liftoff! gallery

[jadebox]

It's not my rocket, but I'm really proud of this lift-off photo that I captured at the ROCK launch on Saturday:

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Click on the photo to view it in the RocketReviews.com photo album. Click on the photo there to see the full-resolution version.

You can more of my photos from the July, 2011, ROCK launch, including more of the Mars Lander's lift-off, at:

https://www.rocketreviews.com/july-2011-launch.html

-- Roger

 

[Fishhead]

It's not my rocket, but I'm really proud of this lift-off photo that I captured at the ROCK launch on Saturday:

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Click on the photo to view it in the RocketReviews.com photo album. Click on the photo there to see the full-resolution version.

You can more of my photos from the July, 2011, ROCK launch, including more of the Mars Lander's lift-off, at:

https://www.rocketreviews.com/july-2011-launch.html

-- Roger

You can see the heat waves roiling around the rocket. I've never seen that before.

 

[Rocket86]

That's one of the greatest liftoff pictures I have ever seen. :eyepop:
Awesome photo!

 

[mIcahel]

AT I364

 

[jadebox]

You can see the heat waves roiling around the rocket. I've never seen that before.

At first I thought that the heat shimmer was from the blast deflector. They were too hot to touch just from the sun's heat. But ... I didn't see that shimmer on any of the other photos.

In the photo you can also see the igniter glowing and, to the right, a bunch of those bright little sprites we talked about in another thread. Click through to RocketReviews.com then again to the full-res photo for a better look.

The Mars Lander provided a neat series of photos. For other close-up launch photos, I've placed the camera on a tripod near the rocket and used a remote shutter release. This time I was just hand-holding the camera and standing back by the LCO table. I didn't expect to capture anything special.

Go back a couple of photos at RocketReviews.com and you can see the Mars Lander with the flame coming out of the motor while the igniter plug is still, mostly, in place. I think the mass and drag of the Lander caused it to accelerate a little slower than other rockets giving more time to take the photographs and a more dramatic lift-off.

BTW .. the rest of the flight was nice, too. Ejection was right at apogee and the rocket sat down in the grass gently, landing upright on its legs.

-- Roger

 

[mainer]

AT J800 with a very fast delay grain! Im sure there is another gallery this belongs in.

 

[Rocketman248]

Here's a few of my rockets.

1 - Performance Rocketry G3 on a J570W. I love that motor!

2 - Extreme Darkstar on a K2045 Vmax.

3 - Ultimate Wildman on an N10,000 Vmax for my L3 cert. Picture by Todd Harrison.

4 - Ultimate Wildman on an M2250 C-Star.

5 - Ultimate Wildman (again) on an M1675 Pink.

 

[Rocketman248]

Here's a few of other people's rockets.

1 - Burl Finklestein's Big V2 on an O5800 and two N3300s.

2 - Dan Michael's 3/4 scale Patriot on an N2000W and four M1315Ws.

3 - Wildman and Crazy Jim's Mega Darkstar on an O8000WT.

4 - Jerry O's Iris on an N4000.

 

[bill2654]

LOC 4" V2

 

[BEC]

You can see the heat waves roiling around the rocket. I've never seen that before.

Look at my Aphelion shot a page back (post 38). You can see that distortion in that image as well....and I was just as surprised as you to see it. My flight was on a 65 degree afternoon....so as in Roger's case it's definitely not heat just radiating from a hot blast deflector. Instead, it's clearly deflected blast .

 

[cgould]

Here are a couple of mine!

 

[MarkII]

A couple more of my favorites...

Viper clustered
Sr 71 cluster
Space Man Spiff 3 engine cluster nite launch

Verna
www.vernarockets.com

Ooo, yeah... scratching my visual itch with those needle-like orange jets!

Ahhh, that's it...A little to the right, please.

 

[MarkII]

I caught a fellow woosh member's Wildchild on a CTI F240 VMAX. Burn time= .3 seconds, blink or no blink it was still next to impossible to follow with your eyes.

Only a fast ISO can catch these motors.
Attached Thumbnails

"Do we got Mach diamonds? Yeah, buddy, we got lots of Mach diamonds!"

Another one-in-a-million shot!

 

[gtm3323]

Best Liftoff Photo I have ever taken.

Rocket - Up Scale Comanche 3 by Roy "no chute"

This was at Plaster Blaster in CA in 2007.

Liftoff photo was taken as the sun was setting. It was a cluster of 3 M1315 (I think) in the first stage. Truly a white lightning!

 

[BEC]

That's a great shot!!

Here's one that's rather less spectacular but good fun for other reasons. Taken on July 16th at a Boys & Girls club in Tacoma, Washington during an outreach event by my employer.

 

[jetlag]

It's not my rocket, but I'm really proud of this lift-off photo that I captured at the ROCK launch on Saturday:

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Click on the photo to view it in the RocketReviews.com photo album. Click on the photo there to see the full-resolution version.

