For the high-power rocket enthusiast who has already launched a few rockets, Modern High-Power Rocketry provides additional insights and reference materials, including techniques in scratch-building, Level 2 and Level 3 motor-building skills and a case study in how to construct a successful, high-power airstarted rocket. With more than 230 pages filled with how-to instruction, tips for launch day and suggested checklists for motor-building and flight, this book picks up where all other model rocketry books leave off, and includes a full bibliography for additional information for the high-power rocketeer.
Modern High-Power Rocketry is packed with more than 400 photographs that detail nearly every aspect of this fast-growing hobby. Readers will learn the basics of both single-use and reloadable high-power motors and how to construct the rockets to carry them. From motor retention, electronics and clusters to high-power igniters and parachutes, this book provides the rocketeer with all of the basic elements needed to successfully certify with the National Rocketry Association or the Tripoli Rocketry Association. Click here for Table of Contents.
Modern High-Power Rocketry contains 14 photo-packed chapters, including: The Fundamentals of Motors, Building Level 1 and Level 2 Motors, Ejection Charges, Igniters, Motor Retention, Construction Techniques for Level 1 and Level 2 Rockets, Clusters, Airstarting, Electronics, Building Four-Inch Motors, Deployment and Recovery, and Scratch-Building.