School of Rocketry

Rocketry Works offers almost any size mylar streamer you might want. These reflective 2 mil thin plastic streamers are a great way to safely recover lightweight models and reduce the risk that your model will drift beyond your flying field. Rocketry Works' standard streamer for small rockets (up to 40 grams or 1.4 oz) is 2 inches wide by 24 inches long, but we also offer custom cut streamers to meet your needs for heavier rockets. As an extreme example, the orange G Streamer Duration compe …

We recently had a customer looking for advice on a science fair project that depended on altimeter measurements from 10 flights of each of 3 Crossfire model rockets. This kind of high-stakes flying requires more durable build techniques than most model rocket builds, but the changes are not difficult, and will result in more consistently successful flights. Many rockets like the Crossfire use a piece of paper glued inside the motor tube near the top, but this kind of shock cord attachment ca …