If you’ve ever built a model rocket, you’ll know there’s not a whole lot to them. Essentially it’s a cardboard tube, a plastic nosecone, some fins, and a little clip that will keep it riding the ...

Model rocketry is a hobby similar to building model airplanes. In the hobby today, there are two distinct areas of rocket activity: amateur (or experimental) rocketry, and model rocketry (including ...

There’s nothing like the smell of black powder in the morning, along with the excitement and burnt propellant in the air that comes after launching a model rocket. All those 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s kids ...

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Click to open image viewer. This is an Astron Alpha flying rocket model made of wood, steel, and cardboard. It is not known whether it was flown. The model has a nylon parachute in the nose. Once the ...