Rocket Store is currently offering Estes motors at up to 30% off RRP for pre orders. This is a fantastic price and you wont find cheaper anywhere in the UK. This is a limited offer and only available for pre paid orders. A motors at just £7.45, ...

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Over the past few weeks we have been working to get the UK motor list as accurately as possible. Some updates so far: 1. Quest Motors. We have added all the Quest motors to the list that we can find suitable evidence for. The B6-0 unfortunately ...

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With so many motors now in production, it is difficult for customers to realise which ones we can import into the UK. Many of the motors don't have the relevant certification for the UK market. We have therefore compiled a list of all motors which ...

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Very sad news indeed, we are no longer able to ship any form of rocket motor, even Estes motors out of mainland Great Britain by courier. This is a great shame for rocketeers in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Guernsey. Both of the 2 ...

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With the number of motors on the market always increasing, it is almost impossible to stock the full range in such a niche market. We do not want to drop any motor manufacturers, we still want to support and offer Aerotech and Cesaroni motors and h ...

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Following on from the decision by the United Kingdom Rocketry Association to withdraw all support for the UKAYROC contest, Rocket Store is also following their decision. From a commercial angle the UKAYROC contest (UK version of TARC) has faced so ...

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Today Rocket Store launch a new Educational Discount Program referral scheme. As a rocketeer you can get free rocket Store vouchers by just getting your local school to join our Educational Discount Program. Our EDP has proved to be a great success ...

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We have now been running the Educational Discount Program for a while. It was always thought that the program would change over time and evolve in order to best suit schools, the market and the industry. So version 2 of the program has now increa ...

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Rocket Store launches their new Rocketry Forum Centre. A primary goal of the new forum is to improve communication between Rocket Store and schools specifically with regard the UKAYROC contest, but also to cater for thousands of model rocketeers in ...

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This year the UKAYROC contest has some interesting changes, one of which is bringing down the maximum motor impulse from a G to an F motor. With the cost of an Aerotech F motor being only approx £9 compared to a cluster of Estes D motors costing £16 ...

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MRC & UKRA "October Sky" weekend event The event is being held on the 10th to the 11th of October 2009 at our Twycross 2 Flying Site (Camping available from Friday pm) ...

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Several rocketeers have enquired with regard the new Blue Tubes. With the recent reduction in price we believe they will become a very viable alternative to the traditional phenolic and paper tubes. Fully cured phenolic is very strong and very st ...

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For many years rocketeers in the US have been challenging the BATFE decision to class AP motors as an explosive. This regulation over the years has made it difficult for many flyers in the US to participate due to the costs of an LEUP (equivalent to ...

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Rocket Store have started tweeting. In an effort to keep our customers and followers informed of what we are up to, we have created a Rocket Store Twitter site. To keep up to date on our status, just try htt ...

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Rocket Store is developing a new Flyers Club for its customers and flyers. The proposed club will have an annual membership fee, but will entitle members to discounts, exclusive promotional items, reduced hire rates for equipment and many other bene ...

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Big Ears is almost here, the biggest and best meeting from EARS in Cambridge. This 2 day rocket feast starts on Friday 8th May, with flying on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May. Why not camp over and enjoy the whole weekend ! For more information ...

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Rocket Store today officially launched its new Educational Discount Program. The EDP is currently only available to schools, colleges and universities, however it is possible it may be released to scouts and other groups in the future. This new p ...

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Christmas Eve is our last day for a couple of days and we are looking forward to at least a little time off. 2008 has been an excellent year for Rocket Store and for hobby in general. We believe rockets are as popular as ever and still growing. ...

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It has been a great year for Rocket Store and we hope that 2009 will be even better for Rocket Store and rocketry as a hobby. In appreciation and to say just a plain thanks, we are offering 10% off to all UKRA members for the last week before Xmas. ...

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After a lot of development, the latest release of our website has been launched. Although this latest release is mainly a visual upgrade, we have added a new projects area and several other enhancements. We welcome any feedback on the new site. ...

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Rocket Store is very pleased to announce that we are now able to ship all explosives items via TNT courier within the UK. We believe we are the first and only rocket company granted access to this special service offered by TNT and therefore Rocket S ...

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Rocket Store is currently putting together a new Motor Distribution Program (MDP) and needs your help formulating the best package possible. The new MDP will take advantage of our soon to be announced AP Shipping Service. Our new AP Shipping Servi ...

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For some time now, we have been thinking about setting up a UK Rocketry portal. During the current development of our new release of the Rocket Store site, we have come to realise more and more that this is the right thing to do. This allows us to se ...

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Rocket Store is very pleased to announce that we are now the exclusive distributor of the Sirius Rocketry kits for Europe. We have had our eye on these kits for a while. We were recently contacted by David Miller of Sirius Rocketry and offered t ...

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Rocket Store is very pleased to announce that we are now a dealer for Contrail Rockets. Although the hybrid community within the UK is currently small, we hope that this dealership together with other hybrid dealerships yet to be announced, will a ...

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Rocket Store is very pleased to announce that we are now a dealer for Skyripper Systems. Although the hybrid community within the UK is currently small, we hope that this dealership together with other hybrid dealerships yet to be announced, will ...

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Rocket Store will be closed from Monday 18th through to the following Tuesday the 26th August (inclusive) because we are off to IRW to launch Oi Oi Savaloy (subject to CAA & BMFA approval). If anyone requires any items for IRW, please let us know ...

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Following on from the successful launch of Corpulent Stump last year at International Rocket Week 2007 (IRW), this year Richard Brown will be launching his latest rocket named Oi Oi Savaloy sponsored by Rocket Store at this years IRW event in Largs, ...

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Great news for Semroc flyers, Rocket Store have decided to stock Semroc kits. Semroc have been designing model rocket kits for years and started back in the sixties, although even in their words they had a 31 year "quiet phase". Our first order has b ...

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Rocket Store have now moved to a new industrial unit. These new premises will allow us to expand our stock and services. We hope to bring lots of new stock items and services to our customers next year. ...

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Rocket Store is pleased to announce that we have just been granted a Cesaroni dealership. Many UK flyers have chosen Cesaroni for their HPR needs and Rocket Store will now be able to offer the current and future range of motors available. ...

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At 13:10 on the 26th August 2007, Corpulent Stump launched into the sky at the International Rocket Week 2007 in Scotland. The 12 ft tall rocket built by Richard Brown of Rocket Store for his Level 3 UKRA certification flight, soared into the sky on ...

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The annual launch organised by the United Kingdom Rocketry Association (a.k.a. UKRA) this year is being combined with the Black Knights annual BK Flamer event. The event is being held at the Milson Airstrip launch site in Shropshire over the week ...

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Once again this year Rocket Store is attending LDRS, so the shop will not be opening between the 11th and the 16th July. The shop will reopen on the 17th July.

Orders placed before middday on the 9th July will ship before we leave. Orders plac ...

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Once again this year Rocket Store is attending LDRS along with several other UK rocketeers. I believe the possy consists of 8 people. I won't publish their names here just incase someone has had to tell a small fib to their other half about where t ...

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For some time I have been considering using the Rouse Tech CD3 system. Although a major advantage of the system (going higher than 22,000ft) is not really appropriate in the UK at the moment, there are still advantages to using the system.

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At last the day is hear. Aerotech have been granted CE approval on most of their engines. Warp 9 wasn't included but all other current engines were. Warp 9 is scheduled to be CE marked shortly. This is fantastic news for the UK and Europe.

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