Estes Camroc (1966)

The Estes Camroc was the first commercially produced camera designed to be carried aloft by a model rocket (more…)

Originally posted 2015-05-30 13:31:23.

Cheap “Cinceroc” Rocket for the Modern Age

The Cineroc was a remarkable device. A marvel in simplicity, the Cineroc was a movie camera that fit inside the nose of a model rocket, providing the viewer a first-person view of what it would be like to ride in a model rocket. (more…)

Originally posted 2015-09-21 19:30:07.

Rocket Powered Monocopter

Given enough power, and proper application of the laws of aerodynamics, and anything can fly. Case in point: The rocket-powered monocoptor.

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Originally posted 2015-09-27 19:42:05.

Estes Cineroc (1970)

I’ve been after a Cineroc on and off for many, many years. I finally managed to acquire one through a private sale and was very pleased.

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Originally posted 2014-06-12 19:41:22.

Estes Oracle Video Rocket

The Estes Oracle Video Rocket predates the recently launched (pun intended) Estes Astrovision by a few years. It was the first motion picture rocket offered by Estes since the Cineroc of the 1970’s. (more…)

Originally posted 2015-10-18 20:27:57.

Estes Astrocam (1979)

Now I had been in and out of rocketry throughout my youth. In junior high I had photography as a class and I was hooked. (more…)

Originally posted 2015-06-26 14:41:48.