Apogee Components Building Skills Level 1 Rocket Kits

Apogee Components - Building Skills Level 1 Rocket Kits {Book}

Contributed by Greg Elder

Published: 2010-11-13
Manufacturer: Apogee Components
[NAR][Sport Rocketry]

The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above.


(Sport Rocketry - January/February 2002 - by Greg Elder) 

CD ROM"Apogee's new digital book, Building Skill Level 1 Rocket Kits...shows ther reader various procedures and techniques needed in constructing skill level 1 model rockets."
"The book itself comes on a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM works for both Macintosh and Microsoft Windows-based computer systems."
"In the first chapter of the book, author Tim Van Milligan discusses the book's purpose....This book will help...teach basic model rocket building skills to children. The second purpose...is to inspire modelers of all ages."
"The second chapter of the book describes in detail the characteristics of a skill level 1 rocket."
"Chapter 3...covers all the skills needed for building a skill level 1 rocket."
"Some extra bonus videos come with the book."

Overall, the article describes the CD-ROM in more detail suggesting that the book is a good resource for a beginner or for people involved in teaching children how to build rockets.

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K.M.J. (June 24, 2005)
This CD book has a lot of great information and the videos really help in demonstrating the topics. I have shown this to some of my friend's kids to get them interested in rocketry. Definitely worth the investment.

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