From the NAR Facebook page, Rags Fehrenbach found this one on YouTube:
To see the full video, CLICK HERE I would NEVER recommend cutting an engine in half with a circular saw. ... [Read More]
If you saw the video that made the rounds a couple weeks ago of the "see-through" model rocket motor burning in slow motion, you may have noticed that, due to its simply being sliced in two and ... [Read More]
In 2002 I began considering designs for a level 3 attempt. Then I bought RockSim and in May of 2006 started designing "Tercero 2":
However when I considered the costly and piecemeal ... [Read More]
I will be attending a launch this weekend, for the first time since NYpower 2004. This is going to be a low power, notification launch. That means there are some limitations - the rocket has to be ... [Read More]
The good news is that the rocket (I always forget to name them) didn't shred in flight! The bad news is that it wasn't recovered successfully. I think that the ejection charge severed the shock cord ... [Read More]
My video editing software is acting up. I'm sorry, but I won't be able to be posting videos for the foreseeable future, until I can get it working again, or until I get new editing software.
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These are all videos about aerospace related subjects. I would say that these are among the best videos out there right now. Project farside is a great example of the kind of rocket amateurs could ... [Read More]
Again I apologize for the lack of images, I generally do not have the time or desire to take pictures during a launch because I am busy flying and enjoying flights! But rest assured, as soon as ... [Read More]
I was searching through YouTube for some videos of high-power rocketry and I found some of the coolest onboard video I've ever seen on a rocket. There's nothing to say about it that accurately ... [Read More]
These are some recently uploaded videos of the LES (emergency escape rocket) designed to pull the manned Orion capsule (with 4 men) off of the Areas I rocket in the event of an abort. I think ... [Read More]
I hadn't heard Bubbly Puppy's Hot Smoke and Sassafras in decades. Despite breaking up in 1972, Texas-based Bubble Puppy has a web site and, of course, a CD. There are several renditions of their hit ... [Read More]
It seems most often when I find something that I want to look at on Yahoo News, all they provide is a video report. Usually, I only want to take a quick glance and move on. However, with the videos ... [Read More]
As I'd mentioned at the bottom of my L3 cert entry I continue to build experience pertinent to becoming a TAP member for San Diego's Tripoli club. Dok and Kurt encouraged me to fly more M and ... [Read More]
Paul Breed reports good results in his quest for the perfect H2O2 catalyst. He had some good test runs using a solid catalyst in an old motor (as opposed to the new motor that he's currently ... [Read More]
Having watched Dave Triano's composite videos twice I've been ordering all the goodies necessary to create high-strength composite materials with optimal weight. Several mistakes are likely but I ... [Read More]
A discussion on the water-rockets Yahoo group asked if talcum powder could be used in lieu of water in a water rocket. (Yeah, I know, it wouldn't be a water rocket.) One respondent came up with a ... [Read More]
Analytical Graphics has a new web page about the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Satellite Collision . It feature a really cool (but big) animations and computer models of the the collision. There are ... [Read More]
Last night I finally mustered the energy to lay up my first carbon fiber tube. In this case I reinforced a partially built booster for a 54mm minimum diameter craft. I roughed up the phenolic tube to ... [Read More]
Blogging has been slow around the Dungeon. I got Roxio Creator and am copying old videos to DVD. My laptop was of average power two years ago but manipulating multi-gigabyte files eats its lunch. It ... [Read More]
Evidently, people on the small Greek island of Chios celebrate Orthodox Easter by launching fireworks at each other's churches during the services. Check out this crazy video. My Big Fat Greek ... [Read More]
After testing the winds with a 'tiny' Nike Smoke on a J350, Steve Eves' Saturn was launched into the beautiful Maryland skies at around 1PM local. The central 'P' and eight 'N' motors (that's 'R' ... [Read More]
Alright so I completed my layup as planned below. Again the Mylar stuck preferentially to roughly 50% of the cured surface. It took me 3+ hours (no exaggeration) to peel/cut/scrape/wedge ... [Read More]
Earlier in the month I picked up a Flip Ultra camcorder. I will be using this to video prep and the launch from the ground. It is also small enough to be mounted inside the e-bay if I so choose. ... [Read More]
In my surfing for info on the Pye Wacket , I ran across an entry on the PEPP Aeroshell on the Identified Flying Objects site. (The site is packed with info on all sorts of real UFO-style vehicles.) ... [Read More]
A huge set of new motors is on the way down the pipeline at the very moment. Most of them come from Cesaroni , but Aerotech also just announced three end burner motors (one with an extra grain of ... [Read More]
I've been checking for the flight report on the FGG-3/Darque Sol and see it's now updated. The report includes photos and couple of videos. I'd like to try something similar, but on a smaller scale. ... [Read More]
AeroTech/RCS will provide a $500 AeroTech gift certificate to the individual who produces a video that demonstrates the fastest assembly of an AeroTech, Dr. Rocket or Rouse-Tech RMS-29/180 motor ... [Read More]
I got my Level-2 at LDRS2000 outside Orangeburg, SC. My Great Googly Moogly flew on a J350 that was generously provided free by AeroTech. Recovery was controlled by a GWiz altimeter with motor ... [Read More]
Below is a youtube video series on Project Orion. I have yet to watch all of the videos. The best part of Project Orion is the fact that it could, with proven technology and reasonably small costs, ... [Read More]
Just noticed you can embed videos from flickr. If I knew this, I forgot. Anyway, this is Dave Hein's gyro-stabilized rocket. More reference links can be found here .
