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Apogee Rocketry Workshop #304: Which Motor is Best for Your Rocket?
When you take a look on the Apogee website at any particular rocket kit, you see a long list of compatible motors. It can be daunting to figure out which one to choose for your first flight. This week, we go through those motor lists. We explain the important variables listed on the charts and what you can take from them to make an educated decision on which motor would be the "optimum" for your rocket and goals. We'll go through how to make an easy choice, and what factors should go into your decision making for those more complicated projects. This same information can now be used for selecting a motor based on the long list of motors that RockSim v10 says would be appropriate for your own rocketry designs. View this week's Rocketry Workshop Video (Duration: 16:53)
Previous videos are found on our archive page.

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

29mm Fin Alignment Guides

For those people that were looking for a fin alignment guide for the Aspire kit, we now have them available. It is the new 29mm fin alignment guide for thin-wall tubes. They are designed to make applying fins easier and more accurate than ever, and it is available in both 3 and 4 fin configurations.
See our 29mm 3-fin guide
See our 29mm 4-fin guide

Motor Mount Adapters

Easily adapt a rocket kit to house a variety of motors using the new line of motor mount adapters from Apogee! These adapters are designed to adjust a 29mm motor housing to a 24mm. We've also released adapters for 38mm motor mounts (down to 29mm) and 54mm motor mounts (down to 38mm).

T-LOC

The T-LOC, another high quality rocket from LOC Precision, has a few features that really separate it from the pack. It's short and stubby, with a lot of drag in comparison to other rockets that utilize the same motors. These may not sound like "features", but they do offer some capabilities you might not see in other designs.

LOC 2.2" Nike Zeus

This is the Nike Zeus. Modeled after a cold-war era rocket, this sport scale model rocket looks and feels like the rockets developed at that time. It doesn't quite stay true to the dimensions, but because of the quality of the design, it makes for the perfect addition to any scale collection.

Semroc Stellar Arrow

The Stellar Arrow is a rocket kit from Semroc that is designed to look and feel like an arrow shot from a bow. The fins are pre-slotted, giving them an almost feather like quality and carry a lot of the weight of the design visually while the boatcone retainer and black band under the nose cone fill out some of the details.

Used Apogee's kits for my 11-year old's 6th grade science fair project. He made it to County and earned 1st place in the fluids and aerodynamics - beat out 7th and 8th graders in the same category. He was also awarded outstanding project in the field of Aeronautics and Astronautics from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Orange County Section. I don't think he would have gotten this far without the resources and guidance provided through Apogee.

— PATRICK PAGADUAN

ORANGE, CA, United States

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Apogee Rocketry Workshop #304:

Which Motor is Best for Your Rocket?

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