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Rocket Motor Guide

The motor guide automatically finds motors that fit into your rocket and does a quick-and-dirty flight simulation to give you an idea of how they would work. If you just want to search for motors, use the Motor Search page.

A New Rocket

To get started, enter the key info on your rocket in the form below. If you need help with this form, see the Guide Help page. If you were logged in, you could save your designs and run the guide again easily. You can easily login or register if you like.

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Example Rockets

Here are some rockets that people have made public for your viewing pleasure. See how the motor guide works on these rockets that have already been defined.

Name Owner Overall MMT
Vulcanite Chris Smith 2.26in diameter, 23.0oz weight 29.0mm × 20.00in
Hanky Panky donald huff 2.15in diameter, 1,265g weight 38.0mm × 24.00in
Blackjack donald huff 2.15in diameter, 1,180g weight 29.0mm × 20.00in
cold blue steel donald huff 2.15in diameter, 1,150g weight 29.0mm × 20.00in
Risky Buisness donald huff 2.15in diameter, 1,300g weight 29.0mm × 20.00in
tom mike armstrong 1.80in diameter, 9.2oz weight 24.0mm × 4.00in
Estes Maxi Air Show (Bash) Michael Kampe 2.00in diameter, 4.0oz weight 24.0mm × 90.0mm
Estes Air Show Michael Kampe 2.20in diameter, 4.5oz weight 18.0mm × 3.00in
Aura Scott Huff 1.52in diameter, 8.0oz weight 29.0mm × 4.00in
Purple Haze donald huff 1.52in diameter, 565g weight 29.0mm × 20.00in
warthog mike armstrong 2.60in diameter, 25.0oz weight 29.0mm × 11.00in
Fluffy Bunny Sather M. Ranum 3.00in diameter, 120.0oz weight 54.0mm × 40.00in
pml eclipse juan gonzalez 3.90in diameter, 3,382g weight 54.0mm × 23.00in
Super Magnum Mitch Smith 5.54in diameter, 140.0oz weight 54.0mm × 28.00in
Tethys Chuck Poindexter 3.90in diameter, 70.9oz weight 38.0mm × 13.00in
Troop 85 Bayard Storey 7.70in diameter, 32.00lb weight 98.0mm × 42.00in
Liberty 4 Mike Caplinger 4.00in diameter, 4.20lb weight 38.0mm × 18.00in
Ariel 38mm Ross Ohmen 3.00in diameter, 49.0oz weight 38.0mm × 30.00in
Miranda 38 Mitch Smith 3.90in diameter, 53.0oz weight 38.0mm × 14.00in
Enterprise 98 Ross Ohmen 10.1cm diameter, 20.50lb weight 98.0mm × 44.00in
Honest John 38mm Ross Ohmen 5.50in diameter, 108.0oz weight 38.0mm × 25.00in
Mongoose 98 Carbon Fiber Ken Bell 4.19in diameter, 14.75lb weight 98.0mm × 49.00in
Intimidator 4 Mickey Breece 4.00in diameter, 20.92lb weight 76.0mm × 31.50in
Eagle 75mm Craig Rutherford 8.00in diameter, 32.00lb weight 76.0mm × 31.00in
navaho mike armstrong 0.95in diameter, 1.5oz weight 18.0mm × 3.00in
foobar 38 Bryan Schmidt 98.0mm diameter, 1,400g weight 38.0mm × 50.0cm
foobar 6 Bryan Schmidt 63.0mm diameter, 1,000g weight 29.0mm × 40.0cm
Mongoose 54 Andrew Grippo 54.0mm diameter, 5.10lb weight 54.0mm × 36.00in
Renee Rocket Andrew Grippo 4.00in diameter, 17.00lb weight 76.0mm × 41.00in
Stealth Jr. w_av_bay Ron Ellis 2.60in diameter, 0.979Kg weight 29.0mm × 11.00in
Type 30 mike armstrong 2.60in diameter, 8.0oz weight 29.0mm × 11.00in
BASM M-111 mike armstrong 2.60in diameter, 4.0oz weight 24.0mm × 3.00in
Polecat Nike Smoke 4-inch 38mm Rick Baldridge 4.50in diameter, 2,170g weight 38.0mm × 240.0mm
