Rocketry Videos
A Large Rocket Crashes at Springfest (2009-05-12)Two very large rockets drag race at t' Springfest rocket launch. One has a motor failure and dives into t' lakebed under power. Jean Dry Lake, Nevada [View]
Black Rock Desert rocket catos, 2002-2005 (2007-03-26)These are rocket catos at launch meetings o' Aeropac in t' years 2002, 2004, and 2005. [View]
Brian's Brodersen's "No Surrender" Hypertek CATO (2010-04-25)Brian's "No Surrender" rocket was supposed t' launch on a Hypertek M1010FX hybrid. After nitrous fill, ignition failed and only a white flash was seen. Arrr! T' motor CATO'd on t' second fire ... [View]
ekomS ekiN (2012-07-16)My ekomS ekiN (Nike Smoke in reverse colors). Ahoy! Blimey! Sorta flyin' on a CTI K740 C-star. About 300 feet up t' thrust rin' on our adapter gave up, and t' motor slid about a foot up into t' ... [View]
Gerald's 54mm L Rocket At Balls19 (2010-10-01)Failure do t' forward snap ring. [View]
Impressive CATO - CIMG5749 (2011-04-14)An impressive CATO at Red Glare X - note t' visual example o' inertia here. Well, blow me down! T' CATO nearly STOPS t' motor casin' dead in its tracks but inertia keeps t' rocket bottom half movin' ... [View]
L3 or Shred - Sam's NAR L3 Certification Attempt (2012-03-08)Flight o' Sam's Gizmo XL on a CTI M2250 and t' resultin' CATO (catastrophic motor failure). Avast! T' motor failed due t' a weak liner which caused t' aft (nozzle) end o' t' casin' t' burn through. ... [View]
L3 rocket cato (2010-05-31)Cato o' me L3 rocket on a K1440 White Thunder motor from CTI [View]
Level 1 Certification Failure (2010-10-11)My level 1 certification. Madcow Patriot. I ran it on an H-180. But t' spacer i borrowed from someone be faulty and didn't hold t' motor in place. In turn, me bucko, t' motor shot right through t' ... [View]
Little Indian N10000 Vmax CATO (2010-05-02)A minimum diameter carbon fiber rocket on an N10000 Vmax motor. Launched on April 18, 2010 at t' Three Oaks launch held by t' Team 1 rocket club. Begad! It had a spectacular CATO about 500 feet in ... [View]
M4770 CATO - Intimidator-5 (2010-06-07)Performance Rocketry Intimidator-5 flyin' with an M4770 which CATO's right after lift-off. Fincan and payload section recovered, rocket will fly again. [View]
Michael Koppelman's rocket on a I357! (2009-07-15)Michael Koppelman's rocket on a AT I357. T' main chute never deployed and it landed hard. Arrr! Didn't look like it got any damage though. Avast! Hopefully Michael will post a update here on t' ... [View]
Nike Smoke (2008-09-04)This Nike Smoke rocket fired at Midwest Power V - 2007 failed t' light all 5 solid rocket motors. T' failure was quite a sight t' see, especially from only a few hundred yards away. "Eric and ... [View]
Onboard a 2 Stage Rocket Disaster (2010-09-11)After booster seperation I had an event. Ahoy! Blimey! Apogee charge fired fractions o' a second before sustainer ignition. [View]
OrlandoRocketry.com's Rockets Gone Wild (2014-09-07)A collection o' video o' things goin' a bit wrong at local rocket launches in Central Florida. Includes footage from NEFAR, ROCK, shiver me timbers, and TTRA launches. Thanks t' our safety codes, no ... [View]
Red Glare 8 MDRA VIII 2010 - CATO in Slow Motion - 240FPS (2010-04-20)Red Glare 8 - MDRA Launch - V2 CATO in slow motion [View]
Rocket almost crashes , caused by this strange lizard?? (2009-06-01)This rocket was just flown a few days prior without any problems. Well, blow me down! As soon as it launched, however, matey, it was evident that somethin' was definitely wrong with t' fins, they ... [View]
Three rocket launches (2009-09-20)3 model rockets. Aye aye! Blimey! First one catches fire. Second one fly t' about 150 feet in t' air. Third one even better flies straight up t' about 250 feet plus [View]
Just another rocket cato (2009-11-12)Just another oops at t' field. [View]
