How To Make Fire-Resistant Rocket Wadding (For Pennies) | Parachute Wadding & Wadding Alternatives
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ย. 2015
- In this project let's use some simple kitchen chemistry to make over 4,000 sheets of flame resistant recovery wadding, for about a dollar.
Making fire resistant rocket wadding is totally worth it! This terrific homemade parachute wadding project is as easy as it looks, but ONLY if you avoid the mistakes and follow the instructions we highlight in the video. This is perfect for those wanting to know how to make parachute wadding, rocket wadding, recovery wadding, find a recovery wadding substitute, wadding alternatives, and flame resistant recovery.
If you want to try something new and creative or just a simple weekend project such as: how much recovery wadding to use, how to make parachute wadding, hobby rockets, how to pack wadding in a model rocket, recovery wadding, making your own wadding the safe way...watch the video to learn more.
[✓] Box of baking soda: amzn.to/2cH4oTf
Endcard Links:
Randomizer Rocket: goo.gl/wH55Kx
Simple Chutes: goo.gl/vWeCxn
N64 Rocket Controller: goo.gl/AnNBG2
Screw Lock Sugar Rockets: goo.gl/Qcs1wy
Next Video: How To Make A Rocket (From Scratch): goo.gl/wH55Kx
Previous Video: How To Make "Screw-Lock" Sugar Rockets: goo.gl/Qcs1wy
See What Else I’m Up To:
Instagram: goo.gl/C0Q1YU
Facebook: bit.ly/FBTheKingOfRandom
Pinterest: bit.ly/pingrant
Business Inquiries: For business and sponsorship inquiries please contact us directly: th-cam.com/users/thekingofrando...
WARNING:
This video is only for entertainment purposes. If you rely on the information portrayed in this video, you assume the responsibility for the results. Have fun, but always think ahead, and remember that every project you try is at YOUR OWN RISK.
Music By:
Music by Scott & Brendo “Somewhere” Instrumental
iTunes: bit.ly/ScottBrendoiTunes
TH-cam: / scottandbrendo
Project Inspired By: My good friend Ritchie Kinmont from www.sonicdad.com, and a design collaboration we did together for the Randomizer Rocket project.
Project History & More Info:
This project stemmed from the first rocket launch I did with my friend Ritchie Kinmont (www.sonicdad.com) because it was Ritchie that introduced me to the need for recovery wadding.
Ritche had a bundle of wadding he got from the hobby store ($6.00 for 75 sheets), and used about 8 sheets of it in the randomizer rocket.
Recovery wadding helps protect the parachute from hot ejection gasses, which melts holes in the parachute otherwise, causing it to fail. But at about 64¢ per launch just for the wadding, it seems to burn a hole in your hobby rocket money instead.
I read a few articles suggesting that items like baking soda, roach killer, washing soda, etc could all work as makeshift flame retarders, so I began experimenting with all of them.
Over the course of a month, I tested various recipes of the different powders dissolved in water by themselves, and combinations of the powders mixed in water as well. Some worked better than others, and in the end I decided just to keep it simple by sticking to baking soda.
Baking soda is a common household item, and when it gets heated up, it releases CO2 gas, which suppresses fires.
I found that about 1 Teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in about ¼ cup of room temperature water made a saturated solution, and if I soaked a paper towel in the solution and let it dry out, the treated paper wouldn't be able to catch fire anymore.
I did notice that in every test I did, the paper would smolder as long as it had access to air though, so there is still some risk of a fire hazard if left to smolder in a warm dry place with combustable materials nearby. But in all my testing, the paper didn't even scorch when the ejection charges went off.
Surprisingly, when I tested a sheet of the expensive commercial recovery wadding, the whole thing went up in flames in a matter of seconds. That blew my mind, and made me wonder what justified charging such a high premium for it.
In further experimenting, I verified that using crepe paper from the dollar store (the streamers you hang from the ceiling for parties) is extremely fire resistant as well. Just double-check the label to make sure it's marked as fire resistant on the package. So far it's actually been the most flame retarding wadding I've ever used.