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Finishing is becoming easier and more rewarding so I continue to muddle through but this remains my least favorite phase. I wanted to share the final approach to booster section greatness with some ... [Read More]
Lots of anniversaries this year - tomorrow marks the 40th of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair . Even those of us who didn't attend got a lot of enjoyment from the event. So many good videos to ... [Read More]
These are really good. Check out the flame, the stability, and the gimballing of the thrust at landing. Includes on-board footage of touchdown. [Read More]
Try to design a rocket on RockSim to break 100,000 ft using K motors
Make up polynomials and then factor them
Eat a bowl of cereal
Try to find shortcuts to evaluate the nth ... [Read More]
How cool is this project?! The info and some of the pictures below are from early attempts, such as in a 2006 article from Rocketry Planet. However, it appears that a flight took place at the most ... [Read More]
This month, Bob and Neil's editorial discusses the state of rocketry magazines. During the last 4 months or so, we have lost 50% of our rocket magazines - both LAUNCH and Extreme Rocketry succumbed ... [Read More]
No word on what's up with Unreasonable Rocket's level-2 attempt, but the web yielded several videos of past lander flights by UR and others. Here is a downward looking video from Unreasonable ... [Read More]
Videos of Armadillos latest flight to 2959 ft (902 m) have made it to YouTube. I like the new pointy look! (spotted by Clark Lindsey , who has another one too) [Read More]
This is the NARAM 51 edition and my main feeling after thumbing through it is...I wish I had attended! The coverage is typical to past NARAMs and includes plenty of photos. It started ... [Read More]
I hear the Mythbusters will be investigating Lagari Hasan Celebi who legend says made the first successful manned rocket flight. The Chinese Emperor who flew in a rocket chair was probably ... [Read More]
Location: Higgs Farm, Price, MD ( Red Glare VII ) Weather: mid to high 60's, light breeze, clear Total flights: Today - 7; YTD - 72 Total motors: Today - 10; YTD - 87 The remnants of Hurricane Ike ... [Read More]
Clark Lindsey provides links to two posts on the Daily Kos - Part 1 includes photos and videos of operational rockets and part 2 is dedicated to experimental vehicles. The split is not 100% ... [Read More]
In a comment to an earlier post, Woody notes that he now has a website on his guided monocopter project. I don't know if I previously credited James Houghton as his partner on the project (but I did ... [Read More]
"Finally I quickly prepped my horribly battered and thrice repaired LOC Bullet with a CTI 660J381 Skidmark. I really can't get enough of these loud and impressive motors. The flight was cool and ... [Read More]
Update: The Russians have now taken credit for this rocket. Confirmed Bulava. "A mysterious light display appearing over Norway last night has left thousands of residents in the north of the country ... [Read More]
This photo is too cool and odd to pass up. I first saw this photo on the Bad Astronomy blog . At first glance, it looked photoshopped to me too but he pointed to several sources that ... [Read More]
I couldn't resist cross posting (from High Power Rocketry ) these YouTube videos of C-130 cargo planes equipped with rocket motors pointed in most every direction that could possibly make sense (and ... [Read More]
One of the very first large solid rocket motor static tests that I witnessed was out at the RRS nearly ten years ago. That motor was huge, 12 inch diameter if I remember correctly. A couple of ... [Read More]
I just got in from an evening with friends and found several blog posts worth commenting on, reposting, or repackaging. But it's late so I'll touch on them briefly... The Sprint ABM is cool and R2K ... [Read More]
The Vimeo video was accidentally deleted...but who cares as long as there is YouTube? (You can view the other videos via my launch report post or the MDRA gallery .) Check out this awesome ... [Read More]
A reader (thanks George!) pointed me to Armadillos latest status report . This is big one, covering over 6 months of activity from the first Class III waiver issued by FAA AST, through the ... [Read More]
That post last night made me search out some other sounding rocket videos. "NASA NSROC sounding rocket compilation to Audioslave." "This video is of a Hickman payload launched out of Wallops Island ... [Read More]
Just though I'd post a reminder that Tim VanMilligan of Apogee Components now has 32 videos available. Today's Topic: How to Select Rocket Motors for Your Own Rockets - Part 2 of 2
