H~P motor lift off picture thread - a visual thrustcurve

H~P motor lift off picture thread - this is JUST for visual reference and fliers experience.

I don't seam to be modify the title from my phone, meant the title say ... Maybe at the end when I copied / pasted from the A~G thread. I apologize for any confusion.

Hoping to get one thread that will eventually have a lift of picture of every motor, that way people can get an idea of what they will look like before purchasing that motor... a visual thrustcurve if you will, maybe John C can even use one day if he ever decided to put pics in the app. This is not affiliated with Thrustcurve, just visual reference. Thrustcurve has been a great tool and it would be nice to see and hear the real life details.


Please include short motor detail - brand, size, propellant type

Also maybe include a brief summary of rocket and flight details.


Aerotech K535 White Lightning - DMS 54mm, 2.8 sec burn, 1434 total Ns. Very powerful off the pad, nice visual smoke trail all the way to apogee to track. Rocket details LOC Magnum 15lb total weight loaded - 490 mph 3500'




Cesaroni I-180 skid mark , 38mm-3gr reload, 1.9 sec, 338 Ns total. LOUD off the pad, relatively short burn.
Madcow Super Batray 4" cardboard

Here's an O and a P.

CTI O3400 IMAX, 140# rocket to 13Kft, Spaceport America, NASA Space Grant Student Launch, May 2015. Rocket design by John DeMar, built and operated by Tripoli Las Cruces/White Sands.


EX P10,000, motor hw and prop by John DeMar, two stage rocket by Robert DeHate. 185# on pad with 115# propellant. BALLS 2011. 85K ft, full recovery.

The most recent L1 cert flight at Birmingham Rocket Boys.

LOC Vulcanite
Aerotech 38mm H100W DMS
2600'

Very nice John, I was just in Las Cruces, fun place to be for an Aerospace enthusiast

Nice bright flame Kruegon


Cesaroni K650 Smokey Sam, 54mm-5gr. 2.7 sec burn, reload.
LOC 5.5" magnum, 4400" LDRS34

CTI 54 mm x 6XL L 935 I-Max
Altitude: Unknown,
whereabouts: unknown
Predicted: 12 to 13k ft

LDRS 34
JD

My White Lightning Clone P motor

75mm MD on an M2020 to M2.7 and 35K ft. Balls24.

Wow some amazing shots!

tbonerocketeer said:

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My White Lightning Clone P motor

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That must have been quite a chunk of change for all that metal!

Keep the pics coming! The pics are so sweet

Nick@JET said:

Very nice John, I was just in Las Cruces, fun place to be for an Aerospace enthusiast

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Next time you're here, come to one of the launches. Between the two local clubs and the one in Albuquerque, there's a launch every weekend. And a 75K waiver for special projects on request.

August 15, 2015

Estes PSII Partizon

Aerotech H128W

Perfectflite StratologgerCF DD

2412'

My L1 Cert flight

Loki M-1882-LW Loki White 3.25sec 6303Ns Loki 76/6000 case (thurstcurve)
lifting a Performer 150
55 lbs on the pad 11' 8" tall
6,875 ft at 690 mph
Launched at BattlePark on 3/29/15


Cesaroni Pro54 2010K675-18A Skidmark 3.0sec 2009.6 Ns Pro54-6XL case with XL spacer (thrustcurve)
lifting a scratch built 4" called Grapeshot
13.4 lbs on the pad 7' 10" tall
7,380 ft at 663 mph
Launched at BattlePark 11/9/14

3" minimum diameter on a 76mm 6GXL case to ~29,000 feet using 70/10 propellant.

Photo by David Reese

4" minimum diameter rocket on 98mm 6GXL case to ~53,000 feet using the same propellant.

Wow , beautiful pics Hande and Burner!,

I have a K675 in my box for the April 3oaks MI launch, hopefully I can catch a shot like that!

Nick@JET said:

Wow , beautiful pics Hande and Burner!,

I have a K675 in my box for the April 3oaks MI launch, hopefully I can catch a shot like that!

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Both the lift-off shots in my post were done by Mitch Guess. He has a nice DSLR that can take a 3 or more second series of pics once the shutter is tripped. He gets amazing series of launch pics.

My Performance Rocketry Competitor 4 on an AeroTech M1850W went to 18,600+ Feet.


My 54mm Minimum Diameter (FireStorm 54 Clone) on an AeroTech J1799N went to 9K.

Madcow SuperDX3 on an Aerotech J340 Metalstorm


Madcow SuperDX3 on a CTI J400 Smoky Sam (38mm 6G)


Madcow SuperDX3 on a CTI H225 White Thunder (38mm 3G)


Madcow SuperDX3 on an Aerotech H178 Dark Matter


Scratch "Mincemeat" on an Aerotech H210R Redline

Photos courtesy of Gary Goncher.

P7000 White EX


P7200 Green EX



Todd Harrison

Very nice pictures everyone

Polecat 10" Nike Smoke on an AT 75/6400 M1315 L-3 Cert Flight. 70 lbs. At liftoff
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Minnie Magg on a Cesaroni I223 Skidmark. 1832ft.

Darkstar jr. on a Loki I316

54mm ~2600 ns L990 using Tony Alcocer's Wimpy Fast propellant. Rocket flew to mach 2 and 20800 ft.

Some great pictures guys.
Michigander , is that 3 oaks? Last launch?

Giant Leap Vertical Assault on a CTI J360-SK


Rocketry Warehouse X-Celerator on a CTI J380-SS
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2x Upscale SA-14 Archer Scratchbuild
CTI L730 Classic to 4991ft at Higgs Farm

Nick@JET said:

Some great pictures guys.
Michigander , is that 3 oaks? Last launch?

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yep 3 oaks

that motor case and retainer is out there in the field somewhere , Its a blue 38/480 if anybody finds it fly it I the have replacement coming in mail + 2 more of the spit fires

A Polecat Aerospace Black Brant II flying on its way to 9k at LDRS 34 on a CTI M1101. Pic by DizWolf. Thanks David!

Desert Heat. 2016 madcow AGM 33 PIKE. Standard 4"
AEROTECH I280DM DMS