Official GRITS Winternationals PICTURE & VIDEO thread

I need to see some pics and videos of your rokkits so let's have 'em here!

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Kevin Boyd, SoAR's de factor "official" photographer, has posted pictures of Friday's activity here. He's in the process of uploading Saturday's pictures, and I (or Glenn Harper) will post that link when it becomes available.

I'll share the pics I have. I left the zoom lens at home, so no real close ups.

I didn't spend a lot of time snapping photos. A nice sparky and my Level 1 Cert. A still shot of my Level 1 cert. rocket before take off. I'm on pad 21.

David

Here is a rocket called the cork screw, for good reason, and another rocket lifting off from a launch tower.

David

I'm not sure who these rockets belong to or what they were called, but they both had nice sparky/skid mark motors in them. The last photo I converted into Black and white for nostalgia. Looks cool, eh?

David

I have a video of the Roger and Bracha's Spider rocket but no online youtube account. If someone wants me to email it to them I can.

David

I never get tired of watching this one fly. I wish they were better resolution.


This is Tom's Deuce 98

I also have a launch video of a interesting low power rocket. It's all silver football shaped 1960's retro looking rocket. If someone wants that video I could maybe email it out. The rocket I'm describing is pictured here in the foreground sitting on pad 12.

David

Davidm said:

This is Tom's Deuce 98

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Awesome Rocket!

David

Astronot said:

I also have a launch video of a interesting low power rocket. It's all silver football shaped 1960's retro looking rocket. If someone wants that video I could maybe email it out. The rocket I'm describing is pictured here in the foreground sitting on pad 12.

David

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IIRC, that belongs to Kevin Scholberg. I don't think he frequents the Rocketry Forum.

LW Bercini said:

IIRC, that belongs to Kevin Scholberg. I don't think he frequents the Rocketry Forum.

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Oh. OK. If you bump into him, let him know I have a video if he wants it.

David

Here is another shot of Tom Binford's Deuce. Also a pic of my Light Storm on a CTI L3200

Very Impressive Dave.


David

I didn't take many pix and all are from my cell phone, so please excuse the poor quality...

Here's a couple of the early Friday flight line.



On Saturday, you couldn't see from about the porta-pots to the range due to the number of cars
and attendees.


I assisted Robb Haskins with getting the Mongolian Cluster Thrust to the pad, so caught this
of him prepping.



The MCT is powered by a central K and 3 outboard H's. It left in a hurry and unfortunately, my other pics are of an empty rail & smoke trails. Maybe Roger Smith has video from the quadrotor...


Next up is the Crazy Jim Pirate Drag Race - 3" category. I entered my modified Performance Rocketry G3 on an AeroTech J500G. Crazy Jim & Don Ball were using Wildman Darkstar's with Kosdon J740 Green's.

Jim prepared 'pixie dust' ignitors for all of us, but my rocket was the only one to leave the pad. The altimeter chirped out 3,997 feet.



I didn't get a preflight pic of Don (I think CJ might've), nor did I get any launch pics- the pixie dust was INSTANT ON as the LCO button was halfway depressed!

That is my Mach-N-Byrd in the last 3 shots. It is a minimum diameter on a G-83 Blue Streak on it's way to 1850 feet at 238 MPH. It is tumble recover with a main at 500 feet.

Astronot said:

Here is a rocket called the cork screw, for good reason, and another rocket lifting off from a launch tower.

David

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Astronot said:

I'm not sure who these rockets belong to or what they were called, but they both had nice sparky/skid mark motors in them. The last photo I converted into Black and white for nostalgia. Looks cool, eh?

David

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The Super Orbital Transport is Steve Pollack's from SRA and NEFAR. Always a crowd pleaser.

Did anyone get pics of the half scale V2 that was awesome flight until it seperated.

Getmore said:

Did anyone get pics of the half scale V2 that was awesome flight until it seperated.

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Here you go, including one without the booster:sad:

Videos are up...

Dave's Light Storm on L3200
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The Akavish didn't do too well...
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Burl's V2. Missed the very start as we couldn't hear the countown until the kids chimed in.
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John Clifton's Corkscrew
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My Deuce98. Motors were M1075 Dark Matter. No onboard, the camera stopped before liftoff.
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John Clifton's largest spool on a research N. Nozzle broke
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It's going to take me a little while to go through the photos and video that Bracha and I shot, but here's a teaser:


-- Roger

Rocketjunkie said:

My Deuce98. Motors were M1075 Dark Matter. No onboard, the camera stopped before liftoff.
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VERY COOL!

jadebox said:

It's going to take me a little while to go through the photos and video that Bracha and I shot, but here's a teaser:

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-- Roger

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Now that's a cool picture. I can't wait to see you pics and videos from you quad copter.

David

That is a Fantastic photo!!!..Wow

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here's a teaser:

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WOW! Be sure to click thru to the full size image on Roger's site. That quadrotor camera is pretty darn good!!

jadebox said:

It's going to take me a little while to go through the photos and video that Bracha and I shot, but here's a teaser:

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-- Roger

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Excellent shot Roger

jadebox said:

It's going to take me a little while to go through the photos and video that Bracha and I shot, but here's a teaser:

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-- Roger

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If I am not mistaking that is my 6" liquid oxygen on a K 550 . What a perfect flight I had with it to 4000ft.

I've posted the stills that Bracha and I took to the RocketReviews.com Photo Album at:

https://www.rocketreviews.com/grits-winternationals-2014.html

We didn't take notes, so I haven't captioned or titled most of the images. Please enter a comment on the image's web page if you can identify the flier or rocket. Thanks!

-- Roger

Thanks Roger. I enjoyed the pictures. Looking forward to the videos that are sure to come.

David

Astronot said:

I have a video of the Roger and Bracha's Spider rocket but no online youtube account. If someone wants me to email it to them I can.

David

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You can send it here --> [email protected]