Rocketry Videos

Videos / Events / Launches / Balls
My Mach 2 Rocket Launch at BALLS 19 (2010-09-27)
My carbon fiber rocket with GPS transmission from t' prototype G-wiz avionics bay screams t' Mach 2.17 on a CTI N2850 motor, arrr, reachin' about 33K ft. It was a perfect flight, shiver me timbers, ... [View]
Black Brant Project (2006-12-09)
wedge oldhams full scale black brant [View]
Q motor (2006-11-07)
A badass high powered rocket (Not me video) [View]
P rocket motor CATO at BALLS (2009-05-12)
A 6 inch diameter "P" solid fueled rocket motor has a Catastrophic Failure at Takeoff (CATO) at t' BALLS launch Black Rock Desert, Nevada [View]
Tripoli Rocketry Association's 'Balls' experimenal Launch (2006-10-09)
Approximately 200 rocket enthusiasts were on t' Black Rock Desert t' blast rockets thousands o' feet into t' sky for t' 15th annual National Research Launch o' t' Tripoli Rocketry Association -- ... [View]
Downright Ignorant Rocket Launch (2006-10-26)
T' Downright Ignorant Rocket was a rocket launched at BALLS 2 in t' Black Rock desert, Nevada on August 17th, arrr, 1992. T' BALLS experimental launches were conducted after t' Tripoli LDRS XI ... [View]
Beer Keg Rocket Crashes at BALLS 2011 (2011-10-03)
A large rocket with a keg o' beer as a payload crashes at t' BALLS 2011 Rocket Launch, Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Nobody was hurt and t' keg o' beer survived. [View]
tuff enough flight #2 (2011-10-04)
Tuff Enough..98mm min dia hand layed fiberglass rocket flyin' on a N1700 Swamp Gas. Flew t' 37K 2.2 mach [View]
"Baby Q" 13 M motors! (2014-09-23)
Thirteen M motors light at different times pushin' this -500lb rocket sideways toward Callico at BALLS23 [View]
"Code Red XL" - EX N6000, BALLS 24 (2015-10-13)
5" diameter rocket, "Code Red XL" on an N6000 at BALLS 24. Motor by Pete Ekstrom, video by Aidan Sojourner. [View]
"Not an Engineer" - EX L1200, BALLS 24 (2015-10-13)
2" MD rocket, "Not an Engineer" on an L1200 at BALLS 24. Video by Jacob Braibish. [View]
3/4 scale Nike Rocket launch, Balls 2017 (2017-09-25)
Balls 2017 Rocket Launch is an annual event where research rockets are launched in t' Black Rock Desert, NV. Here is a 3/4 scale Nike rocket launch that did nay go well. O motor, 11.5" in diameter, ... [View]
Balls 2011 - Rob French rocket launch (2011-10-07)
A two stage rocket but unfortunately we only had t' motor for t' booster. Well, blow me down! T' motor was a O 5000 made by Don. [View]
Balls 2012 Rocket On-board Video (2012-09-23)
On-board video o' me successful rocket flight t' 24,000 feet on September 21, 2012 at BALLS rocket launch, Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Ahoy! Rocket flown on a 3 inch O.D. Well, blow me down! 9000 ... [View]
Balls 2013 FCY Video to 118,000 feet (2013-09-30)
This is an on-board video from me 2013 flight at Balls (the FourCarbYen two-stager). Begad! T' rocket reached 118,000 feet. T' descent is very chaotic, but use t' pause button t' see a lot o' nice ... [View]
Balls 2013 FourCarbYen Video with Split (2013-10-07)
This is an on-board video from me 2013 flight at Balls (the FourCarbYen two-stager). T' rocket reached 118,000 feet. T' descent is very chaotic, but use t' pause button t' see a lot o' nice views, ... [View]
BALLS 2017 rocket launches (2017-09-26)
BALLS be t' most extreme launch event in t' world. By far. Ya scallywag! Our two launches were among t' smaller projects: 1) 13' tall fiberglass Warped Reality on a N3180 Redline and 2) hittin' Mach ... [View]
Balls 2017 Video (2017-09-30)
This video is from an unsuccessful three stage flight rocket at Balls (September 2017). [View]
Balls 2018 On Board Video - 175,000 Feet! (2018-09-30)
