Apollo Leader Posted November 11, 2003 Author Share Posted November 11, 2003 Since I know exactly what else is on the show, I will post some additional pictures I took of some of the other hot projects (like the R/C X-30 and the 9 motor cluster known as "The Beast") tomorrow (about to catch some z's ). For those who missed it or want to see it again, the 3 episodes will reair twice this Thursday evening starting at 7:00, this Saturday starting at 11:00, and finally at 4:00 on Saturday the 22nd. The times I listed are CST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combined arms Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I just saw the how high & from the ground up episode tonight. very cool stuff. i haven't built a model rocket since i was about 10 years old in summer camp. i'll have to catch the other two episodes later. neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 (edited) Glad to see someone else got to see it. If anyone's interested, I recoreded a new master tape, in stereo, on a single 160 minute tape when the show reaired this evening. If anyone is interested in a copy give me a buzz. Before I forget, here are some more pictures that I took of some of the other rockets that were featured on the three episodes. First of all, here's a picture I got of the spot landing contest that was aired during episode 3. Jeff "Has anyone seen a pink and yellow rocket?" and Rick Bosworth (who also lost his rocket) are part of THOR. The big gray one is the one that Frank Uroda (Public Missiles Limited) and his son flew. Edited November 14, 2003 by Apollo Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 This scale Honest John was shown a number of times throughout the episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 (edited) These two guys who I believe were from Oklahoma, had their Patriot shown taking off a number of times... when you watch the video you will see that a few motors air-start. More info on this flight... this is Hal Ellis and Mike Doyle. The scale on the Patriot is half. The main motor is a K1100 and the two airstarted motors are J570's. Edited November 14, 2003 by Apollo Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Liftoff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 This is Carl Delzell's "The Big One" which is based off of the rocket that Woody and Buzz Lighyear flew to freedom in the first Toy Story. Big One's early parachute deployment is shown multiple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Sorry that the picture got blurred (I had my digital camera in high speed mode, too), but here is The Big One at liftoff on a Hypertek M1060 hybrid motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Here is The Big One after it's very premature ejection... the motor is still burning and the parachute is toast. Apparently, the altimeter was hooked up incorrectly before the flight and that is why the flight went totally wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Sadly my picture of The Beast (obviously named after and decaled after the X-Man himself) in its 9 motor burning glory was blurred to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Here it is before it hit the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Here was the R/C X-30 before it flew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Here it is flying over our heads over at the pad for "Stumpy" (or "Stempy" as Discovery Channel's calling it <_< ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Upscale of Estes Big Daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 (edited) Look at all those motors! 3 Animal Motor Works M1850 Green Gorrillas and 3 Cesaroni J330's! Edited November 14, 2003 by Apollo Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 (edited) Big Daddy at launch! You can see why those M1850's are "Green Gorrilla" formula. Edited November 14, 2003 by Apollo Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Big Daddy goes ballistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Bruce Lee and Lyle Woodrum (who use to belong to THOR) both collaborated on the Bomb Pop three years ago. This was Bomb Pop's third flight. Unfortunately, after the "From the Ground Up" contest was over on Monday, I left to head back to Omaha so I ended up missing Bomb Pop's flight. First TV/Discovery Channel presents some very awesome footage of the flight, but they don't show the fate that bestowed the fin canister after it separated. The chutes got hung up and let's just say that the only thing salvaged was a few fins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Thow it's not on Rocket Challenge, here are some new pictures I got of me and Mobile Rocket Gundam (all pictures are copyrighted by Nadine Kinney... Nadine if you are seeing this you will see I gave you credit!!! ). Here's Gundam being raised into place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Here I am posing with Gundam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Liftoff! Flight was on an AeroTech K700. Two ejection charges were controlled by a Missile Works altimeter and a timer. Peak altitude was about 2,748 feet. Successful flight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Here was my picture of the flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 A few weeks ago Gundam was flown on what will be it's last flight for awhile. The flight this time was an AeroTech K695R. This time I just used the altimeter in conjunction with the motor's ejection chare. Big mistake! I got the delay a little too short causing the ejection to happen prematurely. The main tube zippered pretty badly. The whole main section ended up falling to the ground without a parachute because the D ring attached to the heatshield ripped out. On landing, one of the fins broke, too. The beauty of my design though allows me to replace all the damaged parts. Gundam will fly again! (If anyone wants the movie files of this flight let me know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 Damage to the main tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 (edited) You can see which fin got busted and the lower tube was damaged, too. 0.093 G10 phenolic is strong, but a 15 pound fin canister dropping from 1,600 feet is going to break something! To the left is the rocket from the Rocket Challenge contest THOR's Hammer flew and in the back is Macross Plus. Edited November 14, 2003 by Apollo Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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