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After a couple of aborted attempts at ignition, they are done for the day. Check in on Spaceflight Now for updates. livestream-Spaceflight Now [Read More]
Location: Great Meadow, The Plains, VA ( NOVAAR ) Weather: high 40's; clear changing to high thin clouds; wind 0 - 5 mph Total flights: Today - 8; YTD - 12 Total motors: Today - 8; YTD - 12 I ... [Read More]
Loyal readers may remember a post from exactly 1 year ago today, all about the RRS Boosted Dart. This dart, boosted with an R motor, flew to about 50 miles, nearly hitting space (and it would have ... [Read More]
"NASA's Planetary Entry Parachute Program (PEPP) aeroshell, tested in 1966, was created to test parachutes for the Voyager Mars landing program [later changed to Viking]. To simulate the thin ... [Read More]
Or, at least that is what Spaceflight Now is reporting . T+plus 19 minutes, 58 seconds. SPACECRAFT SEPARATION! The Centaur upper stage has deployed the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle following today's ... [Read More]
After posting about this new, ultra hot CTI motor , I have been searching for videos of it put into a rocket. Lots of wind and talking in these videos, but boy that motor is everything I expected! ... [Read More]
I particularly like this video above because of the on-board footage showing what appears to be some intense paint ablation (from :10 to :13.) Does anyone know a source for more footage like this? ... [Read More]
(Click to enlarge, well worth the dl.) A loyal (or first time, or sporadic) reader recently sent a link for lots of videos of Sprint, Spartan, and some crazy PAR technology at the web site dedicated ... [Read More]
Location: Central Sod Farm, Centreville, MD ( MDRA ESL-144) Weather: sunny, high 70's, windy Total flights: Today - 12; YTD - 33 Total motors: Today - 12; YTD - 33 The day started badly - the Beltway ... [Read More]
Last night, I caught the second half the Mythbusters 'Top 25' episode...and it was awesome. Full of rocket sleds, lead balloons and, naturally, lots of explosions. Via Twitter, I find ... [Read More]
Location: Central Sod Farm, Centreville, MD ( MDRA ESL-145) Weather: clear, high 80's, wind ~5MPH Total flights: Today - 9; YTD - 52 Total motors: Today - 22; YTD - 66 This was a really good day on ... [Read More]
"Operation Sailor Hat was an explosives effects test conducted by the US Navy at Kaho'olawe Island, Hawaii in 1965[1]. They were not nuclear tests, instead employing conventional explosives (i.e. ... [Read More]
MDRA video-laureat Peter 'shaken not stirred' Abresch has posted 16 videos from MDRA's ESL-145 this past weekend. These include the Paul Miller streamer launch and my own 12-Pack flight . The ... [Read More]
This past weekend, I sat with Dr. Zooch and was immersed in his video wizardry. He uses Booster Vison wireless GearCams to make 'Ants is Space' videos, staging videos and much more. He ... [Read More]
A while back I did a post about the correct way to say Centuri.
I've never known the correct pronunciation of Lee Piester's last name.
Until now -
I was watching the YouTube ... [Read More]
I think I've been doing pretty well on YouTube. My 27 uploaded videos have been viewed cumulatively over 50,000 times now, and I have attracted 34 subscribers. My highest viewed video has over ... [Read More]
These are two nice videos that (probably) show the rocket mavericks launches that may or may not have been the same flights for the Sony Rocket Project. Am I the only one who is still confused about ... [Read More]
My knee's been bothering me and every time it starts to get better I seem to re-irritate it. So, no grass mowing or climbing down into the Dungeon today. Gotta get it ready for next ... [Read More]
The LDRS-29 video set is comprised of 4 DVDs, 2 with video and 2 containing a slideshow of over 4900 photos. The 2 hours video is shot in HD and has a Dolby-surround soundtrack. Both the ... [Read More]
Including that P to P flight from the ground this time, but more importantly what seems like a large hybrid from Jeff Jacob which may be an R motor? If so, a successful R hybrid launch is very ... [Read More]
Because I cannot be there in person, and would not have anything big enough to fly anyway, I have to live through youtube videos, and frequently rejected email requests for more information. Sigh. A ... [Read More]
Since I didn't immediately see any actual rocket news this AM and I'm not actively building anything at the moment, I thought I'd do my part to raise the noise level on the Internet. So, here's ... [Read More]
Roger Smith, EMRR's new owner/operator, has rolled-out a website where he will add new features to EMRR. My.RocketReviews.com requires registration, but that isn't too big a deal and you can reuse ... [Read More]
What I'm talking about is a Rolf Stabroth's 7.875" x 92.5" version (assuming I converted from metric properly). This amazing model is this month's feature over at Verna and Randy's place . ... [Read More]
