Estes Omega clone, 2-stage flight, onboard video (2011-07-02)

Taken at the NARHAMS flying field in Mt. Airy, Maryland. Estes Omega clone rocket, with onboard 2.4gHz video transmitter. First stage D12-0, second stage C11-5. Speed reduced to 50% of actual.

Estes Omega clone, single stage flight, onboard video (2011-07-02)

Taken at the NARHAMS flying field in Mt. Airy, Maryland. Estes Omega clone rocket, with onboard 2.4gHz video transmitter. First flight, on a D12-5. Speed reduced to 75% of actual.

Estes Snitch modified for night launch with UV and RGB LEDs (2011-11-04)

Estes Snitch modified for night launch with UV and RGB LEDs, and a 24mm motor mount. Power source is a 12V type 23A battery. Nose cone not shown in this shot.

Vostok CG locations (2011-07-05)

Video short showing the flown CG locations for all 4 flights of this model. 1/62 scale, built using dimensions given in Peter Alway's "Rockets of the World".

Vostok Model Rocket Launch (2011-06-27)

1/62 scale scratch-built Vostok, on one D12-3 and four A10-PT motors. At the moment of ignition, the video slows to 1/2 actual speed. Note how the mini A10-PT motors kick the model off the pad, even before the central D12-3 comes up to full thrust. The 4 A10's pack quite a kick! I built this model from scratch, using Peter Alway's "Rockets of the World" for reference. My next R-7 variant is under construction now, a 1/40 Sputnik R-7 booster with 4 18mm motors in the core. This was a NOVAAR launch that I attended along with a couple of other NARHAMS folks.