Model Rocketry

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    1. Vol 1 Model-Rocket Motors Black powder and single-use composite motors from the inside out: how the grain, nozzle, delay and ejection charge work, why a black-powder motor spikes and a composite one does not, what a CATO is, how motors are certified, how to read a code and a thrust curve, and how to choose, buy, store and dispose of the right motor for a rocket
    2. Vol 2 High-Power Reloadable and Buildable Motors Composite propellant and grain design, Kn and chamber pressure, reloadable systems and their hardware, assembling a reload, adjustable delays and electronic ejection, the H-to-O classes and the certification ladder, thirty years of federal regulation, and research motors