ESL 78 Kevin's V-2 CATO (2006-07-02)In spite o' rainy weather, Eastern Shore Launch #78 was held November 12-13, 2004, on Higgs farm in Price, me hearties, Maryland. Avast, me proud beauty! T' launch be hosted by t' Maryland / ... [View]
P rocket motor CATO at BALLS (2009-05-12)A 6 inch diameter "P" solid fueled rocket motor has a Catastrophic Failure at Takeoff (CATO) at t' BALLS launch Black Rock Desert, Nevada [View]
Rocket CATO (2006-05-13)14 foot amateur rockets still use formulas generated by rocket scientists from more than 70 years ago. Ahoy! Break t' rules o' physics and pay t' price. Arrr! This is just one CATO from LDRS 23 in ... [View]
NERRF2 Rocket motor problems (2006-06-28)It was our day in t' pickle barrel as t' rocket motor gasses leaked from t' forward end o' t' motor pushin' t' payload section off at high speed. T' booster continued on, both sections landed ... [View]
Sugar Motor Drag Race (CATO) (2008-03-03)Jimmy Yawn and Marc Slabbinck drag race two sugar-motor rockets at t' NEFAR launch on February 9, 2008. [View]
2 stage Estes rocket crash (2008-01-15)2 stage Estes rocket crash [View]
2008-06-07 ROCK Launch High-Speed Videos (2008-06-28)Videos from ROCK's June launch recorded in high-speed. [View]
2012 3-3 FAR Activities: Sugar motors, Recovery ejection test and a CATO (2012-03-05)Paul Avery static tested three 38mm single use sugar motors, all successful. Hal Duffy did t' first test o' t' drogue chute piston ejection as part o' t' recovery system bein' designed for t' ... [View]
Blown Nozzle on rocket at LDRS X (2006-10-27)This launch attempt occurred at LDRS X in 1991, at t' Black Rock desert in Nevada. It looks like t' nozzle blew out on t' motor, so a lot o' thrust is lost. [View]
HS240 - Johns Rocket Delta cato 07-11-10 (2010-11-07)John's hybrid rocket glider sufferin' a cato at EARS Rocket Club Meetin' on 7th November 2010 - filmed on Fuji HS10 camera at 240fps [View]
Yellow Jacket Land Shark (2010-07-12)Tom's rocket, Pale Rider, matey, on a Yellow Jacket L778. Avast, me proud beauty! T' motor burns, stops, and then resumes several times, fallin' t' t' ground before final burnout. [View]
High Power Rocket. 54mm diameter Rocket Shred (2007-01-07)This be t' flight o' me 54mm rocket on a Aerotech K1100 Blue Thunder motor. T' rocket shreds at Mach 1.5 [View]
Aerotech Initiator CATO (2008-04-23)O-rin' fails on Aerotech Initiator with loaded "G" engine. [View]
NSL 03 Rocket launch mess (2007-01-21)There are a lot o' ways for rockets t' fail, here's another. Aye aye! T' dreaded blown forward closure. Begad! It pretty much fries t' inside o' t' rocket [View]
Model Rocket Launch from R/C Boat -- crashes and burns (2007-08-03)This scratchbuilt recoverable rocket fires from t' deck o' t' 40-inch RC destroyer "702" -- and has a problem. Ahoy! Rocket almost crashes into cameraman, who catches a few frames o' t' engine ... [View]
Rocket Launch Explosion (2006-04-05)T' failed launch o' me first high-power rocket. Avast, me proud beauty! After t' launch, I found out that t' o-rings in motor burned through, and hot gasses shot up through me rocket. Ahoy! This nay ... [View]
EMRR contest rocket second try (2006-10-01)Model rocket designed and built for an online contest from a picture. Ya scallywag! This t' second flight attempt with 2-C6-5 and 2- C6-0 engines [View]
Estes Bomarc Clone at CMASS 11-5-11 (2011-11-06)Estes Bomarc Clone at CMASS rocket launch 11-5-11 I forgot t' put in nose weight so it did a big 20ft loop and plowed into t' ground. Well, blow me down! Some damage, but repairable. [View]
High Power Rocket Fail (2011-01-10)A teen attempts his Junior Level 1 High Power Rocketry Certification on a Loc IV with a H-123-W motor t' 2,000 feet at Snow Ranch, shiver me timbers, California on 1/8/11. T' nose cone and parachute ... [View]
