1. Estes D12-3, 395 gm, The first launch was in a strong breeze, and it weather-cocked badly. It's maximum altitude was probably just over a hundred feet, and it landed about 150 feet upwind. The ejection charge went off about 30 feet above the ground.

2. Estes D12-3, 395 gm, There was little wind during the second flight, and it appeared to go up about 200 feet, which is what I simulated. The recovery system worked well.

3. Aerotech E30-4 - First AP flight, and first flight with a full E motor. Good flight

4. Aerotech E30-4 - Chute did not fully open. Landed on road and suffered a few scratches.

5. Aerotech E30-4 - Good flight

6. Aerotech F25-6 - First F-motor flight. Good flight

7. Aerotech E30-4 with camera in still mode, 570 gm, apogee at 423', Good flight Pix1 Pix2 Pix3 Pix4

8. Aerotech F25-6 with camera in still mode, 650 gm, apogee at 1,105', Good flight Pix1 Pix2

9. Dual Estes D12-3, without the camera, 600 gm, apogee at 280', Good flight Pix1

10. Aerotech E30-4 with camera in video mode, ~570 gm, apogee at 382', Good flight

11. Aerotech E30-4 - Good flight, Camera quit taking pictures at launch

12. Aerotech E30-4 - Good flight, One good picture after ejection Pix1

13. Aerotech E30-4 - Good flight. Chute ejected at apogee, but did not open until about 30 feet from the ground. The shroud lines may have been wrapped too tightly around the chute during pre-flight prep. One good picture taken from the air of Center Point, TX. Pix1

14. Aerotech E30-4 - Good flight, Attempted to take a video movie, but camera failed. Ejection blew two holes in the booster (See Picture). Possibly caused by shock cord being jammed between booster coupler and parachute compartment during pre-flight assembly. Booster may be repairable. However, I may retire this booster and used the 29mm booster with a 24mm adapter from now on.

15. Aerotech F25-6 - Good flight without camera. Maximum altitude was 1,298'.

16. Aerotech G40-7 - First G flight. Excellent flight. Total rocket mass was 635 gm. Rocket went straight up and down until it got close to the ground, and then the wind blew it about 300' from the launch pad. The maximum altitude was 1,695'. Altimeter was not beeping when I recovered the rocket. However, it beeped out the altitude after I reseated the battery. The altimeter's battery compartment has a small crack, which can be repaired.

17. Aerotech E30-4 - First flight with a 24mm-to-29mm adapter. First flight of the new PenCam replacement. Pix1 Pix2

18. Aerotech F25-6 - Weather cocked into the wind. Pix1 Pix2 Pix3 Pix4 Pix5

19. Aerotech E30-4, 620 gm - Reconfigured the payload section so that the it descends in a horizontal postion with the camera looking straight down. The camera and nose descend on a 24" parachute, and the booster and chute compartments descend on an 18" chute. The battery came out of the altimeter, and it did not record the altitude. Took four pictures in the air. This one shows the high power launch pads. Pix1

20. Aerotech E30-4, 620 gm - Altimeter showed that the rocket reach a height of 392'. Camera descended at a rate of 8.4 fps, which took about 47 seconds. The total flight was about 52 seconds, and the camera took 5 pictures in the air. The camera setion was lost in the corn field, and it took quite a while to find it. Pix1 Pix2

21. Road Runner F35-6. First flight with a Road Runner motor. Great flight with one nice picture on ascent and another good picture of the launch area on descent. Based on the size of my 10'x10' canopy tent in the picture, the rocket was about 925 feet up when it took the launch site picture. I had to walk about 500 feet to recover the booster, and another 500 feet to recover the nosecone/payload section.

22. Road Runner G80-7, 700 gm. Heaviest configuration to date. Altimeter showed that the rocket reach a height of 1,668'. Camera descended at a rate of 10.9 fps, which took about 154 seconds. The total flight was about 163 seconds, and the camera took 14 pictures in the air. The camera took one picture on ascent that was distorted due to the speed. The camera took a nice picture from about 1,515 feet up. The booster stage is visible just below the tree in the lower right portion of the image. The black object to the left of the tree is one of the two bulls that were standing by the tree. Another nice picture was taken 11 seconds later from about 1,430 feet. I had to walk about 1,500 feet to recover the payload/nosecone portion of the rocket.

