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Apogee Rocketry Workshop #297:

Staging Aerotech Motors

Advanced Construction Video

Staging Aerotech motors can be a bit more complicated than some of the other options because of the heat required to ignite these motors. To stage successfully, you'll need to use an e-match and a few tricks. In this video, you'll learn all the techniques and best practices for properly staging composite motors.

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Newest Products From Apogee Components

Check out the latest products to hit Apogee's shelves!

Sanding Tee

Apogee Sanding Tee

The Apogee Sanding Tee is more than just a special aluminum sanding block. It has several features that create a lot of versatility that will help you make rockets quicker, and that look and perform better. Use it to sand fins flat, to stack-sand the edges to make them uniform size, and to round off the leading and trailing edgs. Unlike other sanding blocks, there is a special radius edge to help you sand hard-to-reach fin fillets on really long fins. And as a added bonus, you can use the angle to draw lines down the tube for making fin locations. If you're like us, this will be one of your favorite and most-used tools in your workshop.

Frit: Payload Altitude Rocket

Frit Payload Altitude Rocket

The "Frit" rocket is a contest model designed for the Payload-Altitude event. It is designed specifically for the NAR's competition event where the object is to boost a one ounce payload as high as possible. We completely redesigned this rocket to use the new smaller diameter NAR Payload Weight (included in the kit). It has a completely new nose cone, laser-cut payload tube, and instructions. Your next altitude record is waiting for you to claim it!

Mach 1 Enforcer

Mach I - Enforcer

The Enforcer is a high-power capable rocket made from fiberglass tubes. It features a 3-inch diameter fiberglass nose cone with an aluminum tip. Its stylish multi-diameter body with a hammerhead nose is sure to be a favorite in your fleet. High power capable with a 38mm engine mount.

Experimental Composite Propellant Cookbook

Experimental Composite Propellant Cookbook

Looking to make your own rocket motors? This guidebook is a great place to start. Experimental Composite Propellant by Professor Terry McCreary PhD. details the formulas, safety precautions, design, construction and testing of small rocket motors. This isn't for everyone. We recommend it for those people in countries where we can't ship rocket motors. 

Dual Deployment Conversion Kit

Dual Deployment Conversion Kit

This special kit allows you to take a 4-inch diameter rocket and turn it into a dual-deployment rocket. Includes the tube, e-bay, sled for mounting your altimeter, nylon shock cord, and a 18-inch diameter nylon drogue parachute. Works great with the Apogee Zephyr!

AeroTech Arreauxbee-Hi

AeroTech Arreauxbee-Hi Kit

The AeroTech Arreauxbee-Hi is a great initiation into larger mid-power rockets. It is a straightforward assembly, with a clean orange and metallic asthetic. The rocket can house a variety of rocket motors and flies with great stability.

Customer Comments

My first order was shipped exceptionally fast and arrived very well packed to avoid any damage during the shipping process. I was so impressed by the attention to detail from ordering to receiving my rockets and supplies that I continue to shop Apogee. The Apogee website is well detailed and very easy to navigate to find exactly what you are looking for. Apogee also has many videos that address construction, finishing, and flying all types of model rocketry, I continue to trust Apogee for all my model rocketry purchases.

— ERIC STEWART
RIO RANCHO, NM, United States

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