Boris Katan is one of the kings of clustering. His latest spawn is Hell Boy , a Polecat 5.5" Fat Man , converted to fly on nineteen 24mm motors! The attached photo, stolen from Boris, ... [Read More]
For some reason, reading a headline about the 'Mystery Missile' made the name 'Monthly Missile' pop into mind. The Monthly Missile was an entry in the R.M.R. DesCon8, which was conducted as a ... [Read More]
"Greg launches 4 inch dia. carbon fiber rocket using Cesaroni N10000 V-Max 98mm motor. (Mach 1 at 700 feet and Mach 2 around 1100 AGL)"
"Jack Garibaldi and James Dougherty duke it out at ... [Read More]
I just placed an order for a complete 24mm pro x case set, and three of these F240 motors. Boy it was not cheap... but it should be great next year to fly them. For the record, please do not end ... [Read More]
Some of the best rocketry and space videos on Youtube must be those hosted by 40390576. Sadly this youtuber does not allow embedding of videos, so here are some of my favorites in link form: Saturn ... [Read More]
The 29mm Helix is the latest member of Art's Helix fleet , although I'm sure he's planning to up the ante. This version provides some very impressive flights! Construction: I won't go ... [Read More]
The Great Googly Moogly is a 8" x 75" scratch built rocket that I used for my TRA Level 2 certification at LDRS 19 in Orangeburg, SC. However, I began building it almost a year earlier, before even ... [Read More]
This is a review of my first Crayon rocket. I decided not to go with the typical clear fins and instead went for a 'goony' version of the Standard Missile. This one used an original 'Ralphco' brand ... [Read More]
I am happy to report that hits to this web page have increased quite a bit in the past few months. Still painfully slow, but now getting close to 250 hits per day. That is some kind of progress ... [Read More]
This post describes the Point 39 Productions LDRS XIX (on VHS tape) and the ROCKETS Magazine/Liberty Launch Systems Red Glare IV (on DVD) videos. Point 39 Productions - LDRS XIX
Ever since ... [Read More]
The three volume Shadow Composites video set presents basic and advanced fiberglassing techniques for rocketry. I received the videos as my DESCON 8 prize. Although I am not the most ... [Read More]
My original Landshark (V1.0) flew on 38mm Js and sported some cool shark fin-shaped fins from Giant Leap. Since there was little hope it would ever fly again, I decided to reuse the fins on a much ... [Read More]
Phew! My obsessive-compulsive quest to port my reviews to the Dungeon is just about complete. There are a handful that I didn't want to move over right now and one that is awaiting a ... [Read More]
2011 will mark a revolution for Europe in space. Before the end of the year, next to the heavy Ariane 5, two launchers will complete ESA's portfolio: Soyuz and Vega will have their inaugural ... [Read More]
R2K dug up some historical footage of the NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine facilities, including some test firings. As a bonus, he posted a video about Soviet nuclear thermal rocket engines. The ... [Read More]
Earlier today, Firefox quit displaying embedded YouTube videos that use the 'iframe' tag. Chrome worked. Older, 'pre-iframe' embedded videos worked. The on-line help said to try clearing the ... [Read More]
"Michael, our biz VP, said at ISDC that we show the good and the bad. Which reminded me that I was planning to share this video when we flew, and we've flown. This is a test on March 30th 2009, the ... [Read More]
It sounds like Steve's didn't stage but recovered intact (mostly?) but Vern's bit the dust. This is only the 2nd set of evidence I've seen. More later.
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No not the whole thing, which is mostly 5 minutes of a rocket sitting on the ground as I scramble to recover it... but here are a select few frames from my first attempt at onboard rocketry footage. ... [Read More]
There are lots of bad war films, a bunch of so-so films, and a few good war films. This one was supposed be good, but having just watched it today, I can honestly report that if I saw it in the ... [Read More]
RAC3 BRUJA 2 Onboard Video 13,000 feet RAC4 BRUJA 2 Onboard Video 18,000 feet Not much info on these rockets, and what is out there is in Spanish. AND they wont allow a blogger to embed the videos. ... [Read More]
Did you ever wonder how to open up a kit bag? "Nose cones roll, be careful with that."
Grab a beer, and check out the video HERE If rocketry ever needed a spokeperson, he's the man. He said ... [Read More]
In no particular order:
Here's a Flickr album on the flight of the the Copenhagen Suborbitals' HEAT 1X-Tycho Brahe flight: - Mission 2011 .
