Purchase requirements for rocket motors
Definitions:
- Purchaser: The individual purchasing and paying for the goods whose name is on the order and resides at the billing address entered when placing the order.
- Recipient: The individual being supplied the rocket motor, either individually or as the supervisor for a certification or junior flyer.
Wizard Rockets will not provide any rocket motors of any class to recipients under the age of 18. When purchasing motors, please ensure that the recipient of the motor (the individual collecting the order) brings ID proving that they are aged over 18.
If you are obtaining your HPR certification (see the UKRA website) you will need at point of collection:
- The certifying officer (usually your Range Safety Officer or Flight Certification Officer) to be present
- Proof of valid BMFA insurance
- Be over the age of 18
If you already have your UKRA HPR certification, you will need at point of collection or beforehand:
- Proof of age
- Proof of your UKRA HPR certification.
- Proof of valid BMFA insurance.
Junior certifications (HPR certifications for flyers under the age of 18):
- Junior Level 1 certification (H and I-class motors):
- Purchaser may be the flyer, parent, guardian or other flyer of record. We recommend that the parent/guardian purchases these motors.
- Recipient must meet all the requirements noted in the sections above, including age, certification and insurance constraints.
- Junior flyers, including those having already achieved Level 1 certifications, may not be the recipient of HPR motors.
- If Wizard Rockets become aware of individuals buying HPR motors on behalf of junior flyers without actively and constantly supervising their use we will restrict future purchases for both, reserving the right to refuse any sale at our sole discretion.
- Junior Level 2+ certification (J-class or higher motors):
- Wizard Rockets will not provide J-class or higher motors for flyers under the age of 18, or for a flyer of record (parent/guardian/etc) supervising these flights.
- Wizard Rockets encourage parents/guardians for junior flyers targeting Level 2 certification to themselves obtain these certification and guide the junior flyer such that they can certify individually when they reach the age of 18.
- If Wizard Rockets become aware of individuals buying HPR motors for flights by junior flyers, even if supervising those flights, we will restrict future purchases for both, reserving the right to refuse any sale at our sole discretion.
Collecting Orders
You are expected to contact us to arrange collection. If you have not arranged collection before the collection deadlines (see below), we will take the relevant action (see below).
Wizard Rockets attend as many launch events as possible for Fins over Gwent (FOG, South Wales), Midland Rocketry Club (MRC, near Tamworth) and East Anglian Rocketry Society (EARS, near Cambridge). Please do note that we have a regular conflict with FOG that means that we are only able to attend approximately one in three launches. We also usually attend the International Rocketry Week hosted by the Scottish Aeronautics and Rocketry Association (SARA), near Glasgow.
Any pre-orders can be collected from one of the launch events we’re attending or from our HQ near Swindon, Wiltshire. Please note that while we try to attend these events we cannot guarantee attendance and therefore, if you wish to collect a pre-order at an event, please get in touch and confirm that we’re coming first.
For those requiring motors for launches we are unable to attend please do not hesitate to get in touch if you wish to collect or arrange for a group collection.
Collection deadlines
When orders are placed online for collection we will store and care for your order for a maximum time as follows:
| Collection location | Maximum storage time |
| Wizard Rockets HQ | 28 days from the date of order |
| An event | Six months from the date of order |
| By prior arrangement (Contact us) | One year from the date of order |
| Order Type | Actions after the storage time |
| Stock items | Order refunded, items returned to stock |
| Non-stock items/custom orders | No refund given, items will be disposed of |