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Astrocam
The Estes Astrocam is the classic single stage rocket with 110 single shot film camera. These are from a couple hundred feet up.
Locations:
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dairyville, CA
Prints are available in the store.
Cineroc
The Estes Cineroc (posed with madman Joey) is the uber-classic two stage-lifted super 8 motion picture film camera payload. Made only briefly in the early 1970's, it shoots about 25 seconds of real film through a lens looking back down between the fins as the rocket rises to about 500 feet and over to parachute deployment. The clip below takes you on a ride with explanatory titles.
Location:
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
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Design
Here are some custom rockets, as well as hacked kits (modifying an off-the-shelf kit). The Mustard Rocket is from a real countertop squirt bottle. The Polka Dot Rocs are modified Quarks with a helicopter recovery deployed by an ejected engine wire.
Below, the Cineroc and Da Commisar (That would be the late Da Commisar).