Crepe paper is extremely cheap (2 rolls for $1), but you have to use more of it to make sure your parachute is protected.
In conclusion, I feel that the baking soda and water solution is the most practical and economical option for the average hobbyist. You can make as much rocket wadding as you want, and it pro-rates out to about 0.025 per sheet, making it about 300 times cheaper than the name brand stuff.
The best part about using baking soda as a flame retardant, is it's completely non-toxic, edible, and bio-degradable.
#tkor #thekingofrandom
What's up everyone in the world?! This seems like a pretty simple project, but I spent over 2 months testing different recipes and methods to confirm this is everything I claim it to be :) For you home-brew rocket enthusiasts, I hope it helps save you some money :) Have a good one!
Thanks for this new video
This is great!
Hi, when will you make a randomizer rocket tutorial? Waiting for it for weeks! :-D
+Maximususs That's the next project video!
your the best man
Grant Thompson, giving the world a better reason to buy lettuce.
+Preston Maddock lol
XD so true
Btw, what's lettuce used for anyway?
+Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" also remember lettuce is just as bad as buying bottled water. 90% h2o and shipped all over. Add that with preservation and chemical treating to stay green and leafy. For my rockets, i suggest fresh cut lawn trimmings. You have to mow anyway, right?
+Jonathan Isobe Usually, lettuce is used as an important ingredient in sandwiches, hamburgers, salads, etc. People eat it.
+Jonathan Isobe Food, Fire-Resistance Wadding, something......................................
Great tutorial Grant! The lettuce wadding is awesome. I would never of thought of that. -Ritchie
+SonicDadDotCom FIRST LIKE FIRST COMMENT LOL. Yes, i have no life ;c
@@ismailfeham8151 hey , how u doin ?
Yep, this is exactly what I did when I was a kid....way back in the mid 80's. :-) Great video.
Finally , A Good Use for Lettuce !!
This video proves DIY is not only fun, but also cheaper than commercial items. And the best part, your DIY stuff is very sciency. Thanks man.
This whole rocket series is great. I can't wait to try them out with my son!
You're one smart cookie Grant! I love your videos! Great job!
Appreciate these kind of videos. I don't even have hobby stores anywhere near me so it's nice having these kinds of videos.
Hi Grant. you are my favorite youtuber ever. I am a big fan of your videos. You have inspired me to be a great person. Ok the reason why i love your videos is because they are so detailed. I usually have trouble with these kind of videos form other people because I am visually impaired and have trouble seeing the tiny details, but because you do such a great job, I am able to understand much easier. Thank you and keep up the great work.
Dear Grant Thompson,
I am a fan of yours and love building model rockets so I buy a lot of rocket wadding. The commercial ones are worth it because even though they do catch fire they're being ejected into the air at a speed to where they are extinguish immediately. Plus with the commercial ones you can reuse the wadding that you used the first time. I also tried it with the homemade wadding and couldn't reuse. So even though the commercial wadding is more expensive you get your moneys worth more than the homemade wadding. Still love the idea.
From Braden Kemmerer.
It works great and since i'm not very patient I threw it in my food dehydrator and it turned out good. There was a little crystallization but nothing I couldn't carefully rub off.
This is awesome! Also at the end it said 7 cents per sheet, this is completely free for most people because most people have baking soda, water and paper towel.
I made this wadding and brought it into school for my TARC project testing. 15 minutes later the whole school was evacuated and fire trucks were coming because the paint room caught on fire. Rate: 10/10
this isn't a joke, I'm in the group, this actually happened
I thought it was every 3 days not 5 day but I'm still glad to see you posting videos and I don't have a problem
Grant! This is a fantastic idea!
Dang that's a really good idea! I never realized that you actually needed some of that. Glad I didn't make a rocket without it haha
I did the paper towel that did the answer I put it in my test rocket and it worked out great 👍
this is friggin awesome!!
definetly gonna use this for some projekts =)!!!
