Motor Guide Results

Here is your handy guide to the motors that might work with your rocket. We found 43 motors that fit and appear to have enough thrust (710 motors didn't fit, 57 motors failed safety checks). 98 motor had thrust curves available and 194 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
	Cesaroni F120	1,206g	17m/s	41m/s	11.0G	75m	4.0s	4s
	AeroTech G104	1,236g	16m/s	57m/s	9.0G	136m	5.2s	4s
	Cesaroni G250	1,241g	23m/s	82m/s	22.4G	188m	5.8s	5s
	AeroTech G76	1,247g	18m/s	65m/s	11.3G	199m	6.2s	4s
	Cesaroni G126	1,245g	18m/s	78m/s	12.0G	200m	6.1s	5s
	AeroTech G64	1,251g	15m/s	64m/s	7.8G	204m	6.4s	4s
	Cesaroni G131	1,300g	17m/s	82m/s	10.6G	212m	6.3s	5s
	AeroTech G125	1,225g	17m/s	86m/s	11.2G	220m	6.3s	5s
	AeroTech G80	1,228g	15m/s	77m/s	7.6G	227m	6.6s	5s
	KBA G135	1,326g	15m/s	92m/s	10.7G	244m	6.6s	6s
	AeroTech H165	1,302g	19m/s	103m/s	13.7G	275m	6.8s	6s
	Cesaroni G125	1,295g	17m/s	98m/s	11.7G	276m	7.0s	6s
	Cesaroni G118	1,288g	16m/s	97m/s	11.4G	276m	7.0s	6s
	Cesaroni H175	1,347g	19m/s	107m/s	15.0G	280m	6.9s	6s
	Cesaroni H410	1,283g	30m/s	122m/s	39.8G	282m	6.6s	6s
	Cesaroni H133	1,290g	18m/s	100m/s	14.2G	283m	7.0s	6s
	Cesaroni G54	1,293g	15m/s	72m/s	8.5G	285m	7.6s	5s
	Cesaroni H163	1,287g	19m/s	107m/s	16.2G	287m	6.9s	6s
	AeroTech G138	1,248g	17m/s	111m/s	12.5G	291m	7.0s	6s
	Cesaroni H90	1,263g	16m/s	93m/s	11.5G	291m	7.3s	5s
	AeroTech H128	1,306g	19m/s	105m/s	13.1G	294m	7.1s	6s
	AeroTech H238	1,296g	22m/s	112m/s	17.3G	295m	6.9s	6s
	Cesaroni H123	1,328g	16m/s	104m/s	9.7G	301m	7.3s	6s
	AeroTech H115	1,305g	15m/s	102m/s	8.5G	307m	7.3s	6s
	Cesaroni H118	1,332g	17m/s	104m/s	12.0G	319m	7.4s	6s
	Cesaroni H237	1,394g	23m/s	130m/s	18.7G	336m	7.2s	6s
	AeroTech H220	1,350g	23m/s	129m/s	22.2G	339m	7.2s	6s
	AeroTech H210	1,346g	21m/s	130m/s	17.8G	345m	7.3s	6s
	Cesaroni H151	1,338g	20m/s	119m/s	14.5G	347m	7.4s	6s
	Cesaroni H170	1,332g	21m/s	127m/s	17.2G	360m	7.5s	6s
	AeroTech H182	1,307g	19m/s	133m/s	13.4G	361m	7.5s	6s
	Cesaroni H160	1,372g	19m/s	127m/s	12.8G	362m	7.6s	6s
	Cesaroni H135	1,351g	18m/s	119m/s	11.5G	364m	7.7s	6s
	AeroTech H180	1,352g	22m/s	133m/s	18.0G	370m	7.5s	6s
	AeroTech H250	1,356g	26m/s	142m/s	23.2G	372m	7.4s	6s
	AeroTech H195	1,297g	23m/s	143m/s	19.0G	386m	7.6s	6s
	AeroTech H169	1,302g	22m/s	132m/s	17.2G	386m	7.6s	6s
	AeroTech H135	1,312g	17m/s	119m/s	10.9G	389m	8.0s	6s
	Cesaroni H194	1,384g	22m/s	142m/s	19.8G	407m	7.8s	6s
	Cesaroni H200	1,374g	23m/s	145m/s	20.5G	414m	7.8s	6s
	Cesaroni H255	1,332g	26m/s	161m/s	27.8G	423m	7.7s	7s
	Cesaroni H140	1,377g	21m/s	133m/s	17.2G	434m	8.1s	6s
D	Estes G80	1,228g	6:1 thrust/weight ratio (no data)

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 (5m/s)
G	AeroTech E23	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	AeroTech E16	speed at end of launch guide too slow (6m/s)
G	AeroTech F23	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	Cesaroni F36	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	AeroTech F27	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	Estes F15	speed at end of launch guide too slow (4m/s)
G	AeroTech F37	speed at end of launch guide too slow (9m/s)
G	AeroTech F62	speed at end of launch guide too slow (11m/s)
G	Cesaroni F36	speed at end of launch guide too slow (9m/s)
G	AeroTech F20	speed at end of launch guide too slow (9m/s)
G	Cesaroni F32	speed at end of launch guide too slow (7m/s)
G	AeroTech F42	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	Cesaroni F29	speed at end of launch guide too slow (7m/s)
G	Cesaroni F31	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	Cesaroni F59	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	AeroTech F67	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
5	Estes F26	average thrust fails 5:1 thrust/weight ratio (2:1)
G	AeroTech F26	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	AeroTech F22	speed at end of launch guide too slow (6m/s)
G	AeroTech F52	speed at end of launch guide too slow (13m/s)
G	Apogee F10	speed at end of launch guide too slow (5m/s)
G	AeroTech F50	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	Estes F50	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	AeroTech F25	speed at end of launch guide too slow (10m/s)
G	AeroTech F40	speed at end of launch guide too slow (11m/s)
G	AeroTech G54	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	AeroTech G74	speed at end of launch guide too slow (13m/s)
G	Cesaroni G88	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	AeroTech G38	speed at end of launch guide too slow (9m/s)
G	AeroTech G53	speed at end of launch guide too slow (13m/s)
G	Cesaroni G80	speed at end of launch guide too slow (13m/s)
G	Estes G40	speed at end of launch guide too slow (11m/s)
G	AeroTech G77	speed at end of launch guide too slow (13m/s)
G	AeroTech G77	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	AeroTech G72	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	Cesaroni G83	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	Cesaroni G57	speed at end of launch guide too slow (13m/s)
G	Cesaroni G68	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	AeroTech G79	speed at end of launch guide too slow (11m/s)
G	AeroTech G79	speed at end of launch guide too slow (13m/s)
G	AeroTech G78	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	AeroTech G40	speed at end of launch guide too slow (11m/s)
G	AeroTech G25	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	AeroTech G75	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	AeroTech G75	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
5	AeroTech G8	average thrust fails 5:1 thrust/weight ratio (1:1)
G	Cesaroni G106	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	AeroTech G11	speed at end of launch guide too slow (5m/s)
G	AeroTech G12	speed at end of launch guide too slow (6m/s)
G	KBA G82	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)
G	Cesaroni G33	speed at end of launch guide too slow (8m/s)
G	Cesaroni H54	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	Cesaroni H87	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	AeroTech H97	speed at end of launch guide too slow (14m/s)
G	Cesaroni H42	speed at end of launch guide too slow (10m/s)
G	Cesaroni H53	speed at end of launch guide too slow (12m/s)

G These simulations were run with a launch guide length of 2m (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).