Tom L370 cato (2012-12-04)Very short flight and destruction o' me 54 mm saucer. T' single use motor blew off t' aft end. T' nozzle and t' casin' aft had t' tape thrust rin' intact. [View]
Great Rocket Launch with wild ending (2007-02-01)Rocket goes up and lands back down on t' ground,,,,about 3 inches into t' ground [View]
09_igniter (2011-12-11)Second flight attempt o' Tank Girl. Begad! You can clearly see and hear t' igniter blowin' out o' t' motor. T' motor was an I245 Mojave Green. SARG launch, 12/10/11. [View]
2 trees 1-16-10.avi (2010-01-17)T' test launch o' me tree, motor mount broke [View]
2008-06-14 NEFAR - Big Daddy Akavish CATO (2008-06-29)A CATO pops t' head off t' Big Daddy Akavish at t' June, 2008, shiver me timbers, NEFAR launch. [View]
Aerotech Mustang CATO Ground Level and onboard video (2013-01-02)Delay charge o' a CTI G80 fails and t' rocket deploys early. Little damage t' t' rocket other than cosmetic. Well, blow me down! It needs a new paint job anyway. [View]
Another One Bites The Dust with Rockets..wmv (2011-05-08)On board rocket videos o' rocket malfunctions such as separations and failure o' parachutes t' fully deploy. Many rockets are high powered and reach high altitudes. Blimey! No persons were injured ... [View]
BBVA and Catos (2010-11-09)Fun with rockets. When t' Black Brant catoed it blew out t' nozzle and sent two fireballs whizzin' past me head. Blimey! T' second E9 cato in Jerome's rocket blew out t' top o' t' motor and t' grain ... [View]
Beer Keg Rocket Crashes at BALLS 2011 (2011-10-03)A large rocket with a keg o' beer as a payload crashes at t' BALLS 2011 Rocket Launch, Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Nobody was hurt and t' keg o' beer survived. [View]
Big Model Rocket Explosion At Launch - CATO (2011-09-26)PML Mini-BBX and Terrier Booster model rocket Catastrophic At Take Off. [View]
Blue Phenix CATO during a drag race (2010-10-18)Aerotech J575FJ over pressurized and blew! [View]
CATO (2008-03-11)Catastrophic rocket flight [View]
CATO at Metra (2010-06-12)An M powered rocket CATOs at METRA. [View]
CATO at Winchester, IN (2011-11-26)CATO o' a rocket at SCAM Launch in Winchester, ya bilge rat, IN [View]
CATO during the maiden launch of my Estes Hi-Flier (2011-10-01)my newly built Estes Hi-Flier experienced a CATO (Catastrophe At Take Off) on its maiden flight. T' reason was t' failures o' t' CA Gel adhesion betwixt 2 o' t' laser cut balsa fins and t' rocket ... [View]
Daisuke Sakais 4 inch project failure at XPRS 2010 M1315 (2010-10-24)Video by James Lloyd. Ahoy! Bluetube coupler failure leads t' flight failure. Ahoy! XPRS2010 [View]
DoubleSShot BPS rocket motor test (2012-05-08)Static test o' t' Aft section o' t' DoubleSShot BPS rocket motor on May 5th, me bucko, 2012 at t' Friends o' Amateur Rocketry site in t' Mojave Desert o' California. Approximately 85 pounds (38 kg) ... [View]
e15-cato.mpeg4 (2011-07-13)CATO o' a 20+ year old E15-8, me hearties, in slow-motion, at dusk. 3 o' t' 4 motors we had died like this; one worked perfectly and t' rocket went really high, higher than with an E9. [View]
Estes Eagle CATO (2008-05-04)An Estes motor CATO is captured at 1200 fps in this high-speed video. [View]
Estes Rocket Bad Launch! (2011-07-29)Rocket goes Crazy [View]
Estes Space Ship One Launch And Crash (2008-02-12)Launchin' Brett's Space Ship One. Begad! J.H.G. would nay be proud o' this flight. But it sure looked great. Alma College, Michigan [View]
Estes V2 F30-4FJ CATO (2012-12-03)T' first (and last) flight o' me modified Estes Maxi Brute V2 on an AeroTech F30-4FJ. Arrr! Blimey! T' motor blew it's forward closure as t' rocket moved up t' launch rod and then proceeded t' torch ... [View]
Fat Boy CATO Flights (2010-03-20)Attempted C11-3 flights o' a modified Estes Fat Boy model rocket with onboard video camera. Both flights ended early with a motor malfunction. [View]
