Rocketry Videos

By Mike Passaretti

(raw footage) BALLS 21 - CTI N5800 Minimum Diameter - "Don't Debate This" (2013-01-07)
raw GOPRO footage of the flight (video) previously posted. Lift-off weight: 48.2lbs, Overall length: 98.75", Aiframe diameter: 99mm, Fin-can diameter: 105.4mm. Brazed aluminum fin-can. Modified ... [View]

BALLS 21 - CTI N5800 Minimum Diameter - "Don't Debate This" (2012-09-24)
Lift-off weight: 48.2lbs, Overall length: 98.75", Aiframe diameter: 99mm, Fin-can diameter: 105.4mm. Brazed aluminum fin-can. Modified Performance rocketry 5:1 conical nosecone. Filament wound ... [View]

BALLS 21 - CTI N5800 Minimum Diameter - \"Don\'t Debate This\" (2012-09-29) (DELETED)
Saturday, September 22, 2012. After a long wait due to a 16kft cloud cover this rocket went up at about 3:30PM PDT. Max. velocity was reported as TBD. The ro... [View]

Don't Debate This, Too (final edit) - CTI N5800 in a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Case (2019-08-17)
We successfully launched at 1:30 PM PT on Friday 21 September 2018 in Black Rock Desert Nevada. While only a portion of the on-board avionics was recovered, the evidence suggests the rocket made it ... [View]

LDRS 31 - SM-XMR Flight Video (2012-07-25)
Flight video from my 6" Standard Arm "SM-XMR" rocket at LDRS 31 in Potter, NY on Sunday, July 15th. Motor was a CTI L1395 Blue Streak [00:10] Playing rock, paper, scissors with Blake [00:57] Rocket ... [View]

NERRF 8 - DDT - Test Flight #1 - Recovery System (2012-06-24)
First test flight of the payload section of my BALLS 21 98mm minimum diameter rocket "DDT" The this test flight took place at the METRA field during NERRF 8. The test successfully demonstrated the ... [View]

NERRF 8 - SM-XMR Rocket on a CTI L1395 (2012-06-24)
Third flight of my SM-XMR rocket. 6" diameter airframe, 8.5ft tall, 48lbs loaded. Motor: CTI L1395. Apogee was just under 5000ft. [View]

Science Channel LDRS - Dark Matter Drag Race (2012-07-15)
This video was uploaded from an Android phone. [View]

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