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		foobarian on April 13, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to not build a two stage model rocket > making your own fuel (without sufficient expertise), as more than 'a little risky' It seems like just the classic smoke bomb recipe with KNO3 and sugar. I would be comfortable preparing this even indoors, let alone outside.

SoftTalker on April 13, 2025 [–]

My friends and I made far riskier stuff as teens based on our high school chemistry knowledge. It was fun but in retrospect not particularly safe.

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