High speed video (1000 FPS) of an Aerotech D21 CATO (2010-09-09)Aerotech D21 in a Quest Starhawk. Begad! A 2nd attempt was successful. [View]
Honest John CATO (2011-09-11)Freedom Launch - Brent's Honest John cato. [View]
Keychain camera rocket tragedy (2011-06-08)WARNING!! Once you get past t' launch, thar be very little rocketry content in this video, me bucko, and lots o' hangin' around, me hearties, swingin' in t' breeze content. Ahoy! I come up t' take a ... [View]
Large Rocket Launches, then CATO (2011-05-01)Recorded on May 2, 2011 usin' a Flip Video camcorder. [View]
M2250 C-Star CATO (2012-03-05)This is me rocket, but t' video was taken by adfgfds. It can also be seen on his youtube channel. [View]
Nike Hercules on-board video (2011-06-12)2 stage Nike Hercules. 4 x f32 motors in booster. 1 F39 in sustainer. Well, blow me down! Only two o' t' F32 motors lit. Aye aye! T' rocket cocked sideways, came in ballistic. Begad! T' stagin' ... [View]
Oracle - G80 Cato (2010-08-16)Gus Piepenburg's Oracle rocket on an Aerotech G80T at Tripoli Indiana's August 2010 launch. Well, blow me down! T' motor blew by at liftoff. [View]
Proton M Flight at Plaster Blaster 9 (2010-11-14)L aunch and on-board....an unhappy ending.. [View]
Quest Zenith CATO 2, B6-0, B6-4 (2011-08-15)Our second two stage attempt with this rocket, again t' second stage went completely unstable. [View]
Skywriting (2013-09-29)Doin' some skywritin' with t' sticker rocket on a D10-7 (Way t' long o' a delay), two other rockets as well, though I did nay get rocket cam footage from t' last rocket. [View]
Spool rocket (2012-12-01)My homemade spool rocket flyin' at Tripoli Central California's November 2012 launch on a Cesaroni 38mm 1G G79 Smokey Sam [View]
Starfighter at LDRS 29 (2010-12-11)Starfighter rocket at LDRS 29 has chute failure [View]
Super DX3 CTI Over-pressure CATO (2013-08-11)Launch o' a Madcow Super DX3 on August 10, arrr, 2013 at t' Tri-Cities Rocketeers club launch (Pasco, ya bilge rat, WA), Cesaroni motor. Motor burns normally, matey, then extinguishes, matey, then ... [View]
The Spool Crash - Slow Motion (2010-06-07)T' Video Say's it all... Scott [View]
V2 at freedom launch (2009-09-09)ouch, but what a show, arrr, CATOed t' (2) outside "M" motor and flew on just a "O" motor [View]
Veeger - Aerotech K540W - CATO (2011-05-12)A scratch-built model rocket named 'Veeger' from t' Star Trek 1 movie. It flew on a Aerotech K540W which CATOed nay long after leavin' t' pad. Flight occurred as part o' t' Muskegon Michigan Rocket ... [View]
18mm Art Applewhite saucer CATO (2008-05-09)18mm Art Applewhite CATO [View]
Model Rocket Misfire (0000-00-00)video o' both rockets failin' t' fly well and goin' on a spastic spiral towards earth. in t' first one t' entire motor shot out just before it hit t' ground [View]
model rocket launch gone wrong (2008-06-05)Half way into t' flight it starts spinning. [View]
Rick's LDRS 23 Rocket shred (2006-11-23)Rick's chinese Long March did what chinese Long Marches do......it disassembled.....it's why we love them...parts from wally world ;-) [View]
(0000-00-00)Launch and crash o' an original ESTES X-Win' fighter. [View]
150 mm (6") sugar rocket CATO (2018-04-24)150 mm KNSU sucrose rocket motor launch. Begad! Motor failed at t' bulkhead resultin' in a CATO. Ya scallywag! Friends o' Amateur Rocketry test facility, me hearties, Mojave Desert. [View]
3/4 scale Nike Rocket launch, Balls 2017 (2017-09-25)Balls 2017 Rocket Launch is an annual event where research rockets are launched in t' Black Rock Desert, NV. Here is a 3/4 scale Nike rocket launch that did nay go well. O motor, 11.5" in diameter, ... [View]
Aces High-O10,000 cato (2012-08-05)This catoed on Friday at hellfire 17. It was really too bad. I had never seen a motor even close t' that size. [View]