You sir have really prefected diy rocket science
saved my rocket parachute thx grant 😊
I wish I had known this 40 years ago when I was flying model rockets!!!!
Grant Make a Rocket channel please these videos are killing us, back to Random!!!!
Love your videos! I have an idea for a future project! A custom made laptop cooling fan made of plexiglass, 120mm fans, and a 12V Power Supply, it was a lot of fun making it.
Hey Grant, love your videos man!
Just some thoughtful criticism. Lately the projects have become more simplistic than I remember them to be.
(Simple Chutes, Butterfly bomb, Gummy candies, Cellphone hacks, Sky Ballz, and this video).
The direction this channel takes, and I'm not saying it's a bad one, is completely up to you, but I really enjoyed the projects where you get into more technical areas and undertook more complex projects.
The videos are still amazingly high quality, and you are the only person I'm subscribed to that can consistently release such awesome content.
Keep it up, and enjoy Veterans Day!
so happy on my birthday a new vid so happy
Nice man I was waiting so long And I want say you are an amazing guy and good luck:)
Over 40 years ago, when I was a teenage rocketeer, I would use bits of fiberglass insulation at wadding. It worked fine.
I'm 65, still play with model rockets, and still use fiberglass insulation. Fiberglass (or rather glass fibers, not paper or plastic with glass fibers in it) does not burn. I no longer build rockets from kits, I design and build my own. I also built my own steel launch pad and launch control panel.
Love the idea! R.I.P.
What's up with Life Hack videos ? I mean, 90% of people watching these videos have never even flied a rocket. But just as an appreciation we just leave here likes.
We need some stuff that ACTUALLY helps us with the life Grant! Keep them up please ! :D
so just for YOU he should change? i have flown rockets and my kids have. and it's flown not flied. spelling could really help YOU.
Just for me ? As i just said 90% of people. Reading could really help YOU.Just try to read few more comments. Also you've missed the point here. Pffst.
Who said these were life hack videos in the first place?
+ScytherDOTA Yeah right? And 100% of the people never even went to space by a rocket.
XD he's such a dumbass ain't he? Trying to 'help' someone by being partly rude but then forgeting basic grammar...kids these days...
I'm glad to see you shop at Costco
thanks for the tips.
He is so proud on his Rockets :)
Awesome! Dude!
I think Grand Thompson is becoming a rocket scientist🚀
Grant Thompson - the king of random : the model rocket channel
So true
Am i the only one who never do this things at home??
+Okenti haha no.
No your not
+NorwegianLyrics eyy, normann?
Haha, stemmer det! :-)
+Okenti except if they are labled "do not try this at home".
You have my fravote videos ever!!!!!!!!!
Please make a slime thing....I know u already did make the ninja ooze thing but I was thinking something like barrel - o - slime. ..Thanks for all the great content u show us!
Hi Grant, thanks for the video! do you think about a multi-stage rocket one day? that could be awesome!
You should make a video o how you made the camera mount on the rocket that you used in your last video.
Great projects.
"Mom! Can I get some lettuce for my rocket?" Is something I never expected to say
Thanks, for info!
your real close to five million subs
thanks grant a model rocket kit my grandfather gave me a couple years ago that I finally got to build today did not come with any recovery wading it would've cost me six dollars for 75 sheets Waymore than I needed
2:12 Záchranná vata modelu rakety. I love that you can find czech labels in US :D
Awesome sauce
Love this video
How many rocket accessories are you gonna make Grant? Got any ideas for new projects yet?
He said he's thinking
Haha I know he has been doing it for 2 months
That will be good when my hemorrhoids are burning, the paper won't catch fire.
Currently I'm doing rocket launching right now that would be some ideas I might give it a try to create some covering wadding.
Really cool videos keep it up :)
I used asbestos and found it works very well :P
hey Grant leave the randomizer rockets in the past and make a two - stage rocket that separates in air! I know you can do it even if it'll be a challenge !
