Rocketry Videos

Scratch built 18mm model rocket on an Aerotech D21-7T supersonic. 1/8th speed, 240 fps (2018-07-16)

Same video, uncompressed from real time to slow motion, and with my shouting cut out. Go to 12 seconds to hear the boom. It’s subtle. You can also see a very small disturbance in the smoke ... [View]

Scratch built 18mm model rocket on an Aerotech D21-7T supersonic. Real time, VOLUME WARNING. (2018-07-16)

D21-7T, some .016” fiberglass fins, skinny nose cone, and some heat protection paint on the nose cone to protect it from any possible ram heating from going supersonic. Got a small rocket from ... [View]

Scratch built 24mm model rocket on am Aerotech F44W-8. 1/8th speed, 240 fps (2019-07-24)

You can hear what I believe is the crack of it going supersonic, then almost immediately dropping out. OpenRocket puts max speed at Mach 1.01, 346.6 m/s, 775.4 mph. Never saw the parachute and ... [View]