Aerotech DMS L-1000 Casing Failure (2017-06-27)Aerotech DMS L-1000 Casin' Failure in 25# 7' tall scratch built Redstone missile at NXRS 2017 Seventh flight for this rocket and third flight on L-1000 motors. This was a new version o' t' L-1000 ... [View]
Aerotech G-Force Final Flight (2017-01-02)3rd and final flight, me hearties, t' ejection charge failed t' deploy t' chute and in she went [View]
All My Rockets That Didn't Work (2020-06-13)Here's another fun tip, me bucko, don't launch in a small urban space like those first few flights... [View]
Balls 2017 Video (2017-09-30)This video is from an unsuccessful three stage flight rocket at Balls (September 2017). [View]
BFT CATO (2014-08-17)BFT CATO [View]
Big Model Rocket Crash (2017-02-01)You can see at liftoff one o' t' motors ventin' out t' side, which led t' asymmetric thrust, then corkscrewed flight, and finally departure. [View]
Big Nuke 3D blowout with CTI J595 (2018-06-02)Labelle, matey, FL, arrr, 2 June 2018 - Apparently t' plastic aft closure failed and t' motor went upward through t' airframe and struck t' av-bay bulkhead. [View]
Blue Phoenix Crash (2016-12-07)Tragic crash o' me prized Blue Phoenix high power rocket on its 4th flight, December 3, shiver me timbers, 2016. Well, blow me down! A failure o' t' Aerotech I500 disposable motor's built in thrust ... [View]
Bulldog N10,000 (2012-08-06)Flown at hellfire 16. Instability was supposedly caused me a fin failure early in t' boost. [View]
Confusing Rocket Flight (2011-06-15)This is a video o' me unsuccessful level 2 certification flight. Begad! Specs: -72 in x 3 in -about 4 lbs -CG at 45 in -CP at 58 in -Cesaroni J285 -15 second delay on J285 for drogue chute -simmed ... [View]
Construction, CATO, & Launch of an Insane Estes Interceptor Build (2015-03-16)This outlines t' construction and launch o' a very detailed build o' t' original scale Estes Interceptor. I over-sized t' motor mount t' handle E motors. Avast! T' offset t' weight o' t' motor, ... [View]
Crayon Rocket Disaster (2006-09-27)red crayon crash and burn [View]
Death of a Goblin (2006-08-13)A Polecat Goblin dies a horrible death [View]
Double Trouble CATO at URRG 9-23-17 (2017-09-29)Two stage high power rocket failure at URRG launch at Potter NY on 9-23-17. Failure o' t' front bulkhead in a 38mm CTI motor led t' a catastrophic air frame failure o' me Madcow/RW Double Shot. [View]
Epic Pinwheel of Fire at LDRS (2018-05-25)Evokin' t' "D" o' LDRS this mornin' (Large Dangerous Rocket Ships), t' annual rocketry event hosted by Tripoli Central California this year. We had a perfect launch t' 14K ft., me bucko, won a ... [View]
Erik's Two-Stage Rocket at Snow Ranch (2011-04-04)A booster CATO pops t' upper stage up, matey, which then lights perfectly. [View]
Estes Dude rocket crashes at takeoff (2014-11-19)Estes Dude balloon rocket crashes on take-off. It was flyin' on an D12-3 engine. Aye aye! Apparently sparks from t' engine melted holes in t' balloon deflatin' it. Arrr! T' rocket had flown fine ... [View]
Estes Leviathan CATO (2013-04-27)CATO on t' launchpad [View]
Estes Magnum CATO (2016-04-23)Sadly another Magnum bites t' dust. T' C11-0 booster blew up, ignited t' upper stage motor while blastin' it up into t' upper body tube, which continued burnin' inside and lit t' tube on fire. Good ... [View]
Estes Model Rocket Explosion (2014-07-06)An E9-6 motor blew up inside me model rocket just after launch. T' nozzle and ejection charge were blown out o' either end o' t' motor. Begad! A second motor from t' same 3-pack also exploded. I did ... [View]
Estes Model Rocket Flights Including a D12-3 CATO (2020-01-06)Description: Launch o' Estes Crossfire, Amazon, arrr, Patriot, Centuri, matey, and Mean Machine. T' Mean Machine suffered a CATO when t' D12-3 exploded at launch. [View]
