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"Back in Black" at MDRA Red Glare 8 (VIII) - Onboard HD Video (2010-04-19)
This is my Hawk Mountain Enterprises Talon-3 rocket named "Back in Black", flying on an Animal Motor Works L-1300 engine at MDRA's Red Glare VIII event on April 17th, 2010 at approximately 12:30 PM. ... [View]
Blue Diablo rocket launch from ESL (2006-12-17)
Tim goes for broke on a cold Maryland morning lobbing a Blue Diablo M-2500 with the attitude you need in a hobby where one mistake costs hundreds of dollars [View]
Blueprint for Disaster long view (2006-05-22)
Another view of the world's largest hybrid rocket motor powered monocopter at MDRA's Price MD launch site. The Kevlar and Carbon fibered machine reached approximately 500 feet before the nitrous ... [View]
ESL 55 MDRA Fred's N to 2M Rocket air start (2006-07-04)
Fred flew his 12" Overkill burning one N with two Ls and air starting two Ms. MDRA will be holding ESL 100 in August of 2006 [View]
Honest John - Red Glare 7 (2009-12-05)
Honest John flying on three (3) Aerotech M1315W's, with four (4) Aerotech G80T's in the nose for "Spin Stabilizers". This video was taken by MDRA member Peter Abresch, one of my flying friends. TURN ... [View]
MDRA's Rocketry Big Dogs (2006-12-21)
Pad cam shots of the biggest projects launching at MDRA's ESL 90. [View]
Red Glare 2006 (2006-11-11)
A quick music/video compilation from MDRA's Red Glare Launch. These are some of the best clips I filmed wile I was there. Music by me first and the gimme gimmes. Enjoy! [View]
ROCKETS Magazine Saturn 1b (2014-04-05)
MDRA's Saturn 1b launch on April 17, 2011 [View]
Son of Godzilla - MDRA Red Glare 5 (2011-03-28)
Flight on a N3600 experimental 12,500 n/s core motor, with 3 experimental 2000 n/s K700 airstarts. 12" diameter, 120 lb. rocket reached 7500' with perfect recovery. [View]
The M 2200 Sparky (2006-12-17)
At MDRA's ESL 92 big Tim let an AMW M 2200 sparky rip off the pad and echo through the landscape [View]
Upscale MR-1 the MR-64 On a CTI K510CL (2011-04-17)
Upscale of a PML MR-1 I did called the MR-64 due to its 6" Nose cone and 4" Body tube. This flight was at Red Glare X on a CTI K510CL to 6195'. [View]
Viper - MDRA ESL 154 (2011-07-20)
Scott Tyrrell's "Viper" rocket on a EX 6000 n/s M2000 Green motor of my making. MDRA ESL 154 launch on 3/20/2011. [View]
Andrew's 15 motor cluster rocket (2007-11-01)
15 motors to light at once off the pad, the motor part worked so well they exceeded the speed of the vehicle. Seen at Red Glare 3 at MDRA. [View]
Saturn V Launch April 25, 2009 (2009-04-26)
The launch of Steve Eves' 36 foot high model of a Saturn V rocket [View]
ESL 78 Kevin's V-2 CATO (2006-07-02)
In spite of rainy weather, Eastern Shore Launch #78 was held November 12-13, 2004, on Higgs farm in Price, Maryland. The launch was hosted by the Maryland / Delaware Rocketry Association (MDRA). ... [View]
Red Glare Mach flight (2006-11-05)
A simple Hawk Mountain 4" Gryphon rocket burning one hot Blue Diablo L 1300 motor to mach speed, and landing only a quarter mile away. This was at the Red Glare launch, from the beast of the east, ... [View]
When (xmas) Trees Attack (RC Aerial Video + Rockets) - GoPro HD Hero Cam (2010-01-19)
My first flight (yes, the maiden!) after attaching the GoPro HD Hero to the Stryker F27C... naturally with RC planes there are trees always willing to reach out and grab it from the sky. In all ... [View]
Mega (mega) Thor rocket launch (2006-12-22)
One very large rocket launching at MDRA. [View]
Steve Eve 1:10 scale Saturn V (2009-04-25)
This is raw video of the successful launch of Steve Eve's 1:10 scale model Saturn V rocket setting a world record for the largest flying scale model rocket. --- Stop complaining that the video did ... [View]
MDRA Christmas Tree Launch, 1/16/10 (2010-01-20)
Santa ... be afraid, be VERY afraid! At this year's MDRA Christmas Tree launch, we kicked it up a notch by drag racing 'em. Note that the rightmost tree in the big race had its motor mounted on the ... [View]
Blueprint for Disaster-take 2 (2006-11-06)