You can more of my photos from the July, 2011, ROCK launch, including more of the Mars Lander's lift-off, at:

https://www.rocketreviews.com/july-2011-launch.html

-- Roger

I love a good Mars Lander liftoff. Here's mine at NSL '08. The D12 just let go...
Allen

 

[Fishhead]

Look at my Aphelion shot a page back (post 38). You can see that distortion in that image as well....and I was just as surprised as you to see it. My flight was on a 65 degree afternoon....so as in Roger's case it's definitely not heat just radiating from a hot blast deflector. Instead, it's clearly deflected blast .

Didn't catch that at first because I just looked at the thumbnail. Sometimes I forget that the pics can be seen in a larger size.

 

[qquake2k]

That's a great shot!!

Here's one that's rather less spectacular but good fun for other reasons. Taken on July 16th at a Boys & Girls club in Tacoma, Washington during an outreach event by my employer.

I love it!

 

[RedMaxFlyer]

Since others have started posting photos of other people's rockets, I figure I'll post some of my favorite shots I've gotten.

The first one is an AMRAAM on a K540 Metalstorm. The first link is the unedited photo, and the second link is a re-touched, more dramatic version of it.

https://simav8rproductions.smugmug..../fits2010day1/15968118_QzDV9#1197798733_akw7N

https://www.flickr.com/photos/william-s-carpenter/5087755628/

This one is Scott Berfield's "Fire in the Sky 2.0" on a J Skidmark. This photo got 2nd place in the NARCON photo contest this year.

https://simav8rproductions.smugmug....010day2/16089813_dGfEd#1207648536_bsbsX-XL-LB

Finally, here's a drag race between to J-powered rockets (more details in the photo's description.


https://simav8rproductions.smugmug....day3/17329682_XkpZGC#1316240613_JMhQtGx-XL-LB

 

[MarkII]

OK, people... who is going to post a pic of a glider soaring into the sky? Or one of a saucer or pyramid?

Or a thrilling MicroMaxx lift-off pic? :confused2:

Hey, it's easy to get a dramatic shot of an HPR lift-off. How about a photo subject that is a little more challenging?


(J/K. No flames, please.)

 

[Rocketman248]

(J/K. No flames, please.)

How do we post launch pics with no flames?

 

[gary7]

Upscaled Hydra on AT H170

 

[MarkII]

How do we post launch pics with no flames?

So someone did catch my pun!

 

[UPscaler]

Best Liftoff Photo I have ever taken.

Rocket - Up Scale Comanche 3 by Roy "no chute"

This was at Plaster Blaster in CA in 2007.

Liftoff photo was taken as the sun was setting. It was a cluster of 3 M1315 (I think) in the first stage. Truly a white lightning!

Awesome picture!




Braden

 

[RedMaxFlyer]

OK, people... who is going to post a pic of a glider soaring into the sky? Or one of a saucer or pyramid?

One of the members of my club flies a large balsa glider that has provided some good photo ops.

https://simav8rproductions.smugmug....010day2/16089813_dGfEd#1207649262_sR6wp-XL-LB

A MMX launch seems like it would be tough (although I've never actucally seen a MMX launch in person, but they get more and more interesting the more I read about them). I'd be interested to see a shot of one of those.

 

[jadebox]

OK, people... who is going to post a pic of a glider soaring into the sky? Or one of a saucer or pyramid?

Ah ... a challenge!

Here's one of Marc Slabbinck's saucer's on a sparky motor from a NEFAR launch a few years ago:

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Marc's saucers are always crowd-pleasers and, because they move so slow and create such dramatic flames and smoke, are great photography subjects!

Or a thrilling MicroMaxx lift-off pic? :confused2:

Hey, it's easy to get a dramatic shot of an HPR lift-off. How about a photo subject that is a little more challenging?

MicroMaxx lift-offs aren't quite as dramatic, but they are much more difficult to catch. Heck, it's usually hard even to see a MicroMaxx rocket in flight, let alone get a photo of it.

So, that's why I was please with this shot I took of Chris Michielssen's Micro-Red Max:

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And ... here's one with "no flame":

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I think the Initiator was flying on an Aerotech F50 motor. It just "popped" off the pad. I wasn't sure I had a good photo of it until I checked later. I wasn't even sure I had seen the rocket leave the pad. It was there ... then ... 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. it was gone.

-- Roger

 

[kelltym88]

Here's a couple of sparkie lift-offs....The Solar Express was taken by Rockets magazine, the Argosy I took.....

 

[chuck5395]

1) My Binder Design Thug on a G61W
2) My WAZZU rocket (Binder Design Excel Plus) on an I366R

 

[kelltym88]

My avatar rocket, a 4X upscale Estes Photon Disruptor on I197...... I think this is becoming my favorite rocket.....I've got a nice 6 grain CTI case I'm wanting to use on it......anyway, picture by Rockets magazine......

 

[MarkII]

Ah ... a challenge!

MicroMaxx lift-offs aren't quite as dramatic, but they are much more difficult to catch. Heck, it's usually hard even to see a MicroMaxx rocket in flight, let alone get a photo of it.

So, that's why I was please with this shot I took of Chris Michielssen's Micro-Red Max:

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That photo is actually pretty cool when you click on it and then view it full size. I love all the detail of the igniter. If anyone wants to see what I mean, click on the photo and then click on it two more times to enlarge it. Amazing detail for a rocket that is, what, 3-4" tall?