"Raise" Launch Rod Adjustment Spring

Nomex Wadding

While not required, this would be a useful addition to this kit. If you don't use a heat shield, you'll have to use disposable wadding to protect the parachute from the heat of the ejection charge. And for a large diameter kit like this, it will take a lot of disposable wadding.

Sunward Nomex Ground Cover Blanket

Provide a bit extra fire protection to the grass under the launch pad with the 5-by-5 foot nomex blanket.

Model Rocketry Construction Tools

Find essentials for the construction of model rockets here.  We currently have hobby knives, replacement blades and tube & fin marking guides. 

Balsa Sheets

So you've got your design in RockSim, and you're ready to start building.  While tubes and nose cones come in pretty standard sizes and shapes, the sky is hardly the limit on how your fins will look.  Pre-designed, pre-cut fins just won't cut it for your rocket, so you'll need sheets of balsa to cut out your own!

Model Rocket Design and Construction

This 328-page book contains a gold-mine of information on building model rockets. When you get this book in your hands and start flipping through the pages, the very first thing you'll notice is that it is stuffed full of illustrations and pictures. The reason for this is that pictures is the perfect way to make complex subjects easier to understand. Even youngsters will be able to grasp the concepts in this book because of all the illustrations. Because of this, the book makes a great gift for your student that has an interest in rocketry.