Educational Resources

Peter Alway’s seminal work on rockets is in it’s fourth edition, with no major changes from the last edition. Hard-back, 384 pages with over 200 versions of 138 rockets from 14 countries and Europe. Does not include the data in the ROTW supplements.

Handbook of Model Rocketry 7th Edition

By the late G. Harry Stine and Bill Stine. Over 350 pages covering all aspects of model rocketry. If you need to find an answer to your rocketry questions, start here! This volume belongs in the library of every serious rocketeer. The official manual of the NAR.

Modern High Power Rocketry-Second Edition

This Second Edition of Modern High-Power Rocketry contains more than 800 black-and-white photographs and illustrations specifically created to introduce the model rocket enthusiast to the exciting world of high-power rocketry. Completely rewritten, photographed, and designed, this book provides tips and simple advice on motor retention, ejection charges, the high-power launch and building your first Level One, Level Two and Level Three rockets.

Seize the Sky, A Beginners Guide to Model Rocketry

This book by Mario Perdue brings together tips hints and other useful bits of information with Mario`s articles that were published in LAUNCH Magazine. Trade paperback/perfectbound, with color cover, black and white illustrations, over 400 diagrams and photos. 244 pages.

Model Rocketry Handbook, 21st Century Edition

From the U.K., a brand new edition of Stuart Lodge’s Model Rocketry Handbook, revised and updated for the hobby in the 21st century. For sheer excitement, the launch of a model rocket takes a lot to beat -the tension of the countdown, the ignition, a blast of flame and smoke and your creation boosts skyward. This new version is considerably expanded since the last edition in 1990, with 24 extra pages of text and new illustrations of all the latest models. 144 Pages.

Model Rocket Design and Construction

How much money can you save by building your own designs instead of from a commercial kit? You’ll have money left over to buy motors to fly it! Learn the tricks and tips that the experts use to design rockets that are both lightweight and durable.

Space Ship Handbook

Jack Hagerty`s excellent hardback book, covering 75 theoretical, fictional and real (but cancelled) rocket and spacecraft designs. Detailed data drawings, over 500 photographs and illustrations, mostly in color. 534 Pages.

12 Soviet Missiles Of The Cold War

12 Soviet missiles from the 1940`s, 1950`s and 1960`s. Detailed dimensioned drawings. Historical summaries. Color-keyed drawings for accurate painting. Photocopied, plastic bound, with color cover. 34 pages (8 1/2″ x 11″) and 17 photographs.

14 U.S. Army Missiles Of The Cold War

14 U.S Army missiles. Detailed dimensioned drawings. Historical summaries. Color-keyed drawings for accurate painting. Rockets include: Corporal, Dart, Hawk, Honest John, Jupiter, Lacrosse, Lance, Little John, Mike Ajax, Nike Hercules, Pershing, Redstone, Sergeant and Spartan. Photocopied, comb (plastic) bound, with color cover. 46 pages.

69 Simple Science Fair Projects with Model Rockets: Aeronautics

Stop performing experiments like “What fin shape is best?” Those types of projects don’t work. There are a variety of experiments that are easy to perform, and yield great results.

Model Rocketry – Space Modelling, 2nd edition

The second edition of Model Rocketry – Space Modelling was published in January of 2011 and features 84 pages of hobby rocketry material. The book sets out in an easy-to-follow style, offering everything you need to know to get started in the hobby of model rocketry. With full details of rocket launch systems and propulsion systems to get your rockets skyward bound to recovery system to lower your rocket gently back to earth, the books also covers the complexities of stability and aerodynamics in detail, as well as includes information on scale modelling, rocket-boosted gliders and international competition.

Blazing The Trail: The Early History Of Spacecraft And Rocketry

Winner of the 2006 Luigi Napolitano Award from The International Academy of Astronautics, this book presents the fascinating story of the events that paved the way to space. It introduces the reader to the history of early rocketry and the subsequent developments that led into the space age. People of various nations and from various lands contributed to the breakthrough to space, and the book takes the reader to faraway places on five continents. It also includes many quotes to give readers a flavor of how the participants viewed the developments. 505 pages, Hardcover. Published by American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA).

Fundamentals of Hybrid Rocket Combustion and Propulsion

Fundamentals of Hybrid Rocket Combustion and Propulsion is the first text to offer a comprehensive treatment of hybrid rockets. The book editors have pooled together some of the most respected minds in the field, each providing his or her own very special insight and expertise to the text. The content is, therefore, as up to date as it is broad. Each chapter offers an expert account of every aspect of hybrid rocket propulsion, including fundamental aspects of hybrid combustion, numerical and theoretical approaches, and various applications. All chapters are enhanced with numerous graphical elements-including tables, figures, and photographs-making for an easy and informative read. This book is a must-have resource for anyone currently working in or studying rocket propulsion.

Amateur Rocket Motor Construction: A Complete Guide To The Construction Of Homemade Solid Fuel Rocket Motors

This book is an extremely-detailed description of the construction of simple but perishable sugar-based motors to black powder-type rocket motors, ranging from C8 to I65. Excellent, nicely done book which carefully balances the politics, the theory and the practical considerations of making your own rocket motors. Includes the original 1983 formulas and methods. 500+ pages, beautiful photos, extremely clean and clear drawings. Information on almost every aspect of motor construction including: photos of ingredients; making tooling without a lathe; machining instructions for those who do have a lathe; where to get and how to extract potassium nitrate; types of paper that can be used for casings and what not to use; formulations that use sodium nitrate; stepwise photos and drawings of the motor-making procedure.