Handy, Nick and I had decided we want to make a rocket candy motor. Rocket candy is potassium nitrate and sorbitol mixed together and melted down. We asked JP to help us make our first batch since he makes that kind of motor all of the time. We measured out 66 grams of potassium nitrate, 33 grams of sorbitol and 1 gram of iron oxide. We mixed all of it together in a bowl and melted it on a hot plate. Each batch of rocket candy made 2 motors with some left. Since we melted it down we had to let it dry and harden before we could put the nozzle in it to finish the motor. Rocket candy is very sticky so we had to have either Andrew, Bradon or JP to drill the core. We decided to have a full core because that would give us the most thrust.
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