They are stored in an airtight box with calcium chloride dessicant. It sits
in the shed. I also have some fuel grains in the same box, same age as well
I think, no RIO tho, they aren't cracked. The cato'ing also was happening
with the small rammed powder motors(similar age) which I highly doubt would
be able to develop cracks.
On Sun, 03 Mar 2019, 1:29 AM Alex Kuehn, <awkpilot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is it possible your grains are simply developing cracks over that amount
of time? Seems unlikely to me that it's a chemical change, but I could see
them cracking if there's temperature, humidity, etc, change in the area
you're storing them for example.
-Alex
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 5:09 PM Ben Brockert <wikkit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What is "old" in this context? And is this KNSB or plain sugar or
sugar/corn syrup or what?
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 8:33 AM Nikolai Nielsen
<nielsen.nikolai86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
limited life span in terms if usability. I tested some old motors that had
I've recently observed that old fuel (atlest fuel with RIO in it) has a
RIO in it and they all katoed. I also has some old powdered fuel used for
making hand rammed motors and the the motors that I make now with it all
Kato. I made new fuel and it worked fine. I suspect that maybe the RIO
catalises some side reactions that makes the fuel become unstable? Anyone
able to shed some light on what's going on here?