And more HEAT 1X-Tycho Brahe videos, via Clark ... [Read More]
Paul Breed reports on his latest foray to the FAR site . It sounds like he had a good motor test and took a bunch of videos. Time and equipment haven't let him edit them but he posted one ... [Read More]
"I woke up to this event, aptly described in an email from a colleague - "Never seen anything like this before - spectacular". It really is just amazing! Here are videos of a prominence eruption ... [Read More]
So i was tires of mashing both our "movies" and our rocket videos on just one channel so I just made my AKS rocket's official Youtube channel. Check it out HERE . We plan to put up more videos, more ... [Read More]
Armadillo has posted very detailed flight reports on the 'tube rocket', Stig , and the finned SuperMod, Dalek . Both flights went up from Spaceport America and both failed. "Failed' may be a harsh ... [Read More]
Here's a link from a rocketry forum, one of the better D.I.Y. YouTube rocketry videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-rfazz1Z3c This is a interesting technique on how to make a nose cone from the ... [Read More]
DARPA was giving some mission status via Twitter and reports that they lost telemetry after the HTV-2 successfully entered the glide phase about 30 minutes ago. The attached graphic depicts the ... [Read More]
Two items popped up today, yielding a bunch of hits to some old posts. So, I decided I might as well make some mention of them. The first item/event was the 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered ... [Read More]
Just watch the Discovery Science Channel show on anvil 'tossing' . The basic idea for the standard competition is to set a 100lb anvil upside down on tamped and leveled ground. Fill ... [Read More]
I'm going to start a video series on YouTube on basic rocket science. Nothing too complex or too basic; I will be starting with concepts like Newton's laws and gradually get more complicated to ... [Read More]
Here's a video of the first flight of a pulse jet rocket. That's a bit of an oxymoron since it's not rocket powered. WTH, it looks like a rocket to me. I've seen lots of ... [Read More]
My YouTube channel has just crossed 100 subscribers. I post all kinds of videos from rockets to programming. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/user/DTHRocket
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NASA confirms that UARS went down in the Pacific over night. And, a sat-watcher in Blaine, WA reportedly has the shaky-cam video to prove it . Zoomed out footage showing in going to ... [Read More]
Jakob’s Hybrid R10000 Rocket Launch , a photo by jurvetson on Flickr.
Steve Jurvetson notes that the up part was great but the airframe went "over the hills and far away." This ... [Read More]
Via the Wired Danger Room :
Darpa is holding a contest to design the military’s next spy mini-drone. So far, the entrants include a flying pogo stick, a sail that lands on mosques, and an ... [Read More]
I'm usually a low power guy (Es and Fs were high power once, right?) but hold great respect for high power rocketry, especially when it is so well done. Check out the videos and website listed ... [Read More]
Our proposal was accepted, so Iowa State is now one of 42 universities competing in USLI. The University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) is a NASA competition for universities across the country to ... [Read More]
This is both the title of a National Geographic Channel series and a rhetorical question about navigating their website. Surrounding the heated discussion about the Rocket City Rednecks , I ... [Read More]
Here's another cool, long, worthwhile, historic video from NACA/Langley/Wallops: Rocket Model Flight Tests B-58 Program (the NASA Cultural Resources videos can't be embedded). It's really ... [Read More]
The NASA Cultural Resources (NasaCRgis) YouTube Channel has turned out to be a treasure trove of historic aviation (mostly) and rocket (some) videos. I'm out of time and energy to search more ... [Read More]
Upon further digging, I found videos of the rocket-powered aerodynamics testing of 0.133 scale rocket powered Convair XFY-1 "Pogo" models. I previously have posted a couple of still shots of ... [Read More]
The launch today was good, with very clear conditions and moderate to low winds. I was able to fly the Wildman Drago on an F240 and then on a G125. These two first flights each included a digital ... [Read More]
Skip to :30 for the action (I am too lazy to edit the video right now.) My half-finished Wildman Drago flew on a G125 red CTI motor carrying a small digital camera, a $12 unit found all over Ebay as ... [Read More]
Early Prototype New Shepard Vehicle
Blue Origin has a couple of videos from a test flight earlier in the year. While there, you might want to poke around the rest ... [Read More]
The Antirocketery Challenge, conducted by WOOSH , involved "extremely inefficient, extremely frivolous [rockets], ..., and ends in the destruction of the rocket so it can't fly again immediately ... [Read More]
A lot of learning goes on online in rocketry, whether you're just starting building rockets or if you have been in the hobby for a while. Here are my personal favorite rocketry websites. If you just ... [Read More]
This camera was $16 shipped from Ebay. It comes with an 8 gig internal card, and actually works as a pen if you would want to be a spy. The size of the thing, and the fact that it has a bunch of ... [Read More]
1958 - Missile Designed with HITCO in Mind - High Power Rocketry (Ad from an early composites company. The original is for sale on EBay.)
Strange Forgotten Space Station ... [Read More]
Starships Inc. status update - RLV and Space Transport (They plan to launch sub-orbital nanosats this year and orbital payloads within a year. I love F-104s. Update via NASA .)