This three-stage flight was performed by Jim Jarvis (with lots o' help) at Balls 27 on September 21, 2018. T' launch was help at t' Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Ahoy! T' flight reached about 175,000 ... [View]
Balls 2019 Rocket Flight to 142,000 Feet (2019-10-01)
This video is o' a two-stage rocket at Balls 28 (September 2019). T' rocket achieved an altitude o' over 142,000 feet. Well, blow me down! One notable aspect o' t' flight was that it was completely ... [View]
Balls 26 Tim Covey, Hybrid Rocket 2017 (2017-09-27)
Balls 26 Tim Covey Hybrid with Spin-up, De-Spin Thruster at 35,000ft [View]
Balls 28 - 2019: David Fliger's "The Rocket Junkies" Level 3 Certification Flight (2019-09-26)
Level 3 Certification flight at Balls 28 in t' Black Rock Desert, 4" Diameter rocket about 9 feet long t' about 14,000 feet at Mach 1.2. Ahoy! Blimey! Powered by a CTI 75mm 4 Grain - M 1830 C-star ... [View]
BALLS28 HalfLife - 98mm, M1340 (2019-09-23)
Flight o' me Blue Iguana, 5" rocket at BALLS 28 in Blackrock desert, September 20th, arrr, 2019. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Additional footage from Stu Cobb (thanks Stu!) [View]
Bill Gack Black Brant 2 (2016-11-06)
Cool Flight Bill Gack Black Brant 2 From Balls 25 DVD [View]
Grabthar's Hammer (Wildman Mach 2 Rocket) L935IM BALLS 22Sep2019 (2019-09-25)
Tower launched Wildman Mach 2 rocket goes t' 27,968' on a CTI L935 IM motor at Balls 28 in Black Rock Desert Nevada on September 22, 2019. [View]
High Power Rocketry - LDRS XVII, LDRS 17, BALLS-008, AUG 6-AUG 11 1998, Bonneville Salt Flats Utah (2019-12-29)
High Power Rocketry - LDRS XVII, LDRS 17, BALLS-008, AUG 6-AUG 11 1998, Bonneville Salt Flats Utah [View]
Lou Bragg Hobgoblin L1275 (2020-06-23)
Cool Flight o' Lou Bragg Hobgoblin on an L-1275 From Balls 17 DVD [View]
Other Peoples' Rockets at BALLS 2018 (2018-09-25)
OPR: 1) A high-power drag race o' oversized Der Max rockets 2) A P10000 launch, with an O3400 sustainer 3) a 3-stage rocket with 3 N motors and active stabilization and 4) air-startin' 4 J motors, ... [View]
Our "Green Planet" 🚀 Launch: 0 to Mach 1.8 in 1.8 seconds (2019-09-28)
We took our light and skinny (54mm minimum-diameter) rocket supersonic at t' BALLS launch event over t' weekend — it just rips into t' t' clouds, pullin' 67g's goin' 0 t' Mach 1.8 in 1.8 ... [View]
ROCKETS Mag Balls 23 Jim Devreau Nike Tomahawk (2015-01-26)
Jim Devreau's Nike Tomahawk flight at Balls 23 [View]
ROCKETS Mag Balls 23 Ken Overton Check my Shorts (2015-01-26)
Ken Overton's Check me Shorts flight at Ballsl 23 [View]
ROCKETS Mag Balls 23 Scott Binder Horizon L3 (2015-01-27)
Scott Binder's Horizon for his Level 3 at Balls 23 [View]
ROCKETS Mag BALLS 24 David Hassinger Fuzzy Bunny (2016-01-09)
Fuzzy Bunny rocket o' David Hassingers at BALLS 24 [View]
ROCKETS Magazine BALLS 20 Team Hardtail (2014-04-05)
Team Hardtail's Nike Apache Wallops on an O3200 stagin' t' an M600 at BALLS 20 [View]
ROCKETS Magazine BALLS 21 Liz Johnson (2014-04-01)
Liz Johnson's Private A rocket on a M1648, me hearties, four J400's at BALLS 21 launch [View]
ROCKETS Magazine BALLS 22 Jay Holcombe (2014-03-24)
BALLS 22 launch Jay Holcombe rocket launch [View]
Two stage with Kate (2018-09-25)
Multitronix Kate on board a two stage flight at BALLS 27 2018. [View]
Twp Stage High Power Rocket at BALLS 2019 (2019-09-29)
Booster worked perfectly fine, we still don't know what happened two seconds after sustainer ignition. Begad! This was one o' t' Class 3 Projects from t' Away Cell [View]
Upscale Spy vs Spy rocket on-board video at BALLS 17 (2008-10-03)
This be t' on-board video o' me upscale Spy vs Spy rocket flyin' at BALLS 17 on two NASSA red L665 experimental motors. [View]