The second flight of the world's largest (so far) hybrid monocopter. A new formula, a nice flight and another hard landing at MDRA's Red Glare launch. [View]
ESL 80 Suspicion of Extreme Ignorance-pad cam (2006-07-03)
SOEI didn't hang around on the pad very long, just the way we like it. [View]
Steve Eve's Saturn V Launch (2009-04-25)
History being made on 25 April, 2009, in Price MD! 36-foot (1/10th scale) Saturn V model rocket... ~8600 lbs of thrust ALL at ONCE, baby! The MDRA did an outstanding job supporting the event where ... [View]
90% Harpoon MDRA (2009-04-26)
90% Harpoon 3 M6000 sparkies, one comes up late, 3200ft altitude 1mile + downrange [View]
Back in Black MDRA Red Glare XI Ground (2011-11-21)
This is the from-the-ground view of my flight at MDRA's Red Glare XI on Saturday November 19th. My wife shot this with her Polaroid 1080p camcorder. She wasn't able to keep up with the acceleration, ... [View]
High Power Rocket Spools (2013-01-13)
2 discarded wire spools drag race on Aerotech H123 White Lightning motors @ MDRA 01-12-13 [View]
MDRA ESL 164 - Unknown N Motor (2012-01-16)
Ultimate Wildman being flown on an Unknown N Motor by an Unknown flier. Please comment with additional information. [View]
PSU USLI Subscale Launch 1_15_11.3GP (2011-01-27)
Penn State's USLI team launched its subscale rocket for the first time on the afternoon of Saturday, January 15th at the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association (MDRA) launch site in Price, MD. The ... [View]
RG8 April_2010_Dan_Michael_Patriot.wmv (2010-04-25)
7th flight of my 3/4 scale Patriot Missile. Rocket flew on all Aerotech Redline Propellant. One central Aerotech N3300R, surrounded by four (4) M1550R's. Rocket weighed 310lbs. at the pad, and flew ... [View]
Rocket Fight 13 of Happy Ending 2 at MDRA Red Glare 14 Higgs Farm in Price Maryland 04-13-13 (2013-04-15)
Flew a stretched version of my Formula54. It was heavy at 4.4 lbs. Used a CTI H123 to test but should have used an I. Went about 1200'. Video, Raven3 and a XBee Pro GPS system. [View]
Specter - MDRA Red Glare 6 (2011-03-28)
Performance Rocketry Competitor 5 on a 8000 n/s experimental motor. Flew to 14600' at mach 1.2 with perfect recovery at MDRA's Red Glare 6 launch. [View]
Standard Missile Rocket Maiden Flight - MDRA ESL#166 (2012-03-12)
Maiden flight of my scratch-built "SM-XMR SAM" 6" diameter, 8.5ft tall, 35lb rocket. Motor is an Aerotech M1500G. Footage was obtained with a ContourGPS HD downward facing camera in the nose cone. ... [View]
The 25th flight of "Shaken, Not Stirred" (2010-06-01)
This was the 25th flight of "Shaken, Not Stirred". The flight took place during MDRA's Eastern Shore Launch (ESL) 144 at the Central Sod Farm. The rocket is a Firestorm 54 kit from Giant Leap ... [View]
Todd H. - Outer Limits Red Motor (2012-01-16)
Flight at MDRA ESL 164 in Price, MD. Deployed main chute at apogee, recovered next day. [View]
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4/14/13 at MDRA's Red Glare 14. An on-board GPS unit made finding the rocket after a long drift under an unintentional early main chute deployment easy. Drove right up to it. Gotta love technology! [View]
2 Stage High Power Rocket 13,000 Feet K1100 to K820 (2020-02-10)
Sustainer: Multitronix GPS Altitude 12,786 ft RRC2+ Altitude - 13,231 ft SLCF Altitude - 13,145 ft Max velocity - Mach 1.051 Peak Acceleration - 15.1 G Sustainer Ignition - 1653 ft Sustainer Burn ... [View]
2018 01 14 Mike IIb ESL234 CTI J145 (2018-01-19)
Mike IIb On-board Video flown at MDRA Eastern Shore Launch 234 on January 14, 2018. This video was taken with a Mobius Action Camera mounted in the avionics bay using the LiquidFyre mounting system ... [View]
2018 01 14 MDRA Christmas Tree Launch (2018-01-19)
Ground based video of Craig Klimczak's Spruce Launch Assist Module (SLAM). This tree was flown at MDRA Eastern Shore Lunch 234 in Price, MD. The tree achieved greater horizontal distance than ... [View]
60’ Rocketman Parachute Test at MDRA (2018-02-18)
