Engine Testing Notices

 

R90 New Motor Certifications 14 Jul 2003

The following motors have been certified by NAR Standards & Testing for general use as high power rocket motors effective June 30, 2003. They will not be certified for NAR contest use as they are not model rocket motors.

The following are reloadable motors, certified only with the indicated size casings and manufacturer supplied nozzles, end closures, delays (or smoke devices), and propellant slugs.

    Animal Motor Works:
        75mm x 244mm (75-1700 casing):
           K450-BB-P-SM   (1845 Newton-seconds total impulse, 881.6 grams propellant mass)

        75mm x 368mm (75-2500 casing):
           L700-BB-P-SM   (2590 Newton-seconds total impulse, 1193.9 grams propellant mass)

    Propellant Key:
    BB = Blue Baboon propellant
    SM = Produces 10 to 15 seconds of smoke after burnout

Jim Cook,
Secretary for NAR Standards & Testing

Jack Kane,
Chairman

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