50-man Space ... [Read More]
"On March 23, 2011, two on-board cameras followed a sounding rocket on its journey from Earth to space and back again. The rocket was launched to measure solar energy output and calibrate the EVE ... [Read More]
More Winter? Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow , Live Science - I wonder what 6 more weeks of winter means when you hardly have had any already? My prognostication is that we'll have 9 ... [Read More]
Parabolic Arc No videos yet, but I will post them as soon as they come up. For now, check out these two videos of the previous flight. Warning, the volume is loud in both. (Because they both have ... [Read More]
"98mm hand layed fiberglass rocket flying on a N1397 motor" "Tuff Enough..98mm min dia hand layed fiberglass rocket flying on a N1700 Swamp Gas. Flew to 37K 2.2 mach" Recovery of hpr rockets is ... [Read More]
"Expedition 30 astronaut Don Pettit uses knitting needles and water droplets to demonstrate physics in space through 'Science off the Sphere.' This is part of the first video in a series for a ... [Read More]
Update: Had to tweak the cookies exceptions. Don't know what happened in Chrome 17 that required this but all's well that ends well. Any page that allows me to comment on my own posts doesn't ... [Read More]
R2K ran across a set of videos on one of my favorite subjects, the Project Pluto nuclear ramjet cruise missile. I'll embed a YouTube video as a teaser, but he has the whole show. As he points ... [Read More]
Air Command has posted a detailed report on the flight of their large, all fiberglass, water rocket. This thing is amazing. It looks like, and is constructed like, your typical level-1 ... [Read More]
"On February 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States. Launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, he completed ... [Read More]
Atomic Heritage has a whole bunch of videos talking about the reactor used during the Manhattan project to create plutonium from uranium. This was one of the first reactors ever built, and as such ... [Read More]
Learn more about the real rocket girls on NASA JSC's History Portal - March: Women's History Month .
Welcome to the B reactor video series - High Power Rocketry - Includes several videos about ... [Read More]
inl.gov Q: Hey what is the deal with all the nuclear stuff all the time? Isn't this a rocketry blog? A: Before rocketry and after kayaking, nuclear power (including weapons) was a major hobby for ... [Read More]
This post is an attempt to keep up with the Joneses or, more accurately, to keep up with High Power Rocketry . Lately, R2K has been posting some interesting historical videos about our ... [Read More]
There are so many millitary, aerospace, and other vintage videos that I can't possibly post them all. Can't even find and post the best yet, because I am not done looking around. Here are few good ... [Read More]
"Operation Wigwam involved a single test of the Mark 90 Betty nuclear bomb. It was conducted between Operation Teapot and Operation Redwing on May 14, 1955, about 500 miles southwest of San Diego, ... [Read More]
"A time-lapse of Planet Earth, created from images produced by the geostationary Electro-L Weather Satellite. The images were obtained beginning on May 14th, and end on May 20th. The images are the ... [Read More]
"In 1984, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and the Federal Aviation Administration teamed up in a unique flight experiment called the Controlled Impact Demonstration to test a promising fuel ... [Read More]
I finally got around to transferring some analog videos to digital recently, so I went ahead and uploaded much of the rocketry-related content to YouTube, including several Saturn I test flights ... [Read More]
I finally got around to transferring some analog videos to digital recently, so I went ahead and uploaded much of the rocketry-related content to YouTube, including several Saturn I test flights ... [Read More]
Here's a recovery video of the Cajun Coalition's Cochon (aka Pig Rocket). Beau is still teasing us and holding back the launch segment. My wife said the Cochon should have bees stuffed with actual ... [Read More]
Up-Ship.com recently suggested as much. Right after the latest of several mass shootings in CO. Why does he say so? Well because people in Colorado went out after ... [Read More]
But here is a cool stop motion video made from 297 images taken by the Curiosity Mars Descent Imager (MARDI). This covers the period from heat shield separation to landing - about 2.5 minutes. ... [Read More]
I have been trying to get more serious about maintaining the youtube channel these days. The videos now have well over 1,000,000 hits, and I will be uploading lots of government archive videos. Some ... [Read More]
I normally warn readers about long videos but all you'll get on this one is encouragement. Watch the video! First, from the video's description: Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new ... [Read More]
On their blog, Masten discusses the latest Xombie flight. And, of course, there are videos. Xombie went to new heights, moved at faster speeds, and translated further. "As far as we know, the ... [Read More]
Von Delius Blasts Tripoli J and K Records On Same Day , ROL (8/16) - JMAX, AT J510W to 23,735; KMAX, CTI K300 to 31,643'...way to go Curt!
Latest uploads on Youtube Channel , (8/16) ... [Read More]
The following video was put together for the first general meeting of the Iowa State Space Society to honor one of our favorite space heroes. Hope you enjoy.
