I launch my Nike Smoke model rocket - a scale model NASA sounding rocket - while filming with an Insta350 X4 camera. Beautiful fall weather allowed me to get some incredible shots of this launch. Nothing beats the thrill of this hobby - launching a beautiful rocket you built into a blue sky and getting it back on a parachute.

Altitude reached was probably around 1200 feet, with a Jolly Logic Chute Release allowing parachute deployment at 300 feet AGL.

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