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- Rocketry Ltd
- Green end Cottage, Colthouse, LA22 0JS
- 01229 797197
- Mon-Sun 10.00 - 16:30
- info@modelrockets.co.uk
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- Company registration number: 15297535
- Beginners
Beginner rockets.
Rocketry is a great exciting and educational hobby. Our beginner sets include all you need to get flying.
Great gifts for any age to learn the ropes before progressing to more challenging models.
Our Estes and Klima starter packs include motors, a launch pad and controller. There are a few listings that don't have it all but they are mentioned on the listings if you need additional items to fly. - Model rocket kits
- Rocket motors etc
The best bit of rocketry.
Your motor choice has to be right for your rocket or self build masterpiece.
We have entered loads of data about every rocket engine we stock, this means that you can click on All rockets and use the filters to narrow down on the exact engine you need.
View and filter all rocket motors - Scratch building
- Electronics & payloads
Electronics and payloads.
Rocketry is a great exciting and educational hobby. Our beginner sets include all you need to get flying.
Great gifts for any age to learn the ropes before progressing to more challenging models.
Our Estes and Klima starter packs include motors, a launch pad and controller. There are a few listings that don't have it all but they are mentioned on the listings if you need additional items to fly. - Ground equipment
Ground support equipment is essential for rocketry.
You need a launch pad and launch controller to launch your rockets from. You also need wadding (or re-usable options) to protect your parachute each time.
We recommend the durable Klima launch pad and their launch controllers let you install two PP3 9v batteries at once for some extra launching juice! The Klima pad can take a 3mm or 6mm rod as well as a launch rail if required for larger rockets.
The estes pads are also great and the Porta pad E is very good for mid sized rockets also. - Schools & clubs
Bulk packs for schools and clubs
You can shop for bulk packs of rockets here. We list the packs of rockets on their own with bundles on the page so you can add everything you need in one click.
The bundles include motors, launch pad(s), launch controller(s), batteries and wadding. All you will need to run your club or rocket workshop will be the required tools and consumables for construction. Rocket manuals are on each page so you can check but in general with these starter kits you will likely need the following although not all of these are required by all kits.
Some wood glue (We like gorilla glue but all sorts of PVA should be OK).
Scissors, masking tape, sand paper, decorating supplies (pens etc). - UKROC
- Gifts & events
- Brands
Real stock in house
90-day returns
Next day delivery These sets come with a rocket, launch pad, launch controller, wadding, batteries and rocket motors.
Absolutely not. These are handy sets to get you started without the hassle.
However you can of course browse our huge range of rocket kits to pick something else if you prefer.
This article details everything you need to piece together your own setup and get started.
Our ready to fly starter sets need nothing else and come with everything you need. You may want to buy an extra pack of motors and some more recovery wadding if you want to do plenty of flights.
Our construction sets come with all you need to fly, however, you may need some construction supplies such as Glue, masking tape, sand paper, a pencil, ruler and scissors. These are not included in the kits as a lot of people will already have these items. If needed we do have a construction set which includes much of the needed items to build. Construction supplies set A.
Model rocket starter sets fall into two categories.
Our Ready to fly (RTF) sets have very minimal setup needs and you can be flying in no time at all. If you want to get in the air this is the choice for you! These are a great choice for those who want to experience the thrill of model rocketry without needing to build one.
The other option will need construction and you may need wood glue and/or plastic cement to complete as well as scissors, a pencil, a ruler and some sandpaper. We do sell a construction supplies set if you don't have these items. Constructing a rocket is a great learning experience and gives you a greater understanding of model rocketry.
If you're worried about constructing a set rest assured starter sets are very manageable and a great place to start so the choice really is up to you!
Our starter sets mostly come with either A8-3 or B4-4 motors as standard. The first letter represents the total impulse of the motor, and each letter you go up doubles the total impulse. So a B motor is twice the power of an A motor and a C motor would be 4 times the power of an A motor.
The second number is the average thrust in Newtons and the last number is the delay before the ejection charge goes off to release the parachute.
As a beginner which motor size you go with from A, B or C depends on the space you have available to launch in. If you have a decent space then the B kits will be great, otherwise go safe with the A motors.
You can of course buy more motors at larger sizes to fly your rocket on later to really shoot for the stars!
Most companies don't include the rocket motors, recovery wadding, or batteries. All our sets (unless you go to the without motors category!) come with everything included. So you should get better value from our sets as a result as these items do need to be bought in order to fly.
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- Unit 12B, Devonshire road industrial estate, Millom, LA18 4JS, United Kingdom.
- Mon-Fri 09.30 - 16.00
- info@modelrockets.co.uk
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Company registered in England and Wales number 15297535
VAT Number GB472370982
Explosive licence number 240011 (Cumberland council).