Neil Armstrong, NASA engineer, test ... [Read More]
This video has nothing to do with rocketry, but I am desperately trying to get my youtube channel up to snuff. That means uploading more videos from my archive, and hopefully reaching out to new ... [Read More]
"Join the navy, where you can take on heroic exposure to asbestos and then do some chamber dives to help fix your lungs!" Speaking seriously, these two videos are simple and quiet, fun to watch on a ... [Read More]
One of the most interesting rocketry blogs out there is "Greg Smith's quest to spend even more money on rocket science". http://hawtakshun.blogspot.com/ I find this to be one of my most visited ... [Read More]
Update 2: Just saw this story on the WRDC4 11PM news! Update: It appears that the videographic evidence of flights over DC have been pulled from YouTube. However, the linked article still ... [Read More]
Needless to say, I was not bored for a moment while reading through these 100 pages of documentation. This is exactly what one would hope to have for every significant high ... [Read More]
Here are two videos that I found via Spaceports . The first is a montage of Apollo footage set to the music of the Alan Parsons Project. The second is a documentary the " Overview Effect ", which is ... [Read More]
So as you can perhaps tell, this webpage just got wider by 110 pixels. Does this cause any problems? Videos and images can now be significantly larger, the last 20 or so posts will be ... [Read More]
These videos are about guns, electronics, and metallurgy. One could make the argument that these things are almost aerospace or rocketry related. Or, one could just watch the videos and enjoy. [Read More]
The Qaher F313 certainly looks as if it is either a fake aircraft, perhaps simply a plastic and fiberglass model, or at best, a poorly performing subsonic jet ... [Read More]
The fireball exploded both literally and on the Interwebs. Space.com alone has gone ape shit. Here are a couple of good videos (seen on AirSpace ). And, here's a funny graphic, found via the ... [Read More]
While my life in general seems to exude the notion that it isn't going to waste, and while picking a tough major and moving halfway across the country for a tough internship can be considered "doing ... [Read More]
I really love how Copenhagen Suborbitals has been doing great documentation and almost DIY videos on its rocket building. First we saw their great video on the Tycho Deep Space 1 developmen ... [Read More]
From German V-2 failures to a robot dog tossing cinder blocks, Jalopnik presents The Ten Most Unbelievable Military Testing Videos . You can argue the 'most' and the 'unbelievable' but they are ... [Read More]
The American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) plant has a long and troubled history in El Paso. It started way back in 1887 and ended yesterday with the demolition of it's two larger ... [Read More]
I've been a Flickr user for many years but, because of the limits on free accounts, pretty much only used it to look at the eye candy (including harvesting material for the Dungeon). Today, Flickr ... [Read More]
With the announcement of Rocketfest XVIII, a theme was chosen - "Go Small". The guidelines for the competition was to build the smallest stable flying rocket that used an un-modified Estes motor.
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Saturday June 8 was the first of a two day launch for Rocketry Victoria and the weather couldn't have been better!
I launched two rockets - My 10" Art Applewhite saucer on 3 D motors and my ... [Read More]
Both of my flight videos had the wrong date on them. I was on Ebay and a sales listing showed how to change the date and time . Here's what I figured out: Plug in the camera into your computer USB ... [Read More]
Dr. Leland R. Dexter has announced that he, through Micro Nitro Rocketry , will be producing "Caldera-style" Micro and Mini Hybrids. Rene Caldera designed and sold parts kits for ... [Read More]
I just posted a blog entry at PayloadBay.com about the University High School Space Shuttle. The space shuttle model stood about five-foot tall and flew on an I motor. Unlike every other flying ... [Read More]
One of the items I identified in yesterday's post about the latest issue of Sport Rocketry was a talk about amateur rocketry by Bill Colburn. A reader kindly pointed me to the LUNAR club's NARCON ... [Read More]
These videos show payloads launched to nearly the speed of sound and then collided with sand or ice, to test an impact method on planets and moons. There is no way to survive a direct impact at ... [Read More]
The last Rocketfest for 2013 was on the weekend of November 10th - as seems to be typical for these days we were met with poor weather, but a good turn-out and lots of crazy rockets!
The theme ... [Read More]
I saw a story about this electric drag racer on the CBS Evening news. I poked around and found LoneStar EV Racing's Facebook page , which includes more photos and videos. This little electric's ... [Read More]
Here is my annual list of things (mostly rocket related) that made me happy and captured my imagination. As usual, in no particular order: 1. Estes released the 29mm E16 and F15 BP motors. ... [Read More]
British Pathe’ has just released 85,000 videos from 1896-1976 to YouTube. Among these are many rocketry gems. Videos I have never seen and great news coverage of historical rocket events. ... [Read More]
While I was prepping, launching, and documenting my meager flights, I spotted several noteworthy rocket items on the interwebs. As y'all probably know, on Friday SpaceX successfully launched the ... [Read More]
Peter has posted his videos from ESL-192 in MDRA's YouTube Channel.
