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Model rocketry is fun, safe and educational. Many hundreds of thousands of young people around the world have built and successfully launched model rockets. UKRA are keen to promote this exciting activity among young people and have created this web page to provide a resource for youth leaders and young rocketeers.

If you want to know more about starting a rocketry group in your organisation then please tell us via the youth contact form

MAP

UKRA’s Model Achievement Programme (MAP) encourages young people to safely build and launch model rockets. The programme starts with simple ready-to-fly kits and progressively develops model-making and technical skills.

Do you want to know more? Have a look at the MAP pages on this website.

UKAYRoC

This is a challenge open to 11-18 year olds where the mission goals are to launch a hen's egg to 850 feet and return it, undamaged, to the ground with a total flight time of 45 seconds. Team sizes are 3-5 with an adult supervisor. Details can be found on the UKAYRoC website.

UKRA members who would like to volunteer to be team mentors please have a look at the mentors guidelines and let us know via the Youth Contact Form if you'd like to help.

Scouts

The Scouts have a badge for model rocketry. Their “Astronautics” badge was launched in October 2006. The badge includes successfully launching and recovering a model rocket. The badge syllabus can be seen on the Scoutbase website.

Air Cadets

The Air Training Corps have included model rocketry on their list of approved activities. The policy for Squadrons that want to fly model rockets is in ACP 20 ACTI 75.

In order to help squadrons with the paperwork, UKRA has agreed generic risk assessments for rocket construction and rocket flying with HQ Air Cadets. The squadron needs to add local risks to these risk assessments.

Teaching Resources

Do you need a training course? Look no further!

UKRA have prepared a simple and modular course to teach your young rocketeers how rockets work, and how to fly them safely. The course handbook can be downloaded and printed and is free to use. The pictures and text from the handbook are available on a PowerPoint presentation. There’s also a test paper with answers (no cheating please!) and answer sheets.

We also have some articles written to help with model rocket construction

Rocket Activities

Here is a list of different activities you can do with kids. Each activity contains any templates needed and full instructions.

Youth Group Links

Does your group fly model rockets? Then contact us using the youth contact form to let us know. We’ll put a link to your rocketry website on our website. You may find other groups in your area who are flying rockets. Perhaps you could challenge them to an egg lofting competition?

These groups are already having fun flying model rockets. Why aren’t you?

Do you have any suggestions for this page? Do you want to know more about model rocketry? Then please do contact us using the youth contact form.