Odds and Ends

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Buying Model Rockets at Discount Prices:

Locally:
Michael's Arts and Crafts store usually has a 40% or 50% off coupon in the Sunday, VA Pilot, newspaper. This is good for one item. Michael's has a small selection of Estes rockets and motors. They have stores in Chesapeake (2), Virginia Beach (2), and Newport News, VA. An Estes Patriot rocket kit was purchased for $6.49 plus tax, for example.

HobbyTown, Virginia Beach - Has some model rockets and hobby suppllies.

Mail Order:
        AC Supply - Estes at 33% to 40% off
        Belleville Wholesale Hobby - Custom, Estes, Quest, Quasar One at 40% off
        Discount Rocketry - Estes, Custom, Quest, Loc Precision, AeroTech, Vaughn Brothers, Cosmodome, DynaStar, and Modelrockets.us from 10% to 30% off
        Hobby Surplus - Estes and Quest rockets.
        Hobbylinc - Has sales on Estes, Edmonds, and Aerotech from 12% to 38% off

Buying Motors at Discount Prices:
        Balsa Machining - High power AeroTech, 25% off
        Hobbylinc - Has A through G motors up to 38% off.
        Performance Hobbies - Will have specials up to 25% off.
        Red Arrow Hobbies - High power AeroTech, 18% - 20% off.
        Value Rockets - Mid power AeroTech at low prices.
        Wildman Rocketry - Will have specials up to 35% off. AeroTech and Cesaroni

H/W Compatibility Chart: (H/W compatible only, motor certification is not considered.)

Re-Loads vs Cases	AeroTech	Monster	Dr. Rocket	Loki	Gorilla	AMW	Kosdon	AMW Pro-X	CTI Pro
AeroTech	Y	Y	Y
Kosdon AeroTech	Y	Y	Y

Loki Research				Y	Y	Y	Y
Gorilla Rocket				Y	Y	Y	Y
Kosdon AMW (KBA)				Y	Y	Y	Y
Ellis Motor				Y	Y	Y	Y

Cesaroni Technology (CTI)								Y	Y
Animal Motor Works (AMW)								Y	Y
AeroTech by CTI (ABC)								Y	Y

Altimeters:
    Adept Rocketry - Altimeters - ADEPT22 ($39), ALTIM1 ($20); deployment controllers, stagers, timers.
     AED Electronics - R-DAS model (From Europe).
     AltimeterOne - AltimeterOne for $50
     Altus Metrum - Altimeter and GPS
     Entacore Electronics - AIM USB 2.0 ($?)
     Feather Weight - Altimeters ($159).
     G-Wiz - Altimeters ($135, $235).
     MARSA - MARS A4 altimeter ($225).
    Missile Works - RRC2 Altimeter ($80).
   Olsen - Altimeter with a LCD display [Sold out].
     Ozark Aerospace - Altimeter (ARTS2 model) ($190).
     PerfectFlite - Altimeters ($75 - $100), Recording Altimeters ($34-$68), timers ($25 - $35).
                Perfectflite Direct - 25% off
    Public Missiles - Timer ($85), altimeter (Co-Pilot model) ($130).
     Quest - How High altimeter ($47) - 0.25 oz, 1.3" long with batteries.
  Rincon Rocketry - Mission Control flight controller ($225).
     Winged Shadow - Same as Quest How High ($42).
     Xavien - Event controller ($85), timer ($40), camera controller ($32 - $34), cluster igniter ($26).

Altimeter Bays:
G-Wiz Flight Computers - 98mm avionics bay with integrated power distribution ($390).
Rebel Space - 3" and 4" aluminum bays (from Europe).

Rocket recovery tracking:

RF systems:
Adept Rocketry - Transmitters ($59) up to 15 miles LOS, directional antennas

Walston - Transmitters ($159 - $189) - 2 to 9 miles on the ground, 90 miles LOS, receivers($400 - $600).
BigRedBee - Transmitters ($95) - 5 miles on the ground, 180 miles in the air, license needed.
Rocket Hunter / Rocket Tracker - Transmitters ($106) - 5 miles on the ground, 50 miles LOS.

GPS systems:
      Altus Metrum - Altimeter and GPS
        Black Magic Works - Computer and GPS transmitter ($1,300 - $1,445) - 20 to 40 mile range.
        BigRedBee - GPS transmitters ($275 - $389) - 1W to 5W transmit power.
      Eagle Tree Systems - Data acquisition and GPS transmitter ($1,550) - 14 miles, 1W.
      Garmin Astro 320 and DC 40 - GPS transmitter and receiver ($600 retail) - 7 miles LOS.
               . Astro 220 receiver, DC 30 and DC 20 transmitters (out of production)
       Garmin GPS & 2-way radios - Rino 110, transmits position between units.
       GPS Flight - No prices shown.
              GPS Flight at Rebel Space
        MARSA 4 - MARSA GPS-1
        Ozark Aerospace - ARTS, GPS transmitter ($400), GPS receiver ($270) - 20 miles LOS.
        Tragic Little Aerospace - Micro GPS, transmitter and receiver, $300

Beacons:
Adept Rocketry - Beacons.
Personal alarm beacons - You can buy the pull or magnetic type personal alarms with batteries from the Dollar Tree store for $1.

Other items:

Switches - Schurter rotary switch from Allied Electronics - $3.17/ea.
Wind Measurement -
Adhesives - West System locally from West Marine or mail order PBS Boat Store. J-B Weld from AutoZone, Lowes or mail-order.
Drop Forged Eye Bolts - Re-Stock-it.Com - $3.50/ea
Motor Storage - Stanley: 12.9"W Black Plastic Tool Box Stanley plastic storage boxes at Lowes - $12/ea
Metal stock - Launch rods, etc - Speedymetals.com
Motor Retention -
                 Aero Pack - LOC (cardboard) or PML (QT polymer)
                 Slimline, tailcone retainers, QuikLok, or Motorholder by Giant Leap
                 HAMR by PML
Railbuttons - DogHouseRocketry
Canopies - 10' x 10' type canopies from Walmart
Tables - 6' plastic folding table from Sam's Club

Custom rack holders for rockets - Racks made from PVC piping

SOUTH EASTERN VIRGINIA ROCKETRY ASSOCIATION

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