Rocketry Videos

Rocket Onboard Video Nov. 21, 2009- "Cinema 3" (2009-11-23)

Launched at TTRA monthly event held at Varn ranch, Plant City, FL. "Cinema 3" scratch-built 52" tall rocket from Aerotech parts and one Aerotech G80-7 motor. Very first test of a timer-fired, ... [View]

High Power L2 Rocket w/ Onboard Video- Thick Black Exhaust Smoke- 5/20/2011 (2011-05-23)

Launched at monthly TTRA launch at Varn Ranch, Plant City, FL. Aerotech J401 Black Max and Aiptek Hi Speed HD camcorder. Camcorder record button turned itelf off after only three seconds of flight- ... [View]

High Power Rocket Launch w/ Panoramic Onboard Video- May 20, 2011 (2011-05-23)

Launched at the monthly TTRA launch at Varn Ranch, Plant City FL. CINEMA 3.5 used a Aerotech I200 White Lightning motor and flew an Aiptek Hi Speed HD camcorder. The camcorder was positioned so that ... [View]

High Power Rocket w/ Onboard Video- Fantastic Vidcaps- March 19, 2011 (2011-03-21)

Launched at the monthly TTRA launch at the Varn ranch, Plant City FL. CINEMA 3.5 used an Aerotech I200 White Lightning motor and an Aiptek Hi Speed HD 60 fps camcorder. Altimeter fired the main ... [View]

Model rocket onboard video June 20, 2009 (2009-06-30)

Launched at TTRA monthly event held at Varn ranch, Plant City, FL. "Cinema 3" scratch-built rocket with G78-4 motor. Separate parachutes for Aiptek HD-1 camcorder and rocket sections. Rocket ... [View]

BOB Launch 10-22-06 (2006-10-23)

First successful video from my rocket. Location:Pickrell, NE Altitude: 2194' Camera AIPTEK DV 5100M [View]

High Power Clustered Rocket Onboard Video Launch- "Cinema 5" (2010-06-20)

Launched at the Varn ranch, Plant City FL during the monthly TTRA launch. "Cinema 5" used two Aerotech G80-10 motors and an Aiptek Hi Speed HD camcorder. Rocket reached 1,615 feet and safely landed, ... [View]

High Power Rocket Onboard Video- "Cinema 3" - Feb. 20, 2010 (2010-02-23)

Launched at TTRA monthly event held at Varn ranch, Plant City, FL. "Cinema 3" was powered by a G80-10 motor and carried an Aiptek HD-1 camcorder. Test of a homemade parachute release device ... [View]

Launch Of Delta #18 Model Rocket - February 20, 2008 (2008-02-21)

On the 46th anniversary of John Glenn's Mercury/Atlas 6 mission aboard Friendship 7, we launched our semi-scale Delta #18 carrying an AIPTEK PocketDV vidcam. Power was 1 Estes E9-6 motor. Vidcam and ... [View]

Successful Launch of Homemade Main Chute Deployment Device- CINEMA 3.5- Nov. 20, 2010 (2010-11-21)

Launched at TTRA monthly event held at Varn ranch, Plant City, FL. "Cinema 3.5" was powered by a H250-10 motor and carried an Aiptek HD-1 camcorder. Another successful flight of a homemade parachute ... [View]

Successful Launch of Homemade Main Chute Deployment Device: March 20, 2010- "Cinema 3" Onboard Video (2010-03-22)

Launched at TTRA monthly event held at Varn ranch, Plant City, FL. "Cinema 3" was powered by a G80-10 motor and carried an Aiptek HD-1 camcorder. Successful flight of a homemade parachute release ... [View]

Cinema X-1 High Power Rocket- Maiden Launch, Dec. 15 2012 (2012-12-16)

Launched at the Varn Ranch in Plant City FL during the monthly TTRA launch. Scratch-built rocket is seven feet tall and weighs 14 pounds loaded with an Aerotech J800 motor. Blue Tube construction ... [View]

"Retro Cinema 1" High Power Rocket Launch 04 22 18 (2018-04-24)

Launched at Midwest Blast 3 in Three Oaks, MI. This rocket was built as a tribute to "Cinema 1"- which was built as a two-stage rocket by Kirk Packo and me in 1971, and which carried a one-pound ... [View]