Estes Oracle Model Rocket Fail, Parachute blew off from shockcord (2014-03-17)Took me about two hours t' fnd this rocket in t' desert because it just keep goin' after t' parachute violently seperated. Arrr! Video failed from hard hit on impact! [View]
Fail Estes The Dude model rocket launch with F-39 (2015-01-25)This rocket normally takes a D12-3, it folded in half and blew o' t' panels from two fins. Begad! Too much power inflatable rocket. Was fun! [View]
FL2010 Night Launch: Berl's Spool (2010-09-07)At t' night launch o' t' Freedom Launch '010, Berl Finklestein flew his Spool on a J-180. Arrr! it sported a taped on flashlight and a blinkin' light under t' cap. Aye aye! as you can see, it didn't ... [View]
High Power Rocket Booster Becomes Whistling Lawn Dart! (2019-07-16)Airstart 1 is a two stage high power rocket. Booster stage Aerotech I200 and sustainer stage G80. Sustainer failed t' igniter- airstart timer failure. Begad! Booster stage ejection charge failed, ... [View]
High Power Rocket Explosion at CATO Launch Event Oct 19, 2019 (2019-10-21)This is me latest scratch-built rocket that I named “High Hopes”. It’s 7 feet tall and 7.5 inches in diameter. Well, blow me down! It weighs just 3.3 Lbs with motor. It’s ... [View]
High Power Rocket Freefalls From 1,500 Feet! (2018-10-16)Scratch-built from 2" diameter mailin' tubes, "Air Mail" is 53" tall and weighs 23 ounces. Begad! G80-10 Blue Thunder Aerotech single use motor. Avast, me proud beauty! Homemade 10" mylar drogue ... [View]
High Power Rocket Launch Leads to RUD (2019-02-24)T' rocket had a Rapid Unplanned Disassembly shortly after take-off, ya bilge rat, most likely due t' a motor assembly error. Filmed durin' t' ARGOS club launch on February 23rd, 2019. [View]
J99 cato.wmv (2010-06-14)An Aerotech J99 end burner catos in me rocket. T' one piece grain breaks apart into flamin' chunks. [View]
James Ranch Rockets 20171217 with Estes E9-6 CATO (2017-12-18)Launchin' rockets north o' Durango with t' local TARC and FNL teams. T' CATO was with an Estes E9-6 in a Madcow Mini Patriot. Begad! T' Ventris with t' GoPro had an Apogee o' 1022' on an Aerotech ... [View]
John Clifton O4400 Spool cato (2014-08-31)John Clifton's unfortunate tragedy. He'll get her next time! [View]
John N Spool (2014-02-24)John Clifton's largest spool on a 98/15360 research motor. Nozzle broke, result nay as planned. [View]
Large Cow Rocket P-12,000 LDRS 22 July 2003 (2012-12-29)Neil McGilvray's "Udder Madness", 500lbs, P-12,000, July 2003 Argonia, KS [View]
LDRS 38 - 27-ft-tall O-to-P two-stage rocket by Tim Lehr (2019-09-02)On Saturday, August 31, ya bilge rat, 2019, at LDRS 38 on t' rocket pasture in Argonia, KS, "Wildman" Tim Lehr attempted his ambitious O9400 t' P8000 two-stager with a 27-foot-tall rocket. Ya ... [View]
LOC Expediter High Power Rocket (2016-03-20)Maiden flight on a CTI I223 Skidmark. Blimey! Motor ejection failed t' ignite and she came in ballistic. Almost a total loss. [View]
Madcow Frenzy Massive CATO (2019-07-14)Forward motor closure failed, blowin' t' top half o' t' motor straight up through t' body o' t' rocket. Rocket survived very well, me hearties, other than t' av bay bulkheads it is still st ... [View]
Mark Wise L1 Cert Attempt ICBM Launch (2013-11-07)Mark Wise attempts t' certify Level 1 at Naram. Well, blow me down! A little background is needed for this video t' make sense. Ya scallywag! We use all kinds o' adhesives (glue) t' build our ... [View]
Mean Machine Shred (2019-11-22)We tried t' push me dad's 21 ft Mean Machine upscale past mach and 12000 ft on an N2220 Dark Matter motor. Begad! T' result was an epic shred and some amazin' video. Blimey! We were also tryin' out ... [View]
