Now Eight Propellant Types
AeroTech motors come in 8 different propellant formulations, described below:
White Lightning™ (W)
A brilliant white flame, dense bright white exhaust and a throaty roar are the hallmarks
of this popular propellant. Easy to track. Exciting to watch! White Lightning looks and
sounds like actual sounding rockets and launch vehicles. Special effects professionals
and aerospace companies specify the AeroTech White Lightning propellant to achieve
realistic simulation.
Blue Thunder™ (T)
Produces a bright violet-blue flame with a minimum of exhaust smoke. These motors
provide a higher level of thrust than White Lightning or Black Jack motors of the same
total impulse. Blue Thunder is the perfect propellant for high lift-off acceleration.
Black Jack™ (J) and Black Max™ (FJ)
Provides the high visibility tracking of dense black exhaust. In addition to a distinctive
lift off roar, Black Jack motors give your models lower acceleration and longer powered
flight than White Lightning or Blue Thunder motors of the same total impulse. Black
Max provides slightly higher acceleration than White Lightning Propellant.
Redline™ (R)
Distinctly different from its propellant relatives, Redline provides unique visual and
thrust characteristics for larger airframes and performance oriented flyers. The proprietary
AeroTech formulation imparts Redline with its signature vivid scarlet flame.
Redline's burning rate lies midway between that of White Lightning and Blue Thunder.
Photos don't do justice to the "laser-beam" intensity and color of Redline… you have
to see it to appreciate it!
Warp-9™ (N)
If you blink you'll miss it! Displaying a prominent yellow-orange flame studded with
"mach diamonds", Warp-9 is AeroTech's fastest-burning propellant. Originally developed
for Orbital's Pegasus® fin motors, Warp-9 is perfect when you need the highest
thrust possible from a given motor size. Alternatively, when used in an "endburning"
grain configuration, Warp-9 delivers unique thrust curve profiles such as that produced
by the new G69N model rocket reload.
Mojave Green™ (G)
Mojave Green™ is one of AeroTech's newest propellants designed for its single use
and RMS reloadable motors. Named for an infamous green rattlesnake
with two types of venom that roams the Mojave desert, Mojave
Green produces a brilliant green exhaust plume with a moderate amount
of smoke. Mojave Green's high density and specific impulse delivers a
higher total impulse in each motor size than any other AeroTech propellant.
Motor burn times using Mojave Green are similar to those produced
by Redline™.
Metalstorm™ (M)
Metalstorm is AeroTech’s latest propellant designed for its single-use and
RMS reloadable motors. It has completely different visual, audible and
performance characteristics than the other sparky propellants currently on
the market. Metalstorm ignites easily and produces a large, brilliant white
exhaust plume, a much longer yellow-orange dense spark tail, plentiful white
sparks that fan out in flight and an ample volume of white smoke.
Metalstorm’s high density and relatively high specific impulse results in a
higher delivered total impulse for a given volume than some other sparky
propellants. This characteristic makes Metalstorm "the performance sparky".
Motor burn times using Metalstorm propellant are slightly longer than those
produced by White Lightning™, but the total impulse is only slightly lower.
Metalstorm motors assemble in an identical fashion to other AeroTech reloads
fitting the same hardware. Cleanup is easy with none of the problems
plaguing earlier sparky motors.
As with all rocket motors using spark-generating propellants, special
precautions must be taken to avoid fires around the launch pad by clearing
the immediate area of all combustible materials in accordance with
applicable fire and safety codes.
Information courtesy of AeroTech
