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Backyard Ballistics This forum is dedicated to the safe teaching and responsible handling of high and low explosives. You will not find any information on how to make "bombs" or any such device(s) . Backyard ballistics will teach you the science and the art of pyrotechnics and how to manufacture and use explosives/pyrotechnics safely and responsibly. Backyard ballistics is also a haven for rocketry and pneumatic cannons. All information contained within this forum is for educational purposes ONLY. Totse does not accept responsiblity for any incident involving the use of the information contained within this forum.

 
 
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Old 2009-01-12, 22:58
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For some time know Hamas has been using homemade rockets to piss off isreal. What I didn't know was that they are essentually large (like 6ft) sugar rockets. In light of that I did some searching into the technical details behind thier construction but couldn't find much.

This thread is for the posting of technical information on, and the general discussion of qassam rockets. Links to in depth analysis of the construction of these rockets. Also what is the maximum practical range that can be obtained with sugar rockets?
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Old 2009-01-13, 01:40
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Info was posted to PML, go search the archives.
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Old 2009-01-14, 00:18
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Info was posted to PML, go search the archives.
Could you please elaborate what PML stands for?
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Old 2009-01-14, 00:42
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Pyrotechnics Mailing List
http://www.accelix.net/mailman/listinfo/pml

It IS monitored by gov agencies.

Its more for long term professional pyros.
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Old 2009-01-14, 01:18
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Pyrotechnics Mailing List
http://www.accelix.net/mailman/listinfo/pml

It IS monitored by gov agencies.

Its more for long term professional pyros.
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.

I'm particularly interested in schematics, having experience with CAD.

I read a while back a British citizen was arrested and charged with terrorism for having rocket schematics in his possession. Luckily, I use full hard drive encryption.
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Old 2009-01-14, 06:13
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you know, i have to think that it's a little more then a kno3/su rocket....Honestly i think it is a solid fuel rocket, but imported from someplace...or are stockpile hidden under a school or something. I'm not saying they don't have the tech to do it, but the middle east is a mecca for that type of thing.
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Old 2009-01-14, 07:34
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Actually they are in fact mostly kn/su... from what I have read. Weird I know. The manufacturing techniques would make you cringe.
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Old 2009-01-15, 01:34
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I'm pitying Hamas, I heard Israel was using white phosphorus on them. The statistics were like 13 Israelites dead and like 2000 something for Hamas.
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Old 2009-01-15, 21:31
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I've seen the process in which they cast the propellant.
They basically use a skillet to bring the mix to the right temp and then pour it into the motor while someone else holds a metal rod to form a core burner.
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Old 2009-01-16, 02:22
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If you look online at clips from different news sources they always. I watch a lot of the news from the area, including al jazeera (which is in fact pretty moderate, and a great news source), and sometimes they show clips from where they are made.

Sometimes they use larger mortars and pestels type devices and just poor it into tubes, while other times they have places to make it with larger motorized ball mills and labware. Anyways, sometimes it looks like they use much more than just kno3/sugar, especially because the qasams are pretty small sometimes (like 2 feet) and the grads are generally the bigger ones. whatever it is, there's probably much more to it.
 

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