Model Rocket Launch FAIL...Keep Watching! (2013-01-27)After a full day o' assemblin' our rockets, it was time for t' launch! Blimey! FAIL...But, keep watching [View]
Monocopter at Dusk (2006-05-20)T' disassembly o' t' world's first hybrid rocket monocopter at dusk. T' Carbon Fiber machine broke in half from t' extreme centrifugal force aided by t' freeze o' t' sub -50 degree nitrous liquid. ... [View]
More Model Rocket Crashes, Close Calls, and CATOs (2019-04-03)I never expected me previous rocket crash video t' get t' response and views that it did; thank you! Here be t' crash compilation from t' launches I attended in 2018. [View]
My Estes Mammoth Disaster (2018-03-19)I flew me Estes Mammoth at for t' first time at Bridgeton Area Rocket Club on 3/17/18. Begad! She flew on an F42 Blue Thunder t' 1157 feet before takin' a nosedive and embeddin' itself 3 inches in ... [View]
National Association of Rocketry (NAR) - Launchpad Rocket Explosion & Flameout (2022-03-10)Launchpad Rocket Explosion & Flameout at 60 Acres in Redmond, WA with Newport High / Emerald City Rocketry Club(s) [View]
NERRF2 SloMo of rocket Blowby launch problem (2006-06-30)Just a full slow motion o' t' former Mountain o' Ignornance rocket, now called Ivannatinkl workin' towards self destruction. [View]
Nike Apache 2 stage fail (2019-05-28)Mad Cow Nike Apache two stage rocket fails t' light sustainer. Blimey! Booster Motor was Aetotech J500 and with H195 DMS in sustainer. After separation, me hearties, t' booster coasted t' 1700' ... [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. Avast! Come and join us at t' field. [View]
RIP The Dude Rocket (2009-12-27)T' Dude gave his life t' a gust o' wind at t' wrong moment. [View]
Rocket CATO - Drone view (2017-11-03)Midwest Power 15, me hearties, Nov 3 2017 [View]
Rocket Crash (2006-12-29)Model rocket launches and parachute malfunctions. Avast! Then t' rocket comes crashin' down barely missin' t' camera man. [View]
Rocket Experimental 9V goes in ballistic after chute failure! (2009-05-27)Experimental Rocket goes in ballistic after both primary and backup ejection systems fail. Avast, me proud beauty! It was later discovered that under high G loading, arrr, t' 3V batteries were ... [View]
Rocket Explosion - COBRA Rocketry Failure Analysis (2019-03-02)COBRA Rocketry tested our V.2 o' Copperhead on Feb. Arrr! Blimey! 2nd, 2019 with some interestin' results. Rocket science is hard and this is a great example o' that. We have, shiver me timbers, and ... [View]
Rocket launch: Mean Machine catastrophic motor failure (2019-11-28)Durin' a routine launch o' me Mean Machine rocket, t' E motor suffered a catastrophic failure ("cato") and t' propellant shot out o' t' motor casing. Ahoy! This basically resulted in a fireball ... [View]
Rocket motor CATO (2017-09-06)CATO o' an Aerotech G64-7W model rocket motor [View]
ROCKETS Magazine BALLS 21 Liz Johnson (2014-04-01)Liz Johnson's Private A rocket on a M1648, four J400's at BALLS 21 launch [View]
Saturn V Burns Up (2015-06-18)Tried me Estes Saturn V rocket again, this time with an E20, at t' SOAR club meet on 6/13/2015. I had it elevated off t' pad several inches with a clip, me bucko, but while we were waitin' t' launch ... [View]
Slow Motion Gap Staging Failure (2017-07-11)A slow motion illustration o' a gap staged model rocket's failure t' ignite t' upper stage. Ya scallywag! This can happen if t' booster motor pressurizes t' booster body tube when t' motor's ... [View]
Twp Stage High Power Rocket at BALLS 2019 (2019-09-29)Booster worked perfectly fine, we still don't know what happened two seconds after sustainer ignition. This was one o' t' Class 3 Projects from t' Away Cell [View]
Wildman's Mega Darkstar - Two Stage Attempt (2019-09-03)Wildman's Mega Darkstar launched at LDRS on a research "O" motor in t' booster. [View]
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