A fresh delivery of basswood – 8 over 4. Some behind is not shown. The light colored wood in the front is balsa wood which will be turned into nose cones and connectors. The basswood is kiln dried. Bug free. It will be used for the Siege Engine kits, including the Trebuchet, Catapult, and Ballista. … Read more
Rocketry Planet’s review of Sunward’s site now available on the wayback machine, listed below: Rocketry Planet’s review Website Review: Sunward using new software to help users A combination of a popular open-source content management system, a powerful shopping cart extension and a dedicated server gives this company great results with room to grow Website Review … Read more
Congratulation to Tim MacLeod on his successful Level 1 flight yesterday, Saturday August 28, 2010 at the NAPAS launch. Tim is the designer of many Sunward rocket kits, including the Mercury Lander Jr, the Solar Eclipse, and many others. Finally got his certification as he has been waiting almost 2 years for the flight. He … Read more
We have joined facebook. Great time to get involved. https://www.facebook.com/sunwardrockets
I finally added the videos that were on the site previously. The first is the video of sewing of the nylon parachutes. The same sewing is done on the Flame Resistant NOMEX products. The other is for the button hole on the NOMEX Flame Resistant products. Check our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVutjZLcFnWvWI4B7hcJ-Lw
Finally I am able to add videos for the Certification Flight. This first video is just basic information as there was a continuity problem. Each video is about 2MB in size. The second video is of the actual flight. After a while, the rocket can’t be seen in the video. Sorry about the finger on … Read more
Sunward is proud to be a sponsor of the Alberta Rocketry Meet – AARM 2010 being held at Morinville Alberta July 23 to 25, 2010. The Edmonton Rocketry Club is hosting the 40th anniversary launch! A model rocketry competition for both young and the young at heart. For further details: www.edmontonrocketry.net
Attached are some images of a production run of Balsa Nose Cones. In the pile are BT56, BT70, and BT80. Still to be doine are BT60 nose cones. The BT56 are a custom size for bulk school packs. They are not currently listed on the web site. Lots of saw dust. I next plan to … Read more
Well, I launched the rocket on Saturday June 19, 2010. Successful launch and recovery! Thanks to Bob, Chris, and Jim of NAPAS for certifying the launch. The expected height was 2,200 feet but it seemed to go higher. With a little wind (about 16km/h), and the ejection charge set too low (4 seconds), the rocket … Read more
I have enclosed 2 pictures of a rocket that I built for my Canadian Association of Rocketry – L’Association Canadienne De Fuséologie Level 2 Certification test. This test is based on a successful construction, flight, and recovery of an “I” motor based rocket. The kit is an old kit that has been around and missing … Read more