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Welcome to European Model Rocketry! After years, the classical place for the European rocketry community, created in 1996, is back online in summer 2025 after moved to a new webserver. Please note that it is not a relaunch and there are no plans to do or to add new content. So the site is shown as it was in 2014 and not everything may work as it should. However, have fun discover the "good old time" in the European rocketry history!
Toy Fair: Klima Presents New Engines And Midpower Kits
At the international 2012 Nuremberg Toy Fair, Raketenmodellbau Klima GmbH from Germany presented a new line of composite rocketry engines along with midpower model rocket kits from Quest Aerospace. Company-owner Robert Klima introduced his new motor line first at the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2011. Due to some delays with his suppliers, the self-constructed production machine is still not ready. Klima...[more]
Rocketarium Announces New Line Of Oddroc Kits
The oddroc product line includes two traditional saucer-style designs: Hexagon and Octagon. These include pre-cut plywood pieces for the base, top, and internal support structure. The side panels are formed from card stock templates. Quite unique are the Vortico and Mega Vortico. These rockets shoot straight up, while rotating. Once they reach apogee, they helicopter down for a soft landing. ...[more]
New High Altitude Launch Site In Scotland
A new site that will enable the launching of experimental rockets to an altitiude ceiling of 24,000 Metres (80,000 Feet) has been located in Scotland. The site has been given the name "the Big Range", inspired by the track In A Big Country on the 1983 debute album The Crossing by Scottish rock band Big Country. To open up and fully use this new site, in Sutherlandshire in the North ...[more]
Will EU Ban Model Rocketry?
There are rumors out that the European Union (EU) may ban model rocket activities. To clarify the situation, European Model Rocketry (EMR) did some research earlier this year to find out what´s going on. As a matter of fact, EU authorities are re-regulating all pyrotechnical activities. This includes model rocket engines as well as other pyrotechnical items. In short, starting 2013 all EU member...[more]
Rocket Electronics Announces Release Of RockeTiltometer 2
Rocket Electronics is pleased to announce the release of the next generation of its flagship product. The RockeTiltometerTM 2 is an enhanced, yet lower cost version of its award winning attitude-based ignition control system. Successfully utilized in several complex high powered rocketry projects, including the latest mega-project by Steve Eves (see story in the June 2011 issue of Rockets...[more]
Altus Metrum Releases TeleMini And AltOS 1.0
Altus Metrum is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TeleMini along with version 1.0 of our AltOS software. TeleMini is a miniature dual-deploy flight computer with data logging and radio telemetry. Small enough to fit comfortably in an 18mm tube, this powerful package does everything you need on a single board: - 5kB on-board data logging memory. - 70cm ham-band digital...[more]
Giant Leap Rocketry Releases the MARIAH-54
The MARIAH-54 is a minimum diameter 54 mm kit from Giant Leap Rocketry. Like its smaller cousin (the Mariah-38) the MARIAH-54 features Giant Leap'snew SHOTGUN RECOVERY SYSTEM©. This means that the MARIAH-54 is dual-deployment but has only one separation point to reduce drag and increase performance. The SHOTGUN configuration makes this a unique and high-performance rocket. The MARIAH-54...[more]
RockeTiltometer Inventor Winner Of NAR Technology Award
This year the National Association of Rocketry held their National Sport Launch on the Lucerne Dry Lake bed in Lucerne Valley on June 10-12, 2011. One of the highlights of the event was the presentation of 2011's High Power Rocketry Technology Achievement Award. On Saturday night, during the event's awards presentation, NAR President Trip Barber presented the 2011 High Power Rocketry Technology...[more]
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