Customer Reviews

Amateur Guide to Building Rockets and Motors

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MY TEENAGE SON AND HIS FRIENDS WERE INTERESTED IN BUILDING ROCKETS AND NEEDED INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP THEM AND GIVE ME SOME CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD NOT HURT THEMSELVES. THIS BOOK GAVE THEM THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION THEY NEEDED AND HOW TO DO IT SAFELY. I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS THEY ACHEIVED FROM HAVING THE BOOK. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN AMATUER ROCKETRY CONSIDER THIS GUIDE.

This book is not to reccomend if youre not an fanatic rocket book collector! Why be so harsh? Well technically it is very limited in explaining the facts and secondly many of the mentioned propellants, design techniques and figures are directly loaned from the more famous rocket book: "Rocket Manual for Amateurs" written by Capt. Bertrand R. Brinley. The book was published by Ballantine Books in New York. If youre planning to go into the rocket design and experimental world I will not recommend this book to be the starting point! The only interesting part I found as an experienced rocket motor desinger and experimenter is the chapters about rocket propellants. But beware to start mixing based on the very limited amount of information presented in this "book".

Although the Authour displayed enthusiasm for the subject I can't escape the impression that this book was cut and pasted from other sources. Many of the topics where spread throughout the book and this lead to confusion about some aspects of the fuels which I don't feel is an acceptable situation when dealing with potentially lethal devices.

too much zinc-sulphur, not enough about composite and KN-sucrose motors. the formulas and the informations about teststands are interesting.

I loved the book if your are interested in the topic you have to get this book

I loved this book it tout me so much that i needeed to know it was what i was looking for