Well it is a BP question. And for those of you that know me, I make a lot of my own BP for years for the numerous cannons I make. The first batch I made here in TN I tried a new puck mold and then began to wonder about how they used BP in rocket engines. The Hale has compressed BP with a cone of air. Imagine a tube packed with BP that had a cone, liken to an ice cream cone in the center of it with the tip of the cone at the top of the BP. This makes sense to control burn and not have it simply blow up. Having it not blow up is the point. I can make the whole thing. I can machine the nozzle for spin stabilization and make the tube and BP. Packing the BP around a cone would also be simple. BUT! It seems to me that the thing should be ignited from the base near the nozzle and not the tip? If so, it seems it would have to have the circumference of the base of the BP be ignited simultaneously? Any thoughts? And if anybody knows how I can get ahold of Officers' Wife I
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