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April 25, 2022

Some High Power and Mid Power Rocket Launches (April 2022)

National Association of Rocketry club launch - CMASS, in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The first launch of the season was short. I didn't even launch anything myself, but I did get a few good shots of rockets lifting off. Here we see 1) an Estes Mega Der Red Max flying on an…

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April 21, 2022

Delta II Rocket Launches Space Telescope

On June 11, 2008, a Delta II rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying with it a gamma ray space telescope. The scope was called GLAST - the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope. It has since been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, or FGST for short. Its main…

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April 14, 2022

STS-130 Endeavour Last Space Shuttle Night Launch

Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off for the International Space Station early morning February 8, 2010, bringing the cupola to the ISS. This was the final night launch of the Space Shuttle program, and the second to last mission for Endeavour. #shorts #spaceshuttle #iss

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April 8, 2022

Where To Buy Model Rockets (Not Just Amazon)

If you're new to model rocketry, and need to know where to buy model rockets, this video is for you. Many people start searching for products they're looking for on Amazon, and there are model rockets to be found there. But there are a lot of good model rocket suppliers…

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April 7, 2022

Flying Saucer Rocket

Spinning Flying Saucer model rocket in slow motion, filmed in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 2016. Not a UFO, this gorgeous scratch built model flew on 6 Estes model rocket D11-P engines. It continues spinning creating lift until it settles down for a gentle landing. You can just see that it's equipped…

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March 20, 2022

Model Rockets

Some of my camp students launching the rockets they built. Model rocketry is a fun, safe STEM hobby practiced by adults and children worldwide. The models depicted include the Avion by Apogee Components as well as the Alpha III by Estes. I'm experimenting with uploading YouTube Shorts. If people like…

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March 9, 2022

Fix Model Rocket Fin Problems With This Putty

Glazing and Spot Putty can fix a lot of flaws in a model rocket. From balsa wood grain in fins, to seams in plastic parts, to spiral grooves in the body tube, putty has a lot of uses. The most commonly used Glazing and Spot Putty is by Bondo, Number…

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May 17, 2021

Model Rocket Launch with the Insta360 Go 2 - First Test Shot

I strapped the Insta360 Go 2 action camera to my head and launched the Big Bertha model rocket, to see if I could get good launch footage with my head. It's a very wide angle camera, and I only got one good test launch in, but I can see some…

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May 9, 2021

Insta360 Go 2 Unboxing

I got the new Insta360 Go 2 action cam. A lot of photography and filmmaking YouTubers I follow got these recently, and they look like they have some exciting possibilities. I'm wondering how I can incorporate it into my rocketry YouTube channel. I've played around with it a bit, shooting…

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Dec. 3, 2020

North Coast Rocketry SA-14 Archer - Launch

Just a quick launch of the SA-14 Archer mid power model rocket on an Estes F26-6 motor.

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Nov. 22, 2020

Estes Partizon POV

Airframe mounted camera POV of an Estes Partizon model rocket flying on a G40-7 motor, November 21, 2020

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July 15, 2019

16mm Saturn V Launch Views of Apollo 8, 11, and 12

Magnificent, closeup, slow motion launch views of Apollo 8, Apollo 11, and Apollo 12

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April 12, 2019

The Semroc Sabre Parasite Glider (for Model Rockets)

eRockets.biz gave away a new Sabre Parasite Glider kit from Semroc at NARCON 2019. It's an easy, fun build and can be flown on most model rockets without modifying the way they're built.

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April 4, 2019

New DIY Camera Rig

I used the PVC tubing from my indoor spray paint booth to build a simple, downward-facing camera rig for making videos. There are tons of tutorials on YouTube on how to build these, so this isn't a how-to. Look around and you'll get some ideas, if you want to make…

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Nov. 25, 2018

Building the SBR Diablo - Part 1 - Unboxing

Scott Binder of SBR sent me a Diablo high power rocket kit so I could check it out. This 4 inch diameter rocket is short and fat, great for smaller high power fields, and with its 38mm motor mount, it can fly on anything from an F or G motor…

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May 21, 2018

Messing Around With Glue

To read more detail about what I'm up to in this video, check out my blog post "Messing Around With Glue - Strength, Flexibility, Et Cetera." The post can be found here: http://rocketn00b.blogspot.com/2018/05/messing-around-with-glue-strength.html

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Nov. 21, 2017

Unboxing Signal Alpha

Joe Barnard sent me Signal Alpha, the first generation of the Signal Avionics thrust vectoring kit! Barnard Propulsion Systems: https://bps.space/ Joe's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg Assembly video, Part 1: https://youtu.be/6Y8QiqOZZ3g Part 2: https://youtu.be/LcszVaBPc0I Part 3: https://youtu.be/iSJoDuZdcOU Part 4: https://youtu.be/0ykvmCi_UXs

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July 11, 2017

Watch This Two Stage Model Rocket FAIL [SUPER SLOW MOTION]

A slow motion illustration of a gap staged model rocket's failure to ignite the upper stage. This can happen if the booster motor pressurizes the booster body tube when the motor's propellant burns through. There is a fraction of a second delay between the burnthrough of the lower stage motor…

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March 7, 2017

Rocket Building - The Quest Superbird - Part 6 - Assembling the Bulkhead

Making a balsa bulkhead for the payload section on the Quest Superbird model rocket. The coupler/bulkhead from the kit wasn't great, so I made my own.

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Dec. 1, 2016

Slo Mo Launch Preview

A very short clip, shot by Joe Barnard, from my upcoming, end-of-the-year slow motion launch compilation. Joe Barnard's rocketry website is Barnard Propulsion Systems, and can be found here: http://www.bps.space/

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Nov. 28, 2016

Rocket Building - The Quest Superbird - Part 5 - Cutting Tubes

Cutting a tube coupler and centering ring shims, then gluing the shims onto the centering rings. The website for North Coast Rocketry, who makes a Kuhn Tube Cutter kit: http://northcoastrocketry.com/ The Kuhn Tube Cutter can be purchased either here: https://www.apogeerockets.com/Building_Supplies/Tools/Kuhn_Tube_Cutter Or here: http://www.erockets.biz/north-coast-rocketry-accessory-kuhn-tube-cutter-kit-800/ The BT-55 tube and the brown tube…

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Nov. 21, 2016

Rocket Building - The Quest Superbird - Part 4 - Centering Ring Solutions!

I figured out how to fix the centering ring problem on the Superbird model rocket, and realized I could easily convert it to a D-powered vehicle.

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Nov. 19, 2016

Rocket Building - The Quest Superbird - Part 3 - Centering Ring Trouble

The centering rings for the Quest Superbird were way too small! Instead of 35mm rings, my kit included 30mm rings.

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Nov. 18, 2016

W00t! Rockets!

I recently discovered I make a noise at rocket launches.

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