6 foot long Rocket Motor Test (2011-05-29)

This was a test of a rocket project which flew in the Nevada desert on three P impulse motors, each motor exceeding 20500 newton seconds. An Estes D12 has 20 newton seconds. Ignition was thermite and the test was a loud success.

Andrew's 15 motor cluster rocket (2011-06-19)

15 motors to light at once off the pad, the motor part worked so well they exceeded the speed of the vehicle. Seen at Red Glare 3 at MDRA.

Blue Diablo rocket launch from ESL (2011-06-20)

Tim goes for broke on a cold Maryland morning lobbing a Blue Diablo M-2500 with the attitude you need in a hobby where one mistake costs hundreds of dollars

Blueprint for Disaster long view (2011-06-25)

Another view of the world's largest hybrid rocket motor powered monocopter at MDRA's Price MD launch site. The Kevlar and Carbon fibered machine reached approximately 500 feet before the nitrous oxide fuel burned out.

Blueprint for Disaster-take 2 (2011-06-28)

The second flight of the world's largest (so far) hybrid monocopter. A new formula, a nice flight and another hard landing at MDRA's Red Glare launch.

ESL 55 MDRA Fred's N to 2M Rocket air start (2011-06-03)

Fred flew his 12" Overkill burning one N with two Ls and air starting 2 Ms. MDRA will be holding ESL 100 in August of 2006

ESL 78 Kevin's V-2 CATO (2011-06-22)

After months of building and preparation anticipation was high for Kevin's beautifully prepared V-2 rocket. In .1 second it was all a pile of wreckage with nothing salvageable. And to the motor builder, you know who you are.

ESL 80 Suspicion of Extreme Ignorance-pad cam (2011-06-03)

SOEI didn't hang around on the pad very long, just the way we like it.

ESL 84 Neil's O motor Nike launch (2011-06-03)

Neil gives his interpretation of simms and pushes the button on an O motor which blew the nozzle and changed direction

ESL90 Rocket launch-The Save (2011-06-20)

Jerry O's unexpected save of his 3 motor Nike after last rites had been administered.

Fat Albert JATO takeoff (2011-06-25)

The Blue Angels support plane Fat Albert uses 8 JATO (APCP rocket motors) bottles to simulate an assisted short field take off in 2002 at NAS Willow Grove

Joel's K2000 Skidmark (2011-06-25)

The sound at NERRF was interupted by the crackling of Joel Roger's K-2000 Skidmark motor

Just another rocket cato (2011-06-03)

Just another oops at the field.

LDRS 23-World's Largest Rocket Launch music video (2011-05-29)

This music video is from TRA's LDRS 23, the world's largest amateur rocket launch which is a yearly event held by the Tripoli Rocket Association. The music by Doylestown PA's CalmInSight is almost as fast as the machines.

MDRA's Rocketry Big Dogs (2011-06-03)

Pad cam shots of the biggest projects launching at MDRA's ESL 90.

Mega (mega) Thor rocket launch (2011-06-03)

One very large rocket launching at MDRA.

Monocopter flight at ESL 88 (2011-06-25)

A bit of an experiment of a motor at ESL 88 several years ago.

Monocopter with AT's G-12 (2011-06-25)

A scratch built monocopter running up on AT G-12 reloadable.....work continues on a G-7 +- EX motor for this wing. The site was just down the street from my home at a local park.

N 2000 Rocket launch (2011-06-15)

a slow motion look at a picture perfect flight with a 5 motor rocket

NERRF2 Level cert (2011-06-25)

Here Greg successfully launches his level 3 rocket and can now spend a fortune for big motors. Well done lad!

NERRF2 Rocket motor problems (2011-06-22)

It was our day in the pickle barrel as the rocket motor gasses leaked from the forward end of the motor pushing the payload section off at high speed. The booster continued on, both sections landed without parachute......damage was minimal to the Hawk Mtn kit.

NERRF2 Tim's L Sparkie (2011-06-25)

Tim sent off a wonderful sparkie motor engineered by Dennis at the second annual NERRF launch. The secret ingredient? Very oily Ti. It got tail happy, needs nose weight Tim.

NSL 03 Rocket launch mess (2011-06-19)

There are a lot of ways for rockets to fail, here's another. The dreaded blown forward closure. It pretty much fries the inside of the rocket

NYPOWER X monocopter (2011-06-25)

Ed Miller unleashes his wild three stage monocopter for the first time at NYPOWER X

NYPOWER X Saturn V (2011-06-25)

The Hannas launched a great looking rendition of a Saturn V at NYPOWER X

Red Glare Mach flight (2011-06-03)

A simple Hawk Mountain 4" Gryphon rocket burning one hot Blue Diablo L 1300 motor to mach speed, and landing only a quarter mile away. This was at the Red Glare launch, from the beast of the east, MDRA.

Rick's LDRS 23 Rocket shred (2011-06-19)

Rick's chinese Long March did what chinese Long Marches do......it disassembled.....it's why we love them...parts from wally world ;-)

Rob's L3 at NYPOWER (2011-06-25)

Despite Murphy's law Rob got his L3 on the last flight of the weekend at NYPOWER......The Hypertek motor performed well, though if you watch closely it's blowing chunks, and landed 200 feet from where it launched

Rocket CATO (2011-06-19)

14 foot ameteur rockets still use formulas generated by rocket scientists from more than 70 years ago. Break the rules of physics and pay the price. This is just one CATO from LDRS 23 in Geneseo NY, the launch was short and expensive.

TARC Team America Rocketry Challenge 2007 (2011-06-25)

Just a glimpse at what will be available in July 2007 from the Great Meadow complex in The Plains VA....it was an incredible event which will be chronicled in a DVD

The first public 29mm Sky Ripper hybrid motor launch (2011-06-22)

The 29mm Sky Ripper Systems 29mm hybrid motor debuted at LDRS 23. The cool little nitrous oxide powered rocket worked out to about a G 63.

The M 2200 Sparky (2011-06-20)

At MDRA's ESL 92 big Tim let an AMW M 2200 sparky rip off the pad and echo through the landscape

World's largest Monocopter (2012-03-05)

Ed Miller owns the largest monocopter so far, burning a J to a J and finishing up with a K. It didn't behave as normal but it may have had something to do with the last scene.

X system Hybrid Rocket Launch system-pad view (2011-06-19)

Hypertek hybrid rocket motors use a fill stem instead of a fill line, the X system allows the stem to drop at ignition instead of forcing the rocket to work it's way off.