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Peak of Flight Newsletter #518:

Recommending Rockets and Components

Hands down, the most common question we get is:: "I want to buy a rocket for my kids/grandkids (etc). What should I get them?"

We know what every rocket is composed of, we know the features and capabilities of each of them, we've even flown them all, and yet this question remains impossible to answer. There's just no one answer that is going to make everyone happy. People get into rocketry for different reasons, enjoy different parts of the hobby, and they all have different experience levels. A great recommendation for one person would be a nightmare for another.

In this article, we'll go through all the questions that we ask customers to figure out what is the best rocket for them to give to their young rocketeer.

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Sagittarius A - A free model rocket plan is available in issue 516!

In the Peak-of-Flight Newsletter we have published 25 different rocket plans, all at no cost! The complete set of 25 different rocket plans are found in the Peak-of-Flight Plan Pack, which is a free gift for our newsletter subscribers.

If you already haven't downloaded the Plan Pack, you will find it here. You will be asked to complete the store check-out process in order to download, but it is totally free for you.

If you'd like decals for the rockets in the plan pack, we do have them available here.

Read the rest of this week's article, either on a downloadable PDF for printing out, or on our website (great for viewing on your phone)!

Previous issues of our newsletter are found at our archive page.

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

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

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!

This morning I placed and order for my L 1 kit and supplies to build it. I called before they opened and left a voice mail about another product to go with my rocket. I received a phone call 20 minutes later got the answer to my questions. You can bet I will be doing all my future purchases with Apogee.

I have been on their site for a month watching videos and reading up reviews and Testimonies of other folks. I have to say they keep it up to date and interesting for us in the Hobby.

My hats off to all those at Apogee!!!

— Victor Dutel

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