Tom Cohen flew a new 60’ Rocketman Parachute on his 190 pound Red and White rocket at ESL 235. [View]
Amazing O Motor Drag Race (2018-01-02)
MDRA Christmas Drag Race 2017 with 2 AGM-33 Pike rockets flying on O3400 Imax motors with the Higgs Farm rocket in the middle flying on an M6400 Vmax [View]
April 2018 Dennis Kingsley BurbonRoc (2018-04-22)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Red Glare 19 hobby rocket flight.  [View]
April 2018 Red Glare 19 Event 360 (2018-04-22)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Red Glare 19 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
April 2018 Scott Szympruch Nike Smoke (2018-04-22)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Red Glare 19 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
April 2019 Dan Michael Patriot Missle (2019-04-13)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Red Glare 20 hobby rocket flight.  [View]
April 2019 Scott Szympruch Black Brant (2019-04-13)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Red Glare 20 hobby rocket flight.  [View]
April 2019 Tom Cohen Yellow Submarine (2019-04-13)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Red Glare 20 hobby rocket flight.  [View]
August 2015 Bill Cook 54mm Flyaway Rail Guide Test (2015-08-24)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 206 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
Bob's ROCKET motor test (2006-11-23)
TEST IT LIKE IT'S BOB'S MOTOR!! The igniter ignited, the motor puked and those gathered tried not to laugh too hard. [View]
December 2017 Unidentified Flying Rocket (2017-12-24)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 233 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
December subcale launch at MDRA (2015-01-18)
Slow motion video of a test launch using a Cesaroni Smokey Sam motor. [View]
ESL 78 Tom's Harpoon 3M sparky (2006-07-03)
MDRA will be celebrating ESL 100 in August of 06, this is a slow motion look at a flight from ESL 78. Tom Heir brings 3 6000ns sparkies up to pressure for a very realistic looking flight. [View]
February 2015 Tom Cohen Honest John (2015-02-22)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 200 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2019 TJ Crooks Der Mega Red Max Stretched (2019-02-17)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 246 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 Battle of the Rockets Dense (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 Dennis Kingsley Black Brant II (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 Dennis Schmaltz Little Lunar Express (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 Dennis Schmaltz Saturn V (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 John Sigmon Paranoid Android (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 MDRA Cupids (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 Morgan Remeza Wild Thing (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
February 2020 Trevor Mushung Itty Bitty (2020-02-16)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 258 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
First Launch of Full Scale Hellfire at MDRA (2017-07-22)
First launch of my full scale Hellfire rocket at MDRA Higgs Farm. This was a 58 pound rocket - 50 lbs which was in the nosecone for stability - it is a missile design afterall. This first launch was ... [View]
First Time at a Rocketry Launch - ElementalMaker (2019-01-25)
First time attending a proper rocketry launch. Not quite the usual video quality, recording on the move and filming supersonic rockets isn't as easy as I originally thought. Thanks to MDRA for ... [View]
Full Scale Hellfire Launch #2 - MDRA Rocketry (2017-07-22)
2nd Launch of the Full Scale Hellfire at MDRA. [View]
High Power Rocket Flight w/ Aerotech Redline Motor @ MDRA 09-16-12 (2012-09-17)
Aerotech H148R in a 36oz, scratch-built 2.6" dia. rocket. Dual-Deploy recovery with motor backup at apogee - went 2676 ft. [View]
January 2013 Two Fools With Two Spools (2014-04-27)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 176 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. [View]