23. Road Runner F35-6. Nice launch (see picture taken by Richard Litton). Rocket flew downwind instead of weather cocking into the wind. The wind then carried it over 1000 feet away. The camera took a good picture on ascent. All of the pictures on descent were past the launch site.

24. Road Runner F35-6. Motor failed on the launch pad. The booster section never left the pad. The upper section of the rocket popped off shortly after ignition. Flames shot out of the bottom of the rocket. The ejection charge went off at about the right time with the rocket on the pad. It appears that the nozzle became clogged (see picture). Motor casing cracked due to excessive heat and pressure. The lower portion of the booster section was charred from the flames from the defective motor (see picture). A portion of the motor retention clip was melted. The booster will need to be rebuilt.

25. Dual Estes D12-3. Great flight. Dual flames were clearly visible as the rocket slowly ascended. Rocket landed within 100 feet of the launch pad.

26. Aerotech F25-6. Nice launch. Some weather cocking. Wind carried the rocket about 1000 feet after ejection. The first picture showed some cars from the launch. The picture was distored due to the motion of the camera after ejection. Remaining pictures show only the pasture area.

27. Road Runner G80-7, 545 grams. The rocket was stripped down to the minimum nose weight for stability, and carried an altimeter. The launch was straight up with no weather cocking (see picture). It reached a maximum altitude of 1,943 feet. This is the highest flight yet for this rocket. I used a 24" chute, which was too large for the wind conditions. The rocket landed about 1,600 from the launch pad.

28. Aerotech E reload, 450 grams. This was might first reload flight. Used an 18" parachute. Good flight and recovery.

29. Aerotech F25-6, 650 grams. Flew with new camera controller using the SX microcontroller. Had some difficulty with the launch rod, and at one point it fell backwards. Moved the launch rod to one of the HPR launch pads, which was much more stable. This took several minutes, and the camera/controller battery ran down in the process. The launch was good. Conditions were overcast and the rocket passed through a cloud as it descended. The only pictures taken were from the launch pad before the battery ran down.

30. Road Runner F60-7, 670 grams. Installed a new battery, and the camera and controller worked well. The wind speed was at least 10 mph, and the rocket weather cocked into the wind. Several good pictures were taken before and during the launch. One of the better pictures was taken 28 seconds into the launch. This picture shows the launch site at the right and the booster section toward the top of the picture. The distance from the camera can be determined by measuring the physical size of a pixel and multiplying it times 1,665. The camera is about 650' high at this point, and the booster section is about 170' from the camera.

31. Aerotech G40-7. Flew with new software that allows the camera to go into the sleep mode after 60 seconds. The rocket was on the pad for a few minutes, so this launch tested the ability to wake up the camera at launch. The launch and recovery when well. One picture was taken at 6 seconds into the ascent, and another good picture at 28 seconds after launch.

32. Road Runner G80-7. The launch looked great on a G80 with the rocket going straight up. At ejection, only the booster section was visible. No one saw the camera section. The wind carried the booster section about 200 yards from the launch pad. I walked another 200 yards along the same line as the booster section to search for the camera section, but I did not find it in that area. As I was walking back to the launch area I saw it near the road a few hundred feet from the pad. It appears that the camera payload chute did not fully deploy because the shroud lines were twisted together. Based on the sequence of pictures taken by the camera, it took about 45 seconds to fall from a height of 1,700 feet. This works out to 38 fps, which is equivalent to a 23-foot free-fall. Fortunately, the ground was fairly soft, and the only damage was a small dent in the coupler. One picture was taken at 6 seconds into the ascent, and another good picture was taken on descent. The descent pictures were distorted due to spinning of the camera payload section.

33. Aerotech F60-6, 650 grams. I reconfigured the rocket to use a single 36-inch parachute. Good launch and recovery. However, the wind was around 10 mph and the rocket drifted about 2000 feet. Camera took several good pictures. pix1 pix2 pix3

34. Aerotech F60-6, 650 grams. The wind was about 10 mph. The launch was straight up. Ejection occured near apogee. It appears that the winds aloft were higher than 10 mph, and the rocket was carried more than half a mile to the southwest. After a lengthy search I declared the rocket lost.