Sample pages from a rare six page fold-out "specialized rocket kits" brochure by Astro Dynamics Corporation, published during the early 1980s.
In the bygone days of actual written letters and postal money orders, I acquired this brochure of this then newly emerging company from Everett/WA, USA. Astro Dynamics Corporation's somewhat Enerjet-inspired rocket kits were clearly aimed at the advanced rocket builder. The rocket kits offered (Models 1500, 1750, 2000, 2500, and 2800) were all designed for 29 mm motors (with Models 1500 and 1750 also available with 24 mm motor mounts) and payload sections intended to hold "telemetry equipment, remote cameras, altitude pollution monitoring equipment, cloud seeding devices, signal flares, and other applications".
Model 1500 measured 42" in length while Model 2800 came in at 74". The kits featured custom made fabric parachutes but no decals. According to the brochure, Astro Dynamics Corporation also offered an "Electrical Firing System" as well as an "Electrical Staging System", but no further information on either of these systems was provided.
The final page of the brochure (bottom scan) showed yet another four (cluster) rockets, apparently part of a selection of rocket kits not offered to the general public.
Unfortunately, I have no further information about the activities of this company nor its fate.
Astro Dynamics Corporation brochure pages © by Astro Dynamics Corporation, Everett/WA.
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