused somea 
> second time in this burn (starts at 1:30 into the video):
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8uOnT62UYE
>
>  Rick
>
>   Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:56:14 -0700
> Subject: [AR] Larger size motor case liners
> From: Daryle Dismukes <daryled@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Those of you who are working with fuel grains in the 150mm / 5.5-6 inch
> diameter range, what are you using for your motor cases and liners? The
> largest I've done before is 98mm, and I used as much off the shelf Aerotech
> hardware as I could. Now I need to do something larger in a hurry at work
> and I'm hoping to find a source of pre-made carbon phenolic tubes between
> 5.5 to 6 inches in diameter. Any sources or ideas? Other things to try?
> -Daryle
>

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