We recommend these vendors for rocket motors, parts, supplies, etc.
- Estes – World’s largest producer of engines and kits since 1958.
- Rocketry Works – Kits, custom laser-cut and 3D printed parts, motors, etc.
- eRockets – All the regular stuff and more. Over 3,000 different sizes of body tubes alone.
- BuyRocketMotors.com – Composite low-, mid- and high power motors. Also High Power kits and parts.
- Aerospace Specialty Products – Competition and scale parts as well as Micro/MMX rocket kits.
- Apogee Components – Producer and seller of parts and kits. Also, an extensive library of how-to articles, newsletters, and videos.
- AC Supply – Estes complete line at excellent prices, also myriad other STEM materials and kits for education.
Nearby clubs and Organizations dedicated to Rocketry
- National Association of Rocketry (NAR) – National safety and advocacy organization for Model Rocketry since 1957. Central Arkansas Rocketry is proud to be a registered Section of the NAR.
- Mid South Rocket Society – NAR Section (#550) based in Memphis, TN. Monthly HPR launches with a 5,700 ft AGL (above ground level) waiver.
- Tulsa Rocketry – NAR #812 and Tripoli Prefecture #42 in Oklahoma. Monthly launches with a 9,400 ft AGL waiver. Annual High Frontier meet in September with a 20,000 ft AGL Waiver.
- Dallas Area Rocket Society – NAR #308, since 1972. Monthly launches from multiple low and high power fields in the area.
- Tripoli Rocketry Association – organization dedicated to education, advancement and safe operation of amateur high-power rocketry.
Educational and Informational sites
- JimZ Rocket Plans – Incredible site with information about THOUSANDS of rockets by many manufacturers from modern day back to the very first models from the late 1950’s.
- The Rocketry Forum – Forum with a bent towards modern and High Power rocketry. One of 2 major rocketry forums online, the other being:
- Ye Olde Rocketry Forum – As the name suggests, this forum is more aligned with classic, old-school rocketry.
- Ninfinger – If you need to reference the 1971 Estes catalog for obscure rocket information or, for that matter, any 1960-2000’s Estes, Centuri, NCR, FSI, etc. This is your site.
- Payload Bay – Online tools you *need* to get those motor mounts done and fins attached correctly.