Engine Matrix

If you are like me, you have various rockets weighing from 14 ozs to 140 ozs. Some can handle single use engines because they have motor hooks and some can't. For each rocket there is a selection of engines that work good and there are some engines that shouldn't be used. Of course each engine will fly each rocket to a different altitude. And you probably have many different engines in your flight box.

How does one keep everything straight? How can you quickly determine what engine to use in the field? How do you know what you have in stock and what needs to be ordered? Well, I am sure there are a million ways to do this but I have a file which I print out which gives me all the info I need quickly and accurately. I have attached a copy below.

Across the top I list all my high power rockets and their weight. Along the left side I list all possible engines made along with their max take off weight and if they are SU or RMS. If an engine works for a particular rocket, I have the projected altitude listed if known or ??? if not known. Having a nice matrix also quickly shows me what engines will fly in the most rockets. For example, looking below you'll see that an F40-7 flies in a lot of rockets so if I am short on space I can take F40-7 knowing that will fit many rockets. I also take a printout of this and bring it to my hobby store or launch side vendor when I need to stock up. Lastly it list engine casing sizes in case I forget that an I211 is a 38/480 and an I357 is a 38/360 for example.

Engine

Size

Max

Takeoff

Weight

AMRAAM

Archer

Astrobee D

Patriot

Phobos

SUMO

92oz

41oz

30oz

36oz

32oz

36oz

RMS

QTY

Proj Alt

Proj Alt

Proj Alt

Proj Alt

Proj Alt

Proj Alt

E16-4W

16

yes

  

  

     

E16-7W

 

9.5

yes

   

 

    

E23-5T

16

yes

  

    

E23-8T

10.6

yes

  

      

    

F20-4W

24

   

    

    

F20-7W

16

    

     

    

    

F23-4FJ

    

24

    

     

 

    

F22-5J

    

18

yes

    

     

    

F22-7J

    

14

yes

  

      

    

F25-4

    

24

  

     

 

      

F25-6W

   

18

  

      

 

   

F25-9W

   

12.3

   

  

    

 

F40-4W

    

30

yes

400

750

400

  

F40-7W

    

19

yes

   

  

734

F40-10W

    

13

yes

   

    

F50-4T

    

36

   

    

750

F50-6T

    

20

    

    

  

831

F50-9T

14

    

    

   

F52-5T

32

yes

 

    

450

750

400

713

F52-8T

18

yes

 

       

    

F62-4

   

 

      

500

525

F62-6

   

 

      

    

G33-5J

22

yes

 

      

    

G33-7J

   

16

yes

 

      

    

G35-4W

   

36

   

 

      

????

1210

650

G35-7W

24

   

 

      

    

G40-4W

36

   

 

      

????

1350

800 

G40-7W

24

  

     

  

900

1372

     

G40-10W

14

  

  

G64-4W

44

yes

750

1350

750

800

G64-7W

28

yes

  

1428

G64-10W

17

yes

  

G70-5

 

720

775

G70-7

 

   

  

G75J-M

yes

   

  

????

2112

G80-4T

52

   

  

1400

  

800

G80-7T

32

   

800

  

  

G80-10T

20

   

  

1489

  

G104T-S

29/100

yes

    

  

828

  

G104T-M

29/100

yes

    

  

  

  

G125W-M

   

  

  

  

H55W-M

2.4

  

  

2979

  

H70W-M

4

  

2948

  

H97J-S

29/240

4

yes

????

  

  

H97J-M

29/240

4

yes

????

2477

  

H123W-S

38/240

6

yes

768

   

   

  

H128W-S

29/180

6.75

yes

1109

????

2000

H128W-M

29/180

6.75

yes

2077

H165R-S

29/180

yes

2000

H180W-S

29/240

9.2

yes

????

H180W-M

29/240

9.2

yes

2600

H180W-L

29/240

9.2

yes

2986

H210R-M

29/240

yes

2600

H220T-S

29/240

6

yes

????

H238T-S

29/180

8.75

yes

1239

2000

H238T-M

29/180

8.75

yes

????

2253

H242T-7

38/240

7.6

yes

1021

 

  

I154J-8

38/480

5

yes

1907

 

    

I161W-8

38/360

7.1

yes

1649

 

 

    

I195J-10

38/600

9.5

yes

2408

 

    

I200W-M

29/360

9.5

yes

????

 

    

I211W-10

38/480

9.5

yes

2385

 

    

I284W-11

38/600

17

yes

3028

 

    

I300T-10

38/480

15

yes

2383

 

    

I357T-10

38/360

12

yes

1782

 

 

    

I435T-11

38/600

21

yes

3061

 

    

J350

38/720

yes

Return to Rocket Home page 

BuiltWithNOF
[Joe's Home Page] [Air Show] [Alien Worlds] [Astronomy] [Cathy's Web Page] [Chicken Cacciatore] [CSX] [Flight Simulator] [Girl Friend] [HO trains] [Links] [Mark of the Beast] [Mary's Web Page] [Mother Memorial] [My 1999 Tahoe] [My Photos] [My Photos2] [My Projects] [My RC Plane] [My Rockets] [ARCAS Construction] [Engine Matrix] [Engine Usage Sum] [Flight Logs] [Forte Rocket] [G64 Engine] [Honest John] [LDRS 23] [LOC Magnum] [METRA Club Pic] [PML Black Brant] [Rocket Cat. Collection] [Rocket Photos Page 1] [Rocket Photos2] [Rocket Photos3] [Rocket Photos4] [Rocket Photos5] [Rocket Photos6] [Rocket Photos7] [Rocket Photos8] [Rocket Summary] [Rocket Videos] [Rocket WEB Links] [Saturn V Construction] [Sick Bay] [X10 Rocket Cam] [Other Stuff] [Our Cats] [Peter's Web Page] [Production Videos] [Shortwave/QSL Cards] [Spy Cam] [Students' Bill of Rights] [The First Years] [The Early Years] [The Wild Years] [The Now Years] [This World] [What I believe]