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Rocketry Clubs and Organizations

Tripoli Idaho

Tripoli Idaho

High power rocketry in the Boise Idaho area.

Northwest Rocketry Northwest Rocketry has information about high power rocketry activities in and around Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Oregon Rocketry

Oregon Rocketry

Click here to visit the WAC web site. Washington Aerospace Club (WAC)
Washington High Power
Utah Rocket Club UROC is the home of the Hellfire launch.
AERO PAC

Association of Experimental Rocketry of the Pacific.

This group conducts launches at Black Rock Desert in Nevada.

Tripoli Rocketry Association

Tripoli Rocketry Association

TRA is a national organization for high power rocket enthusiasts.

National Association of Rocketry

National Association of Rocketry

NAR is a national organization for model rocket enthusiasts.

Find a launch site near you! 

Apogee Components has created a database of launch sites run by clubs all over the world.  Click on the globe at the left to link to the Apogee web site and follow the simple directions there to download and view the sites with Google Earth. 

If you already have Google Earth installed you may be able to click on this link to load the database directly.

 

General Rocketry Information

Rocketry Planet is a world class hobby portal dedicated to hobby rocketry enthusiasts around the globe. Here you will find the most exhaustive collection of links and latest news items, discussion forums and hobby auctions.  Check it out!

Rocketry Online is another "all inclusive" rocketry web site. 

INFO Central

A great hobby rocketry reference resource that is maintained by the same folks at Rocketry Online.

The Rocketry Forum is the "Web's Premier Rocketry Forum."

Rocketry.Org is a good comprehensive online resource for experimental amateur rocketry.

R.M.R. FAQ

The RMR FAQ a detailed set of answers to frequently asked questions about rocketry.

Rec.Models.Rockets

RMR is a news group with various discussions about rockets.

ESSENCE MODEL ROCKETRY REVIEWS EMRR has many rocketry product reviews.

NASA has a huge amount of educational material on the basics of rocketry.  Click on the logo at the left to see an index of the material.

 

Rocketry Vendors

Click here to visit the Idaho Rocketry web site.

Idaho Rocketry will be on-site at all Tripoli Idaho launches and sells rocket kits, motor cases, motor propellant reload kits and other rocketry accessories and supplies.

Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory is a non-profit, educational organization that offers kids rocketry classes and also sells low and high power rockets and accessories. They will be attending some of the launches in the NW again this year.

Giant Leap Rocketry

Giant Leap has lots of high power rocketry materials.  Really fast service too!

Wildman Rocketry has a huge selection of high power kits, motors and accessories in stock and ready to ship.

What's Up Hobbies has a huge selection of high power kits, motors and accessories.  Be sure to check out their Pole Cat Aerospace rocket kits.

Click here to visit the Performance Hobbies web site.

Performance Hobbies.   Ken Allen has a full line of rocket kits, motors, hardware, and accessories to satisfy all of your rocketry needs. 

AEROCON Systems Aerocon Systems has a wide variety of rocketry supplies especially targeted at experimenters.
Countdown Hobbies

Countdown Hobbies sells rocket kits and motors.

RED ARROW HOBBIES Red Arrow Hobbies has lots of rocketry supplies and kits.

Rocketarium.com has a wide selection of model rockets from various vendors: Edmonds Aerospace, FlisKits, Sunward Aerospace Group, Squirrel Works Model Rocketry, and Starlight Model Rockets.

 

Rocket Kits and Components

BSD High Power Rocketry

BSD has great rocket kits and supplies.

Binder Design High Power Rocketry

Binder Design has high-quality high-power rocket kits.

Public Missiles Ltd

Public Missiles has many different  rocket kits and construction supplies.

Rocketman

Rocketman sells rocket kits and other supplies but is especially known for having great parachutes.  I highly recommend them!

SkyAngle

Sky Angle parachutes from The b2 Rocketry Company. These are very high quality parachutes.

LOC/Precision

LOC has high power rocketry kits and supplies.

Apogee sells model rocket kits and components.
PRATT HOBBIES

Pratt Hobbies has all sorts of rocketry related supplies.

Hawk Mountain Enterprises

Hawk Mountain is a source for fiberglass body tubing.

Scotglas

Scotglas offers fiberglass rocket components.

Aero Pack Aero Pack quick change motor retainers are highly recommended.
railbuttons.com

A good source for rail buttons.

