Rocketry Videos

3 by 7 at Red Glare 9 (2010-10-29)

Scott Tyrrell's rocket "3 by 7" flying on an EX 24/200 pink motror at Red Glare 9. Good flight to 1400'. [View]

Beater at Red Glare 9 (2010-10-29)

Scott Tyrrell's "Beater" rocket flying to 3500' on an EX 38/480 moon burning motor. This was flight #84 on this rocket... [View]

Beater ESL 154 (2011-07-20)

Scott's "Beater" rocket on a 38/360 EX I65 moon burner. Went about 2500' I think this is flight 80-something on this rocket. MDRA ESL 154 launch on 3/20/2011. [View]

Crossed Fingers at Red Glare 9 (2010-10-29)

Scott Ghiz's 5.5" diameter rocket "Crossed Fingers" flying an an EX 76/3600 motor to over 7000'. [View]

Extreme Wildman ESL 164 (2012-01-19)

First flight of our new Wildman Extreme on an EX 54/1400 Green to about 3300'. [View]

Gary Tortora's Albatross Red Glare 9 (2010-10-29)

Gary Tortora's Albatross on a Blue "O" motor. The motor spit the nozzle part way through the burn, but the rocket still put in a good flight to over 9000 feet. [View]

LDRS 31 - Extreme Wildman (2012-07-17)

Here is my Wildman Extreme flying Friday at LDRS on an EX 4500 n/s L2500 Fast motor. The rocket reached 12,500' and hit Mach 1.25 during the 1.8 second burn. [View]

LDRS 31 - Extreme Wildman Flight 2 (2012-07-31)

Here is my Extreme Wildman flying on Saturday at LDRS 31 on a Loki L1400 motor. This flight hit 650 FPS and 7778'. [View]

LDRS 31 - Son of Godzilla (2012-07-29)

Son of Godzilla flying on Friday afternoon at LDRS 31. This is the most power I've flown in this rocket - 1 core N3000 monolithic grain partial-finocyl with 15500 n/s, and 3 - 2800 n/s L1000 motors ... [View]

Red Glare 13 - Extreme Wildman Flight 1 (2012-12-19)

My Wildman Extreme Flying on a 6000 n/s Fast Blue motor. Despite running a conservative Kn, the nozzle blew out 1 second into the flight, for a yet undetermined reason. The rocket was undamaged, and ... [View]

Red Glare 13 - Extreme Wildman Flight 2 (2012-11-30)

My WIldman Extreme Saturday at Red Glare 13 on a 54/2550 Brilliant Blue motor. Flew to 8170' at 622 MPH, pulling 19.6 G's. [View]

Red Glare 14 - Extreme Wildman Flight 1 (2013-04-17)

My Extreme Wildman flying on a 54/1750 EX load. This was an attempt to make an IMAX clone before I knew what the secret ingredient was. Weighed 20.2 pounds on the pad, flew to 5300' [View]

Red Glare 14 - Extreme Wildman Flight 2 (2013-04-17)

Flew my Extreme Wildman on a 54/1750 Orange-ish load. This was a test flight of a new propellant using 16% NaNO3, 5% Mg at 83% Solids, running a Kn of ~320. Weighing 20 pounds on the pad, it flew to ... [View]

Ritz_RG9_Moonburner (2010-10-26)

John Ritz's rocket at Red Glare 9 an an experimental "J200" moon burner. [View]

Scott Tyrrell's Viper at Red Glare 9 (2010-10-28)

Scott Tyrrell's Viper rocket on an EX M2500 pink motor for the 76/7600 hardware. I've been fine tuning this propellant for some time, and I think this version looks good. This 12' tall, 5.5" ... [View]

Son of Godzilla - MDRA Red Glare 5 (2011-03-28)

Flight on a N3600 experimental 12,500 n/s core motor, with 3 experimental 2000 n/s K700 airstarts. 12" diameter, 120 lb. rocket reached 7500' with perfect recovery. [View]

Specter - MDRA Red Glare 6 (2011-03-28)

Performance Rocketry Competitor 5 on a 8000 n/s experimental motor. Flew to 14600' at mach 1.2 with perfect recovery at MDRA's Red Glare 6 launch. [View]

Standard ARM at Red Glare 9 (2010-10-28)

Scott Tyrrell's Standard ARM on a 38/660 "J600". This was the first time for me mixing a clone of Blue Thunder propellant using Copper Chromite. It came out a bit faster than I expected with a 0.7 ... [View]

Standard ARM Flight 2 at Red Glare 9 (2010-10-29)

Here is Scott Tyrrell's Standard ARM on a Fast Tiger Tail -Mg load for a 38/660 case that I made. 0.66 sec. burn lobbed the rocket to 2500'. [View]

Static Test at Red Glare 9 (2010-11-05)

Static test of a 38/240 EX motor. This is a new propellant using 2% Nano Iron Oxide, Fine AP and chopped Silver Wire to enhance the burn rate. This test was running a Kn of ~150. [View]

URRF - Steve Heller's 3" Minimum Diameter Rocket (2013-07-03)

Steve flying his 3" minimum-diameter rocket on a 75/6000 blue load to 19,999'. [View]

URRF Rocket Launch Highlights (2013-07-09)

Here are some highlights form the URRF - Upstate Research Rocketry Festival held in Potter, Ny on June 21-23 2013. [View]

Viper - MDRA ESL 154 (2011-07-20)

Scott Tyrrell's "Viper" rocket on a EX 6000 n/s M2000 Green motor of my making. MDRA ESL 154 launch on 3/20/2011. [View]

WMX Red Glare 16 (2014-04-18)

My Extreme Wildman "WMX" flying on a EX 75-3600 Brilliant Blue motor to 11,200'. [View]