North Coast Rocketry was a model rocket company founded in 1983 in Cleveland, Ohio by Chris Pearson and Matt Steele. Dan Kafun added as a partner in 1989. History North Coast Rocketry was the first "full-service" mid-power rocket company, that is, they sold model rocket kits, parts, adhesives, parachutes and motors. They originally licensed their rocket kit designs from Korey Kline of Ace Aeronautics. They later developed their own line of unique High Power rockets and introduced some technologies and designs that were "cutting edge" for their time. Later the NCR catalog also included rocket kits from the fledging company Lots of Crafts (later LOC/Precision) for several years. To augment their product line, NCR was also a dealer for Class "C" Aerotech motors and Class "B" Vulcan motors in the mid to late 1980s. NCR sold a limited selection of disposable motors beginning in 1984 that were called "North Coasters". The North Coaster motors were manufactured by Aerotech under a special agreement with NCR, who had sole distribution rights. The motors were shipped to North Coast Rocketry near with no end caps or labels, and final processing was conducted by North Coast Rocketry. The North Coasters rocket motor line consisted of the E28 (24mm), F41 and G60 (29mm) motors. They were phased out late in 1987 due to supply issues. North Coast planned to make reloadable motors, and a few prototype cases were made, but the propellant shipping issues of the early 1990s stopped their development. NCR reloadable motor design was said to be so simple, using color-coded parts, that assembly could be done by someone who knew nothing about rockets and who hadn't read one word of the instructions. The reloadable motor technology was never actually put into production. North Coast Rocketry also sold the "Whirlwind" composite model rocket motor, which was the first smokey composite motor available. This motor was made exclusively for NCR by Rocket Development Corporation (RDC), which was the same company that introduced the "Enerjet 8" composite rocket motor to the model rocketry world in the late 60's. In the late 80's, NCR became the first rocket company of any kind to have a 800 toll-free phone number for ordering. They were also the first to take orders by phone, fax or e-mail and accept credit cards for payment. North Coast Rocketry became the sponsor of the early Large and Dangerous Rocket Ship (LDRS) launches