 

Rocket Motors

AEROTECH

Aerotech sells high and low power rocket motors and low power rocket kits.

Dr. Rocket

Dr. Rocket motor casings for Aerotech motor reload kits.

Animal Motor Works

Animal Motor Works offers high power rocket motors.

Ellis Mountain Rocket Works Ellis Mountain Rocket Motors
Cesaroni Technology Cesaroni Technology Pro-38 motors
HyperTEK HyperTek hybrid motors
Now Hybrids sells hybrid rocket motors from HyperTEK and RATTWorks, and has lots of useful information on their web site.
FlyHybrids.org FlyHybrids.org has a great deal of very useful information about hybrid motors.
Fire Star

FIRE STAR igniters are great for getting rocket motors started.

 

Other fun and useful web sites

Gates Brothers Rocketry

Gates Brothers Rocketry.  Big projects and best on-board rocketry video!   A definite must see!

John Coker's Rocketry

John Coker's Rocketry 

Great research and lots of construction information.

Delta-V is Brittain Fraley's Rocketry web site.  Check out his fin alignment process under his "Techniques" menu.
Clay Brothers' Rocketry Clay Brothers' Rocketry and videos
Wedge Oldham's Wedge Oldham's Nike Project web site.

Test data on all sorts of rocketry related materials.

 

Electronics 

Missile Works

Missile Works sells  great rocketry electronics including altimeters. I highly recommend the RRC2 altimeter.

BigRedBee sells an excellent transmitter as well as a really great GPS telemetry system.  Both were specifically designed for high power rocketry applications and have a proven track record.

 

Walston Retrieval offers some of the very best transmitters and receivers for finding rockets after they land.

Adept Rocketry offers altimeters, locating devices, staging timers and other rocketry related electronics.

blacksky

Black Sky sells a variety of products from altimeters to igniters.

PerfectFlite

PerfectFlite has some nice miniature altimeters and timers.

A quality supplier of RF, video, and specialty electronic kits.

Intuitive Circuits On-screen display boards and more.
 

Construction Supplies

Shadow Composites Inc

Lot's of advanced construction materials and technical information.

CST

CST is a good source for fiberglass, epoxy and technical information.

AEROSPACE Composite Products

ACP is another good source for materials and technical information.

US Composites

US Composites has fiberglass, carbon fiber and Kevlar reinforcing materials.

WEST SYSTEM

WEST SYSTEM brand epoxy is my choice for big projects. This site has loads of information about it.

Thermostatic Industries Thermostatic Industries has high temperature textiles for heat and fire protection.  I use their Kevlar cloth as flame shields to protect my parachutes.
McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is a good source for all sorts of hardware items.

 

Rocketry Software Tools

Apogee is best known for ROCKSIM, an excellent rocketry simulation program.  Apogee also sells model rocket kits and other supplies.

wRASP

wRASP is a simple but very effective altitude simulation program. Best of all it's FREE!

thrustcurve.org A great source of rocket motor data that is useful for simulations.
Source for VCP

VCP   Visual Center of Pressure.  Software for determining the center of pressure and the stability margin of rockets.

 

 Rocketry Magazines

ROCKETS magazine is the official magazine of the Tripoli Rocketry Association.

Extreme Rocketry.  Click here to visit the Extreme Rocketry web site.

Extreme Rocketry magazine is an independent magazine that covers mostly high power rocketry.

Sport Rocketry

Sport Rocketry magazine is the official magazine of the National Association of Rocketry.

Launch Magazine covers both high power rocketry and  "real" rockets.

 

Rocket Photographers

RocketShots! takes professional photographs of rockets at many major launches.  Photographer  Tsolo T. Tsolo.

Photos By Nadine Photos By Nadine.   Contact Nadine Kinney to request prints of her great rocketry photos.
Tim Heneghan's Photography Visit Tim Heneghan's web site to see  his first class rocketry photos.
 

NASA

  NASA home page NASA home page.
Launch Schedules

Launch Schedules for space shuttle and NASA payloads on expendable vehicles.

Space Station Space Station viewing opportunities.
Space Shuttle Information Space Shuttle technical information.

Check out the detailed specifications for the solid rocket boosters as well as all the other shuttle systems!

 

NASA Photo Gallery

The NASA Photo Gallery has lots and lots of photos of space craft and everything else associated with space, the solar system and astronomy.

 

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