Rocketry Videos

Model Rocket Launch AT SEA: Water Landings, Crashes, and Other Misadventures (2018-07-21)

[Don't try this at home!] After many successful flights with our Estes Mercury Redstone on land, we decided to launch it from our seagoing barge ... but we didn't count on the complications that a ... [View]

Model Rocket Launch from R/C Boat -- crashes and burns (2007-08-03)

This scratchbuilt recoverable rocket fires from the deck of the 40-inch RC destroyer "702" -- and has a problem. Rocket almost crashes into cameraman, who catches a few frames of the engine smoking ... [View]

Model rocket launch with onboard camera (2010-05-17)

After the first crash of this rocket (see related video), we shortened the missile's body and fired it again. The long delay on the D-engine we used resulted in a tense moment. [View]

Model Rocket w/Camera Crashes At Sea (2011-12-31)

This is an Estes Phoenix model rocket, fired from a scratch-built barge pushed by the Dumas electric tug "Farwell." The rocket, heavily damaged from prior misadventures (see our earlier videos), was ... [View]