Ankyo-mcH on a microhybrid
FTC-1 water rocket (landed on AMW's trailer)
Manatee-2 water rocket ... [Read More]
From tlgrimmy on YouTube - A three part model rocket assembly videos using scratch parts. Part 1, CLICK HERE Part 2, CLICK HERE Part 3, CLICK HERE Some interesting points: Using metal skewers for ... [Read More]
Growing up, we had ample open spaces where you could 'experiment' with things that would land you in jail these days (at least in this neck of the woods). I really miss plinking at things in the ... [Read More]
Ari Krupnik (Iter on TRF) built an upscale of the Odd'l Rockets Break-Away called the Castaway. Ari and his daughter Leah started with the 1" diameter Break-Away kit His larger version is made from ... [Read More]
Clearly the Draco is perfect for this purpose and the 38mm Thunderbolt is not! Acme fin cans are fun because they often introduce a bit of spin, and there is nothing wrong with that in a non-video ... [Read More]
One of my recent obsessions has been watching various DIY videos. A lot of them focus on making compressed air guns. Deep down there is a part of me that wants to make some, however, the sane part ... [Read More]
Sometimes I cringe when watching rocket construction videos on YouTube. There's a LOT of interesting information out there. I rarely post on the forums anymore. My posts were sometimes followed ... [Read More]
Dave (Green Jello on TRF) posted a link to a video on YouTube from the King Of Random: CLICK HERE These are much more complicated than the ones I made years back. They actually have fins and ... [Read More]
Via http://popmech.tumblr.com/post/105374779079
See the entire article , including one of the many videos that have been posted of this cool (and successful) ... [Read More]
Click here for Part 1 First thing I decided was to abandon the idea of making launch controllers for everybody. That would have required some soldering, something I didn't want to go into with the ... [Read More]
3D Printing takes a big step forward! To see the short video, CLICK HERE It looks like the piece is drawn out of a heated plastic tub. Faster and no ridges to sand off! [Read More]
Rocket videos go by so fast in real time; it takes stepping through frame by frame to uncover the neat stuff. I really liked the onboard video from today's RX-16 flight - the colors reminded me of ... [Read More]
A tragic story has been reported in the L.A. Times . Two teenagers were injured, one badly, at Thousand Oaks school, when a rocket exploded. Bernard Moon. Image from the local ABC affiliate. Update : ... [Read More]
All these R/C Rocket Gliders were made using the large nose cone and 2" body tube from the discontinued Estes Cosmic Interceptor kit. Frank produces the R/C Rocket Glider kits from Dynasoar ... [Read More]
In an effort to revamp my web presence, I made a commitment to return to blogging, which in all honesty is more for my own benefit than for any readers that I still may have out there, because I ... [Read More]
Once I got my indoor, positive-pressure spray paint booth built, it was time to test it out. I started with the white undercoat on the Quest Superbird. The Superbird is built, and looks great. I am ... [Read More]
From the Facebook Model Rocketry Fanatics page, Dan Trimm posted a link: CLICK HERE It's not a Model Rocket, but a Rocket Model made out of metal. I love watching these videos, like the "How It's ... [Read More]
While not Model Rocketry related, I found these videos very interesting. Some people buy older, finished rockets on Ebay and restore them to flight. This video is from a group called "Rescue & ... [Read More]
NAR's annual convention, NARCON, started on Friday afternoon and finished just a couple of hours ago. As usual, it was great - lots of informative and entertaining talks, good keynotes, soci ... [Read More]
A couple of weekends ago, Duane and I flew a few rockets at Pegasus field. We were both needing a launch fix, and Duane was eager to try out the new wireless launch controller he's building for ... [Read More]
I decided some time ago that I should occasionally write reviews of some of the vendors I patronize - to heap praise on the things they do right (which is often) and to keep them honest when they ... [Read More]
Rocket electronics have gotten quite cheap - small altimeters and decent HD cameras can be had for as little as $30, putting "instrumented rocket flight" within the reach of every rocketeer. Most ... [Read More]
Just a quick update: The Thrifty Rocketeer asked me if I had any updates on things, as I haven't written in a while. Well, my hospital stay is well over, and I'm mostly recovered, minus the ... [Read More]
The Thrifty Rocketeer blog continues... Well, it's finally happened. Several years ago, while doing internet searches for model rockets, I stumbled upon an entire channel of Random home brew ... [Read More]
The Thrifty Rocketeer Blog continues.... I admit it. I was bored, so I started flipping about, looking for something interesting to read on the internet. And I came across an entry or link to ... [Read More]
From the NAR Facebook page, Rags Fehrenbach found this one on YouTube: To see the full video, CLICK HERE I would NEVER recommend cutting an engine in half with a circular saw. ... [Read More]
