Scott Fintel has had success with a Q impulse sugar motor static test and that's the biggest motor I've ever seen function properly. I was at one point working with them but that's been a few years now. I don't think that static test is publicized I wish I still had the video. Perhaps I do here somewhere. Monroe > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AR] Re: Sugar Rocket State of the Art? > From: Magnus Mar Gudnason <magnus@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, October 13, 2014 12:12 pm > To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Ray, my bachelor project dealt with sugar propellants. > > It includes strand burner experiments of Sorbital, Erythritol and > Mannitol propellants. > > Here is the thesis, > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5477849/StrandBurnerMagnusGudnason.pdf > > /Magnus Gudnason > > On 10/13/2014 08:19 PM, Ray Rocket (Redacted sender ar0cketman@xxxxxxxxx > for DMARC) wrote: > > On Mon, 10/13/14, Monroe L. King Jr. <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> It depends on what your expecting the motor to do. What are you wanting it > >> to do for instance? > > I'd like it to advance the state of the art, but first I'd like some idea > > where the cutting edge lies. > > > > > > Ad Astra, > > > > Ray > > > >