Polecat Nike Smoke 4-inch 54 motors Rick Baldridge 4.50in diameter, 2,170g weight 54.0mm × 852.0mm
LOC Precision PK58 Canadian Arrow Rick Baldridge 4.00in diameter, 1,060g weight 29.0mm × 240.0mm
aim 7 mike armstrong 2.60in diameter, 8.0oz weight 24.0mm × 3.00in
F Force Bushwacker 1.90in diameter, 14.0oz weight 29.0mm × 6.00in
G Force Bushwacker 3.00in diameter, 22.0oz weight 29.0mm × 6.00in
Escape Velocity Brian Abild 2.68in diameter, 61.5oz weight 38.0mm × 15.00in
Modified PML Eclipse Ken Bell 4.00in diameter, 9.00lb weight 75.0mm × 35.00in
Prochron S1_0811B Terry Wilson 100.0mm diameter, 68.000Kg weight 98.0mm × 1,500.0mm
Patriot Sather M. Ranum 7.50in diameter, 440.0oz weight 75.0mm × 34.00in
Mercury Atlas Jerry Little 5.12in diameter, 78.0oz weight 29.0mm × 240.0mm
PML Miranda Michael Monteith 3.00in diameter, 3.40lb weight 29.0mm × 9.42in
Aero-Dart Ron Ellis 4.7cm diameter, 216g weight 29.0mm × 31.5cm
Mathilde Sather M. Ranum 5.50in diameter, 220.0oz weight 75.0mm × 34.00in
Eagle 54mm Craig Rutherford 8.00in diameter, 28.00lb weight 54.0mm × 30.00in
elypse mike stella 3.00in diameter, 6.50lb weight 38.0mm × 18.00in
1/38 Saturn V Chris Prinzi 10.00in diameter, 66.00lb weight 98.0mm × 11,000.0mm
Small Endeavour Jeremiah Johnson 2.50in diameter, 2.50lb weight 38.0mm × 17.00in
Amraam Chris Prinzi 4.00in diameter, 155.0oz weight 54.0mm × 1,280.0mm
Pretty in Pink Chris Prinzi 3.00in diameter, 6.00lb weight 54.0mm × 1,280.0mm
Dynastar Sky Torpedo Mark Rzchowski 2.60in diameter, 6.4oz weight 24.0mm × 7.0cm
LOC - Minie-Magg (payload bay) Paul Lambert 5.38in diameter, 64.0oz weight 38.0mm × 15.00in
LOC - Minie-Magg (Extended) Paul Lambert 5.38in diameter, 70.0oz weight 38.0mm × 19.00in
MonGoose54 Jim Urrata 5.8cm diameter, 3.40lb weight 54.0mm × 1,000.0mm
BSD Horizon 54 Scott McNeese 4.00in diameter, 82.0oz weight 38.0mm × 17.00in
Modified PoleCat V2 Chris Stone 7.50in diameter, 14.00lb weight 54.0mm × 30.00in
Honest John Ross Ohmen 5.50in diameter, 106.0oz weight 54.0mm × 50.0cm
Ariel Ross Ohmen 3.00in diameter, 47.5oz weight 54.0mm × 32.0cm
Wahoo Ross Ohmen 4.1cm diameter, 3.30lb weight 38.0mm × 55.0cm
Glowworm Ross Ohmen 2.5cm diameter, 3.6oz weight 24.0mm × 18.0cm
H-Bomb Ross Ohmen 3.0cm diameter, 12.0oz weight 29.0mm × 41.0cm
F-Bomb Ross Ohmen 3.0cm diameter, 4.2oz weight 29.0mm × 20.0cm
strongarm gary moore 2.60in diameter, 19.5oz weight 29.0mm × 6.00in
Gimmie two Tim Ryerse 4.02in diameter, 7.50lb weight 54.0mm × 37.00in
One Butt-Ugly Phoenix Tim Scott 4.00in diameter, 6.00lb weight 54.0mm × 48.00in
Pato's Revenge Tim Scott 2.00in diameter, 3.60lb weight 38.0mm × 24.00in
THE V2 Kev Danjou 10.00in diameter, 44.00lb weight 98.0mm × 32.00in
Black Brant II John Coker 3.3cm diameter, 75g weight 24.0mm × 8.0cm
RCDP Flash Thomas Kernes 4.00in diameter, 13.50lb weight 75.0mm × 36.00in
RCDP Thunderball II Thomas Kernes 2.50in diameter, 4.00lb weight 54.0mm × 38.00in
RCDP Red Scare Thomas Kernes 6.00in diameter, 27.00lb weight 98.0mm × 40.00in
G-FORCE John Coker 4.00in diameter, 3.00lb weight 38.0mm × 12.00in
Generic Rocket John Coker 6.20in diameter, 27.00lb weight 98.0mm × 42.00in

If you would like to show off your own rocket, make sure "Allow others to see this rocket" is checked for it (start at saved rockets).
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