Engine Testing Notices

Effective immediately, NAR general use certifications for model rocket motors and high power rocket motors will expire at the end of the calendar year (December 31). Contest use certifications will continue to expire at the end of the NAR contest year (June 30). There is no need to tie these two dates together. This change allows rocketeers the entire last flying season to consume remaining stocks of motors being decertified for general use.

A revised table of motors currently scheduled to be decertified for general use follows below. (Note: Motors currently thought to be on production hiatus or not yet released are not yet included in this table.)

Decertified as of December 31, 2002

Aerotech:
      D15-8
      E11-4; E16-10; E18-10; E28-8
      F39-3T
      F25-4,6,9 ("Classic" propellant only)
      G40-5,7,10 ("Classic" propellant only)

Decertified as of December 31, 2003

Estes:
      A10-0T

Quest:
      B6-0,2,6
      C6-7

Decertified as of December 31, 2004

Estes:
      F62-4,6,9
      G70-5,7,10

Decertified as of December 31, 2005

Apogee:
      1/4A2-2,4
      1/2A2-2,4,6
      A2-0,3,5,7
      B2-0,3,5,7,9

Estes:
      C5-3

Kosdon:
      G40-P; G75-7; H70-P
      H135-11
      I120-P; I130-5; I145-7; I150-6; I170-11
      J230-8; J275-6.5
      K350-9; K450-12; K700-18; K777-11

Rocketvision:
      E15-4,7
      F32-5,10,15
      F72-5,10,15
      G55-5,10,15

Jim Cook,
Secretary for NAR Standards & Testing

Jack Kane,
Chairman

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