Rocketry Videos

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Estes GBU-24 Upscale (2013-02-04)
An upscale of the Estes GBU-24 smart bomb on an Aerotech F40. I made this mostly of Semroc parts, with an Estes Python 4 nose cone and .25 in. basswood fins. [View]

Estes Laser Torpedo Upscale.mpg (2012-02-16)
Upscale of the Estes Laser Torpedo. Flying on an Estes E9-4. [View]

Estes R2D2 (2012-01-17)
Up-power Estes R2D2 on an Estes D12-3. Originally designed to take a C6-3 motor, I up-powered this model to take a 24mm motor. [View]

Estes Trajector (2018-11-12)
Several flights of my Estes Trajector, using Estes and Aerotech motors. Cool Rocket still available from Estes and other retailers. [View]

Passive Thrust Vectored Finless Rocket (2017-08-14)
A rocket that has no fins and uses thrust from compressed air to stabilize its flight. The holes in the base of the thruster tubes are slightly canted to add a little spin for even more stability. ... [View]

Retro Rocket (2013-02-13)
Retro Rocket is one I designed that is mostly card stock, with lite ply fins and centering rings. It looks like a silver football with flat curving faces. It is fairly large in "diameter", but is ... [View]

Upscale Estes Aries SST (2012-08-25)
An upscale Estes Aries SST on a D12-5 [View]

Upscale Estes Asteroid Explorer (2012-01-17)
Upscale Estes Asteriod Explorer on an Aerotech F21. [View]

Upscale Estes Colonial Viper (2012-01-18)
Upscale Estes Colonial Viper on an Estes D12 [View]

Upscale Estes Firecat (2012-01-17)
Upscale Estes Firecat on an Aerotech motor. [View]

Upscale Estes Gyroc (2009-09-04)
Upscale Estes Gyroc [View]

Upscale Estes Menace on an Estes F15 (2016-08-08)
I upscaled an Estes Menace especially to use Estes 29mm engines. It took three times to get the igniter to work, but it was a great flight. [View]