Many things are flammable when put into powder form and custard is more flammable than most. So let's say one were to blow custard powder across a flame and mix in a bit more pure oxygen. You'd have a rocket with efficient kick to break out of the atmosphere. Custard powder is also lighter than many fuels out there.-- sartep, May 17 2003 Flour Powder http://www.halfbake.../idea/Flour_20PowerKinda like this? [Cedar Park, Oct 05 2004] (watches as [sartep]'s hat slowly sinks into the custard)-- Cedar Park, May 17 2003 Why not a custard supersoaker?-- Gamma48, Jun 09 2009 Custard / ammonium nitrate? Where's [8th], there's some munitions here that need handling!-- lurch, Jun 09 2009 Well, yes and also no. But at least the exhaust would smell nice.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 09 2009 I'm not sure this idea got it's just desserts...ahem-- random_patenter_syndrome_victim, Nov 20 2009 // Where's [8th], //
Crouching down behind the sandbags. Believe it or not, custard powder, cornflour, starch, and the like are viciously explosive in confined spaces. Grain elevator explosions are tragically all too common - that's cereal dust.
You might just be able to get a solid fuel propellant out of the mix but if you ended up with a stoic mixture it could all get rather loud and expensive.....-- 8th of 7, Nov 20 2009 This is an example of the kind of idea i wasn't talking about, as it doesn't depend on viscosity.-- nineteenthly, Nov 20 2009 //a stoic mixture// What, does it say to itself "well, I'm about the blow up, but I'll just put up with it"?-- MaxwellBuchanan, Mar 21 2018 "Whatever... am I bovvered ... ?"-- 8th of 7, Mar 21 2018 random, halfbakery