Customer Reviews

Model Rocket Design and Construction: How to Create and Build Unique and Exciting Model Rockets That Work

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120 pages, 16 chapters, 240 illustrations, 40 photographs. This is a book geared towards modelers wanting to know more about the art and science of building better rockets. Includes chapters on design, improving performance, constructions and other topics. The coverage of glider and helicopter recovery, the glossary, and construction and repair techniques is very good

If you want to design and build your own model rockets, whether for sport, research, or competition, you can't go wrong with this book.

It has chapter after densely-packed chapter on every facet of model rocket design and construction, including basics of stability, materials, finishing, cluster and glider design, repair and recovery systems.

Weak points: This isn't a book for beginners or the faint of heart. It won't lead you by the hand through your first rocket design. The reading level is on the high side . . . probably best for High School students on up.

This is a really good book for anyone interested in building model rockets. I only give it two stars because the first edition is better. The second edition deletes information and replaces it with buy our software.

Great reference for the low to mid power model rocketeer who is looking to do more than buy and build commercial kits. For those who are looking to build kits from lessor known companies than Estes, this book also provides strong construction techniques that can answer questions where the instructions may not be as clear as a company like Estes. Tim does a great job of covering the basics of "How to get started" in scratch building model rockets and provides some of the 'hows and whys' of developing unique model rockets that you have dreamed about building. While not much on the ever expanding world of model rocketry electronics, Tim does a great job of explaining just how to improve "the speed of balsa" (the speed where basic construction techniques fail in flight). I read and re-read this book each time I think up another model design concept.

before reading this book I was clueless to the art of rocketry. This book really helped me out in an easy to read format. I am now flying rockets and understanding the art.

I bought this book, hoping that I could learn how to build a massive rocket (possibly capable of carrying a human or human-sized cargo). Actually, I knew a bit about rocket building anyway, as my brother is quite keen on it.

Anyway, I was disappointed when my first 'creation' didn't really work, especially as I had burned myself quite badly during its construction.

Since then, I feel I have improved somewhat, though I am still a long way from building the kind of rockets I would like.

Overall, this book is adequate for the hobbyist, but for the dedicated amateur rocket scientist, it simply doesn't provide enough room for adaption.

too, too, too, TOO TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!