Have rocketry as a hobby long enough, and be a scratch/clone builder and soon enough you to will have a collection like that. I store my tubes standing on end in three uhaul Large moving boxes with the tops cut off and fronts cut down a bit to make shorter tubes easier to access. That doesnt include all the little 6" or less sections saved for various projects (or for whatever comes up).
Three good sources that I have used would be Balsa Machining, eRockets, and JonRocket. There are others as well.
Balsa Maching Service and Erockets are two good sources, depending on which side of the US you are on will determine which is faster. I personally use BMS for almost all my LPR and MPR parts, the service is spectacular IMO, sometimes (many) the order ships same day if ordered before noon.
im kinda new to this but iv seen tube, nosecone, and coupler packs from estes, apogee and i wanna say loc but im not sure about them but they seem to have quite a variety
Loc is primarily MPR and HPR parts (all much heavier than Estes tubes), Estes and Apogee are two of the more expensive vendors than either BMS or Erockets who both carry all sizes of Estes type tubing (weight and sizes) as well as a large selection of balsa nose cones at better prices than Apogee and Estes. The best prices for actual Estes nosecone packs I have found has usually been Amazon.
fair enough i have access to alot of asstd tubes so iv never really bothered to look deeply into vendors thats just what iv come across while surfing their respective pagesyeah if you are talking bout the large pack of rocket prats that estes sells
iirc the T-188 is the same as Aerotech tubing and its pretty heavy walled, someone told me it was same as Aerotech, but I dont have any AT kits to compare it to.
Their 3" diameter "School Rocket" is a bargain at $23! I ordered one and put in a 29mm MMT and plywood rings. She gonna FLY on an I!
Finished the “Canadian Treatment” on the Loadstar Iiawesome!
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At our launches vendor participation is erratic, we can only count on seeing vendors with some stock at our two multi-day launches each year. Thats why for most of us in the Northwest mailorder is a better solution.
Our local rocket range (R.O.C.) has cancelled launch events for 5 months straight due to bad weather. If the weather doesn't improve by March 9th, R.O.C. could see another cancellation, being 6 months straight. I sure hope WILDMAN has a good inventory when I arrive because I've been saving up over the cold winter.
A lifting body can be made if it's done right. It could also be a top stage for a big booster of the single tube variety.
Emptying 3-4 cases of Michelob Ultra was an incredible and selfless act of dedication to rocketry. I salute you, sir!