Nice :) Thumbs up :D
Alex
Those wading are cool I will one day make some on 4th of July and I will make some on this happy new year January 2016
early ! and cool video man 😀😀😀
WOW SO COOL
Thaaaaannk You!
Grant Thompson - "The King of Model Rockets"
2:44 I just pulled a couple of handfuls of weed from my attic. This stuff may seem expensive from some people but it grows on a plant, so save yourself some money and pick it yourself
Do a project with the Mini metal foundry!
Great idea Grant. All I use is pink fibreglass home insulation. It's easy to use and fire retardant. Home Depot sells a 7 Dollar bag for small projects. It will last you for hundreds of rockets. Have you tried it?
We had small and thin tissue paper so I get 4 squares of tissue and fold them before soaking in the solution...I forgot that I am using 3 ply tissue so when i unfolded it, I would get 12 thin squares of the fire resistant wadding!😊
The captions are good
ime your biggest fan
I recommend Boric acid over Baking soda. The resulting wadding won't smolder once the heat is removed so I believe it is safer. The amount I use us 2 tbls Boric acid per 1 cup of hot water.
Cool !
Does this work on regular fabric? i.e. to build an attached parachute protector like on mid/hi power rockets?
I may have to test this later.
Tried it
Alternately, if you like a salad, you can use lettuce or spinach. Works well and you don't need to worry about cleaning it up.
There was a model rocket thing at our school, and we got a really small model rocket that was completely made out of cardboard. And when I got home I used the rocket with a really powerful motor, and it blew up in mid air. And our toilet paper wadding paper caught on fire.
i wonder if the solution could be 'painted' onto art paper to make it fire resistant for say lighted art purposes. have to test this!
Can you use this instead of the cellulose insulation you used in the sugar rockets? If yes do you just crumble them in a ball and ram it with the rod or layer them then ram them?
I'm sorry but that title really confused me xD
Maybe you can make a staging rocket so try putting two pipes next to each other then stage and go to a single rocket. And then just the normal parachute. But you can try making the parachute opening when the rocket is lower to the ground then high up in the sky.
Can we get something that isn't related to rockets yet? The arc furnace and blow gun were really cool. Can we get more videos like those?
Grant, its a saturated solution, a super saturated solution is a solution that has dissolved a max amount of solute at a higher temperature, and brought back down to a lower temperature making the solution unstable.
Well, I was thinking of... combining... some of your latest videos. But just so I know beforehand, are your parachutes sufficient to land a brass rocket?
hey Grant, any upcoming christmas projects? :)
I have the same scissors, I got them from wegmans
I am just wondering if on that styrofoam casting video does it work with molten iron and can you make big castings thanks.
good for me
yo grant for your 5 million subs vid, you should try and build something that might challenge even you, how about a really small turbojet/turbofan?
Yes
Thanck's
Will celluclay work as fire protection? It's an art supply but it has the same texture as the cellulose insulation, so I was curious.
[✓] Box of baking soda: amzn.to/2cH4oTf
Add manual captions
Lettuce works too.
i just made it lets see if it works
why is the randomizer rocket build private
+Patrick Ryan +Grant Thompson - ''The king of random''
YEAH WHY IT IS PRIVATE UH !?!?!
+Patrick Ryan He's probably saving it for later.
hes already been linking to it, but the link is private.
+Patrick Ryan It's a trick to get dat extra youtube money
+rentacow no he's saving it he just made a preview video
Was the lettuce also treated with the water/baking soda mixture or was it natural?
Hey grant! I was wondering if you could do more mad scientist projects. I'm getting a little bored of kid friendly stuff
I'm not I hater I love his vids
Hi! i have a question! Witch program do you use for editin your video's?
+Grant Thompson- "The King of Random" when is the video on how to make the randomizer rocket coming out?? Eagerly waiting for it.....
can you make a vid on how to make the randomize roket
Lmao the cellulose insulation looks like weed xD
Same xD
+MLG Raccoon looks like hes packing a bowl :)
thats one fat bowl i wish i had enough to do that lmfao
is the PVC on the Suger rockets motors reusable
nice