Motor Guide Results

Here is your handy guide to the motors that might work with your rocket. We found 35 motors that fit and appear to have enough thrust (738 motors didn't fit, 18 motors failed safety checks). 51 motor had thrust curves available and 94 flight simulations were performed. Browse the motors that did and didn't work right here or download the results as a spreadsheet.

The Rocket

Motors That Work

These motors fit your rocket and appear to have enough thrust to lift it safely. If thrust curves are available, a quick simulation has been run to give a rough idea of the performance of your rocket on this motor. We encourage you to run a more complete simulation with any motor you plan to use; see the simulators page for more info.

	Motor	Weight	Launch	Velocity	Accel	Altitude	Time	Delay
	AeroTech F62	23.8oz	56ft/s	225ft/s	8.6G	674ft	6.5s	6s
	Cesaroni F120	23.7oz	84ft/s	257ft/s	20.8G	721ft	6.5s	6s
	Cesaroni F59	23.5oz	59ft/s	244ft/s	9.8G	742ft	6.8s	6s
	AeroTech F42	22.7oz	60ft/s	228ft/s	9.9G	743ft	6.8s	5s
	AeroTech F50	23.0oz	61ft/s	286ft/s	10.4G	968ft	7.5s	6s
	AeroTech F25	23.2oz	54ft/s	244ft/s	7.9G	990ft	8.0s	5s
	AeroTech F52	24.3oz	64ft/s	283ft/s	10.7G	995ft	7.7s	6s
	AeroTech F40	24.5oz	57ft/s	276ft/s	9.0G	1,072ft	8.1s	6s
W	Estes F50	22.9oz	63ft/s	315ft/s	11.3G	1,113ft	8.0s	7s
	AeroTech G54	24.8oz	61ft/s	308ft/s	10.8G	1,114ft	8.1s	7s
	Cesaroni G88	25.4oz	69ft/s	345ft/s	15.5G	1,153ft	8.0s	7s
	AeroTech G104	24.8oz	78ft/s	352ft/s	16.7G	1,187ft	8.0s	7s
	AeroTech G38	24.4oz	49ft/s	290ft/s	6.8G	1,221ft	8.8s	6s
	AeroTech G74	23.1oz	67ft/s	371ft/s	13.1G	1,246ft	8.3s	7s
	AeroTech G53	25.1oz	66ft/s	329ft/s	11.4G	1,280ft	8.6s	7s
	Cesaroni G80	25.1oz	62ft/s	382ft/s	13.2G	1,325ft	8.5s	7s
	AeroTech G77	25.8oz	57ft/s	394ft/s	11.5G	1,417ft	8.9s	8s
W	Estes G40	24.3oz	59ft/s	344ft/s	9.8G	1,431ft	9.0s	7s
	AeroTech G40	24.3oz	59ft/s	344ft/s	9.8G	1,431ft	9.0s	7s
	AeroTech G77	24.3oz	63ft/s	419ft/s	13.4G	1,463ft	8.8s	8s
	AeroTech G79	25.5oz	67ft/s	409ft/s	12.9G	1,500ft	9.0s	8s
	Cesaroni G83	25.1oz	71ft/s	416ft/s	13.4G	1,511ft	9.0s	8s
	Cesaroni G68	25.5oz	61ft/s	398ft/s	12.0G	1,521ft	9.1s	7s
	AeroTech G79	24.4oz	56ft/s	408ft/s	10.9G	1,530ft	9.2s	7s
	Cesaroni G250	25.0oz	110ft/s	491ft/s	40.7G	1,540ft	8.6s	8s
	Cesaroni G57	25.1oz	63ft/s	382ft/s	11.6G	1,543ft	9.3s	7s
	AeroTech G76	25.2oz	87ft/s	409ft/s	20.5G	1,625ft	9.1s	7s
	Cesaroni G126	25.1oz	83ft/s	477ft/s	21.8G	1,631ft	9.0s	8s
	AeroTech G64	25.3oz	72ft/s	403ft/s	14.4G	1,674ft	9.4s	7s
	AeroTech G75	24.6oz	69ft/s	445ft/s	13.7G	1,705ft	9.4s	7s
	AeroTech G78	24.4oz	66ft/s	468ft/s	13.9G	1,737ft	9.4s	8s
	AeroTech G125	24.4oz	80ft/s	528ft/s	20.9G	1,765ft	9.2s	8s
	AeroTech G80	24.5oz	73ft/s	484ft/s	14.3G	1,829ft	9.5s	8s
	AeroTech G138	25.2oz	80ft/s	675ft/s	23.4G	2,230ft	10.0s	9s
W,D	Estes G80	24.4oz	11:1 thrust/weight ratio (no data)

W Motor total weight unknown, lift-off Weight not accurate.

D No simulation data found for this motor.

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Motors That Fail

These motors fit your rocket, but failed one safety check or another. They may actually work, but you should use them only with caution. We encourage you to run a more complete simulation to verify flight safety; see the simulators page for more info.

	Motor	Reason
G	Estes E16	speed at end of launch guide too slow (32ft/s)
G	AeroTech E23	speed at end of launch guide too slow (43ft/s)
G	AeroTech E16	speed at end of launch guide too slow (35ft/s)
G	AeroTech F23	speed at end of launch guide too slow (45ft/s)
G	Cesaroni F36	speed at end of launch guide too slow (44ft/s)
G	AeroTech F27	speed at end of launch guide too slow (42ft/s)
G	Estes F15	speed at end of launch guide too slow (29ft/s)
G	AeroTech F37	speed at end of launch guide too slow (43ft/s)
G	Cesaroni F36	speed at end of launch guide too slow (44ft/s)
G	AeroTech F20	speed at end of launch guide too slow (46ft/s)
G	Cesaroni F32	speed at end of launch guide too slow (40ft/s)
G	Cesaroni F29	speed at end of launch guide too slow (38ft/s)
G	Cesaroni F31	speed at end of launch guide too slow (42ft/s)
5	Estes F26	average thrust fails 5:1 thrust/weight ratio (4:1)
G	AeroTech F26	speed at end of launch guide too slow (41ft/s)
G	AeroTech F22	speed at end of launch guide too slow (35ft/s)
G	Apogee F10	speed at end of launch guide too slow (32ft/s)
G	AeroTech G25	speed at end of launch guide too slow (43ft/s)

G These simulations were run with a launch guide length of 6ft (rod, rail or tower). If this is not correct, launch guide lengths can be specified for your saved rockets. (The minimum velocity required is approximately 15m/s or 50ft/s.)

5 The 5:1 thrust-to-weight ratio check is a useful rule of thumb, but it does break down for motors with unusual thrust curves. For example, motors with a high initial thrust and a long tail-off may fail this test but still be safe for use.

Download the Results

The data is presented in a compact form in the tables above, broken down by motors that worked and those that did not. If you would like to analyze the data further, this section provides download links for files in a generic spreadsheet format (comma-separated value, or CSV) that can be opened with almost any spreadsheet program.

		Download full details of the simulation runs with the various motors: that worked, that failed, or all of them.
		Download the list of motors that fit your rocket into a batch for use with SMARTSim. (See the Simulators page for more info.)

You should download these files to your machine and then open them. Normally, clicking the link will prompt you to do this. However, if your browser insists on opening the file as plain text, you can right-click (control-click on the Mac) on the link and chose Save File As (or similar).