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2010 Archived News by Planet News

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

GORMLEY, Ontario CAN — Thomas Raithby, chair of the Canadian Rocketry Association's motor certification committee, CAR MC², announced today the approval of five new CTI motors tested at the Gormley facility on the 7th of January. Fourteen motors were tested ranging from 29mm through 75mm.

While snow piled up on the grounds around the Canadian facility, new products were piling up inside, all contributing to the deepening puddles of melted snow that surrounded the motor testing area. CAR executive Angelo Castellano was on-hand to witness the outdoor test session.

The Green3 name applies to the color of the propellant, top, as well as the flame, middle. These Pro29 and Pro54 Green³ propellant grains are made with an environmentally friendly formula that uses no barium nitrate. The bottom photo shows the immense amount of smoke the popular Smoky Sam propellant emits, shown here during the testing of CTI's new M2075 motor reload kit.

With these certifications, CTI introduces a new propellant, Green³, that is heralded as being green through and through. Green³, or "Green Cubed," is described as being "triple-green": it burns with a vivid green flame, the propellant itself is green in color, but most importantly, it is 'green' as in environmentally friendly, completely barium nitrate-free. Green³'s toxicity is no different than CTI's other ammonium perchlorate composite propellants. The 298-H159-GR-15A and 1990-K490-GR-16A are the first CTI green reloads, for the Pro29-6G and Pro54-5G cases respectively.

Along with new propellants, this test session saw the introduction of new "long burn" motors that are being added to the CTI line-up. The 159-G54-RL-12A is a Red Lightning Longburn reload kit for the Pro29-3G case, a 99% G motor with a three second burn time. This is the first in a series of long burn motors CTI plans to release this year.

The Pro75 line expanded again with the certification of two new reload kits, and includes a new 5.3G motor casing as well as a .7G motor spacer for use in the Pro75-6G hardware. This was brought about by the introduction of the M3700 reload kit, a special order high-power version of the popular 2.75" Mighty Mouse Navy rocket motor, sharing similar thrust and total impulse specifications.

"The 6800-M3700-WT-P White Thunder reload is actually a Pro75-5.3G," Raithby said in his announcement. "The reload was tested and certified with a 0.7G spacer to fit the standard Pro75-6G case, as well as in the Pro75-5.3G hardware."

The loaded and burnout weights in the CAR certification documents reflect the use of a Pro75-6G motor casing along with the newly certified .7G spacer, a hardware combination that is more likely to be used in the field, and reflects a difference of 420 grams over using the newly certified Pro75-5.3G hardware instead.

The second Pro75 reload approved was a six-grain Smoky Sam sporting a burn time just over three seconds. The Pro75-6G 6287-M2075-SS-P Smoky Sam, as seen in the photo to the right, makes a lot of smoke.

Completing the test session was the approval of the Pro29-1G spacer, now a certified component in the Pro29 motor system. With the addition of the Pro29 spacers, CTI now has case spacers for their entire Pro29, Pro38, Pro54, Pro75 and Pro98 lines.

Website: http://www.pro38.com/

Pro29®, Pro38®, Pro54®, Pro75® and Pro98® are registered trademarks of, and Green³™, Red Lightning™, Longburn™, White Thunder™ and Smoky Sam™ are trademarks of, Cesaroni Technology Incorporated in Canada.

Reader comments:

#1 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

Looks more like a white flame with green smoke. They could call it a "smoky leprechaun".

madsen on 01-19-2010 10:30 PM

#2 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

Thats just he photo image, It does not do the flame justice!

Way to GO CTI! keep em coming!

Stickershock23 on 01-19-2010 10:46 PM

#3 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

Looks Photoshopped

landru on 01-19-2010 11:48 PM

#4 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

Some a-hole proposed a rule against sparks.

I propose a rule against so much smoke it can only be a WMD to any casual observer.

Jerry

Hi Anthony. I blame Scott.

Just Jerry on 01-20-2010 12:19 AM

#5 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

Is that Green 29mm right? It seems like it should be in a 6 grain casing, not 3...

lkal32 on 01-20-2010 01:00 AM

#6 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

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Is that Green 29mm right? It seems like it should be in a 6 grain casing, not 3...

Why is that? Half of the other Pro29 loads for the 3G case are H's...

Gonna have to get me one or four of those H159's..Just something about green flames.

pantherjon on 01-20-2010 09:45 AM

#7 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

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Why is that? Half of the other Pro29 loads for the 3G case are H's...

Gonna have to get me one or four of those H159's..Just something about green flames.

298 Ns overall is a big H. Those 3G H's are just babies...

lkal32 on 01-20-2010 09:50 AM

#8 Re: Article: CTI adds five new reloads, new hardware, new propellant

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Why is that? Half of the other Pro29 loads for the 3G case are H's...

Gonna have to get me one or four of those H159's..Just something about green flames.

298 Ns overall is a big H. Those 3G H's are just babies...

Those slacker's haven't updated the web site with the info yet...