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-# Garbee Rockets #
+# Garbee Rockets #
+
Building and launching model rockets is one of our favorite hobby activities
right now. While everyone in the family gets into the act in one way or
another, Bdale
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## [Airframes](airframes) ##
+## Photos ##
+
+See some of our launch photos in Bdale's Flickr Photostream.
+
## Clubs ##
We have family memberships in (and regularly enjoy flying our
@@ -48,9 +53,16 @@ We have also flown with
tubing. Local rep Joe Hinton shows up at various launches we attend, and
gets most of our commercial motor reload business.
+* [What's Up Hobbies](http://stores.whatsuphobby.com) is the home of the
+ Polecat Aerospace line of kits, plus Jack carries a lot of other useful
+ bits and pieces.
+
* [Public Missiles](http://www.publicmissiles.com/) make very nice parachutes
and HAMR retainers, which we like for 29-54mm motors.
+* [Aero Pack](http://www.aeropack.net/) makes the flanged motor retainers we
+ like the large projects that contain 75 and 98mm motor mounts.
+
* [Discount Rocketry](http://www.discountrocketry.com/)
seems to consistently have the best prices on kits and motors, but often
are out of stock on things we want. We've bought lots of
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and [Rouse-Tech cases](http://rouse-tech.com) from them. And they're
responsive and helpful on the phone.
-## Photos ##
-
-See some of our launch photos in Bdale's Flickr Photostream.
-
## Electronics ##
Lots of people make electronics for use in hobby rockets. This is a brief
@@ -106,8 +114,9 @@ books that we've found very helpful at various stages.
about a high power certification and don't have a club nearby, or just like
to read about how other people have done things and why.
-* Topics in Advanced Model Rocketry is definitely not for
- everyone, as it's heavy on math and isn't a "how to" book at all! The
- others are great general books for learning about and gaining greater
- enjoyment from the hobby.
+* [Topics in Advanced Model Rocketry](http://www.apogeerockets.com/topics_advanced_model_rocketry.asp) is definitely not for everyone, as it's heavy on
+ math and isn't a "how to" book at all! But, if you really want to understand
+ what's going on with higher performance models and/or inside the simulation
+ software we use when designing rockets, the material here will take you
+ a long way!