January 2018 MDRA Christmas Tree Launch (2018-01-15)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 234 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
January 2019 11th Annual Christmas Tree Launch (2019-01-21)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 245 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
January 2019 Nathan Tocus Cowabunga Mammoth (2019-01-21)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 245 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
January 2019 Tom Cohen Higgs Farm Rocket (2019-01-21)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 245 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
January 2021 Dennis Kingsley Black Brant II (2021-01-17)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 264 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
July 2017 Higgs Farm Rocket Drag Race (2017-07-29)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 228 hobby rocket flight.  [View]
July 2019 MDRA Remembers Apollo XI (2019-07-27)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 251 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
Mac Radical Flyer L1100 Blue (2017-08-15)
My Mac Performance Rocketry 4" Radical Flyer on a 3 grain 75mm L1200 Blue motor with 3.9k NS. Flew to 12,000' at Mach 1.2. Flown at MDRA [View]
March 2014 Neil McGilvray X-15 Delta (2014-03-17)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 189 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. [View]
March 2021 Orange Spool of Death (2021-03-28)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Eastern Short Launch (ESL) hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
May 2019 Wes Oleszewski 50th Anniversary Launch of Apollo 10 (2019-06-23)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 249 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
MDRA Red Glare Rocket launch (2011-11-24)
Red Glare Rocket launch at Price, Maryland Nov.19, 2011 [View]
MDRA 1:10 Tower Lifting Higgs Farm Rocket (2018-04-01)
The completed Higgs Farm rocket being lifted by the 1:10 MDRA hydraulic launch tower [View]
MDRA 2008 Christmas Tree Launch (2014-12-23)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Christmas Tree Launch hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. [View]
MDRA 2013 Christmas Tree Launch (2014-12-23)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Christmas Tree Launch hobby rocket flight.  [View]
MDRA Classics DePlane (2015-04-25)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's classic videos. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
MDRA Red Glare 14 HyperLOC's Revenge L1000 Rocket (2013-04-16)
13th flight of my L3 project "HyperLOC's Revenge" and my first EX motor in 76mm class. [View]
MDRA Xmas Tree Launch 2011 (2015-04-06)
Yearly Xmas tree launch at MDRA in 2011 [View]
MDRA Xmas Tree Launch 2013 (2015-04-06)
2013 was a big year for the Xmas Tree launch at MDRA [View]
Mercury Redstone 2018 Geoff Howard Record Breaking Launch (2018-04-09)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Mercury Redstone Launch hobby rocket flight.  [View]
Mercury Redstone 3/4-Scale Model Rocket Launch (2018-04-27)
Do you like nerdy things like model rockets? Do you want to witness a world record attempt? Do you just want to see some intense fire? The Redstone team will be launching the 3/4 scale Mercury ... [View]
Mercury Restone 2018 Scott Szympruch Little John (2018-04-09)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Mercury Redstone Launch hobby rocket flight.  [View]
Night rocket flight at ESL79 (2006-12-22)
Steve and his father light up the Maryland sky with a dusk flight at MDRA's ESL 79 [View]
November 2008 Red Glare V Mayham (2014-12-26)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's Christmas Tree Launch hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. [View]
November 2015 Geoff Howard Journey Man (2015-12-23)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 209 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
