Apogee Technical Publication #9 "Analyzing a Model Rocket's Flight." This report describes in detail how to study a rockets flight, and how to extract useful data from the launch. This is great for teaching perception, and cause and effect.

Motor Retention techniques for mid-power model rockets. You do not need an engine hook to hold the motor in the model. Read this article to find out the cheap alternative.

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/programs/g-scouts/space1.html A simple pre-launch checklist for model rockets; this one from a girl scout page.

For articles on this subject check out the Peak of Flight index. This is a list, by topic, of all of the great articles the Peak of Flight put out over the years.

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