November 2015 Geoff Howard No Apparent Reason (2015-12-23)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 209 hobby rocket flight.  [View]
November 2020 Dennis Kingsley Cool Spool (2020-11-24)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 262 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
November 2020 Scott Pearce Scotts Need (2020-11-24)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 262 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
November 2020 Spool Mayhem (2020-11-24)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 262 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
October 2016 Geoff Howard Naked and Afraid (2016-10-22)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 220 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
October 2020 Bob Utley Spool of Death (2020-10-25)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 261 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
October 2020 Bob Utley Spool of Death flight 2 (2020-10-25)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 261 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
October 2020 Bob Utley Spool of Doom Flight 3 (2020-10-25)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 261 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
October 2020 Dennis Kingsley Black Brant II (2020-10-25)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 261 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
October 2020 Jeff Miller Cool Spool (2020-10-25)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 261 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
PML Ariel, 2-10-19 at MDRA (2019-02-12)
PML Ariel on an Cesaroni H123-8 SK at MDRA, 2-10-19. Chute Release at 500'. Good flight. [View]
Red Glare 18 flights. Frenzy XL L395, Punisher K740 (2016-04-16)
Two of my flights from Red Glare 18 in Maryland. Thank you to MDRA for hosting such a wonderful event. 1st clip: Frenzy XL on a CTI L395 Mellow 2nd clip: slowmo of above 3rd clip: onboard video 4th ... [View]
Rocket Launches w/ MDRA (2019-06-24)
Trip to Maryland to see amateur rocket launches! MDRA meets about once a month to host rocket launches. Free to spectate, but membership and fees required for sending up a rocket. Maryland Rocketry ... [View]
Rocket pad cam shots (2006-12-22)
A close look at rocket takeoffs from the pad cam at ESL 84..... [View]
Scratch built 24mm model rocket on am Aerotech F44W-8. 1/8th speed, 240 fps (2019-07-24)
You can hear what I believe is the crack of it going supersonic, then almost immediately dropping out. OpenRocket puts max speed at Mach 1.01, 346.6 m/s, 775.4 mph. Never saw the parachute and ... [View]
Semroc Saturn 1B 10-13-19 at MDRA (2019-10-13)
Semroc Saturn 1B on (4) C6-3 motors on 10-13-19 at MDRA Central Sod Farm. This is a clone of the orginal Estes model. The flight was flawless and the rocket recovered without issue, however the ... [View]
September 2015 Tom Cohen Funnel Cone (2015-10-08)
Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association's ESL 207 hobby rocket flight. Please see http://www.mdrocketry.org for more information. Come and join us at the field. [View]
TWO STAGE HIGH POWER ROCKET "DOUBLE TROUBLE" (2018-03-17)
Successful second attempt at launching my first high power two stage rocket on a J760 to an I125. Launched at MDRA at Higgs Farm in Maryland on 2/18/18. [View]
Wildman Jart on AT K375 (2019-04-07)
My 4" Wildman Jart (extended body) flying on an Aerotech K375NW (Dual Thrust) to 9065' AGL. This was flown at the MDRS Red Glare 20 on 7 April 2019. [View]
World Record Model Rocket Launch - 3/4 Scale Mercury Redstone (2018-04-09)
64 foot tall 3/4 Scale Mercury Redstone I built along with other team members represented by Stanley Black and Decker and the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association. Launch day (4/8/18) was very ... [View]
World Record Model Rocket | 3/4 Scale Mercury Redstone (2018-04-09)
MDRA's 3/4 scale Mercury Redstone - 5 feet in diameter and 64 feet tall.     [View]