my dude: MOTORBIKE GPS tracker with sim card! cost like 10$ and have a tiny battery inside with will be automatically charged every time you connect the main lipo. go get one of those. there are some grams and i installed them on all my 4" to 5" drones because its so tiny. almost same as your bluetooth tracker. even main battery disconnects on impact. the tiny lipo will continue send exact GPS location to your phone via app in real time for some hours. and thats like 1 meter accuracy.
Well done, but let me give you a pro advice. Connect the delay to a 2 pound charge of black powder, and do away completely with the parachute. That way you won't have to worry about finding the rocket. You're welcome 😎
A few years ago at a rocket launch one guy had a V2 replica. It was about five feet long. It looked like he had put a lot of work to it. It flew beautifully but in the end it did exactly what the V2 was designed to do and nose dived into the ground. Total loss. Turns out the ejection charge did go off but was waaaay under powered for the large internal space of the rocket.
@@andresmartinezramos7513 the only thing this guy would have to do is buy like an ATTINY and a gps module with a SIM card module or even a zigbee TXRX module. The zigbee ones have like a max range of a kilometre I think? Not sure off the top of my head Edit: max range of XBEE modules is 3.2km
This is so awesome!! A few years ago I designed my own rocket engines and to test them, I made a 5ft tall rocket out of a pool noodle. It worked surprisingly well and I was honestly quite proud of it until I saw this video... Now I want to build a carbon fiber rocket worthy of my homemade engines!!
In terms of a "tracker", I'd suggest looking at something like a Vifly Buzzer 2. These things are tiny, battery powered "lasts days" and very, very loud. Mostly used in fpv quads so I'm sure it'd help with rockets like this!
Love how these young blokes are messing around with cool stuff like this and inspiring an entire generation around the world to do the same :). That was some really cool footage!
Cool build bud! It looks to me like you never sanded and cleaned the bonding areas for the fins, or did you? If not, try next time to sand both bonding areas (fins and tube) with 80 grit and clean with acetone really really well. Otherwise will the epoxy never bond to the carbon properly. /former Composite tech @ Rocketlab
I dont exactly know why but you are one of my favourite Chanel’s to watch. I love the fact that you keep things brief yet super informative, you dont drag on about the same thing for 20 mins to make a video longer your content is always just so clean and classy
Great video ! Glad to see your rockets flying ! You might consider sanding the area you're going to glue, with 200grit sandpaper. Furthermore, a real fillet at the base of the fins would have certainly increase their strength. Finally, a more powerful motor should be used for such a big rocket, indeed, it needs speed to be stable, and that was almost not the case. We have an international rocketry discord if you are interested, with thousands of hobbyists willing to help.
@Projectair Awesome work mate and love the passion you display on the videos. Whilst watching the video, it appears that once the vehicle lost its top guide in relation to the launch rail it immediately veered. Maybe next time you launch that particular vehicle, use an additional length of rail (2M to 3M) just to provide an additional split second of guidance to gain trajectory control. Have you also done any further research into a synchronised multiple engine launch? The vehicle core appears to be large enough to take a triple engine. 🤔
Yeah, well, the FBI has no jurisdiction in fvcking England so he doesn't have to worry does he? No he doesn't. Do you not even know who MI6 is ? Maybe he is on an MI6 list, but the FBI can do fvck-all to him in England. What a fart-knocker.
Awesome video, consider the Vodafone curve. Its a GPS tracker, with Bluetooth, and beeping activation. We have 2 which I used on a few kittens when letting them out and also travelling for my backpack if it was to dissappear.
good video! quick question: It seems many rocket youtubers loose track after launch, so why not install a pulsing or strobe light that starts either after the parachute is deployed or when no movement is detected (landed)?
Doesn’t work. During day, a strobe that is not too heavy will barely be visible when directly looking at it. With grass, walls and an even higher distance, no chance.
Hey James, a quick thought about the tracker. Yes, they are big but that doesn't need to be the case. Off the top of my head, you could check the things network in your area and see how well it's covered. If it is, pick up an ESP32 with lorawan on board and a 6M GPS module and have it transmit data at certain interval to the things network. If you pick up one of the more standard ESP's, you're looking at around 15 grams. There's an ESP32 with a camera and micro SD card which will be an additional 5 grams. I can give a hand if you need(albeit virtually).
They didn't launch them from the UK as other countries would have seen the rockets landing in the ocean. All Americans rockets land around the Bermuda Triangle, they're not going to space, never have been to space and never will go anywhere that doesn't exist... Lies are poison for the mind that warps reality 👍🏼✌
@@DaVeHiLl200 What about the Russian space program they land their crew over the land. Anyway seems like you have an interesting theory there. but, I personally don't think it's true. But to each their own.
"Hey guys, today im building a nuclear missile!, as you can see i forgot to put the SD card inside the Antimatter cannon and i told you il redo it with a nuke so here it is!"
TH-cam algorithm blessed me this video! Its been hours of trying to find videos i want to watch and this came out! But didn't enjoy much on the big rocket as it didn't go high as i expected, but the orange rocket is good!
After I lost about $500 worth of rockets and camera in one day, I went and got my radio license and started including radio tracking equipment on my rockets.
my dude: MOTORBIKE GPS tracker with sim card! cost like 10$ and have a tiny battery inside with will be automatically charged every time you connect the main lipo. go get one of those. there are some grams and i installed them on all my 4" to 5" drones because its so tiny. almost same as your bluetooth tracker. even main battery disconnects on impact. the tiny lipo will continue send exact GPS location to your phone via app in real time for some hours. and thats like 1 meter accuracy.
Been a while since I've watched rocket videos. That little orange rocket has a TON of power lol It was really cool not just seeing this sleek, jet-black and far larger rocket take to the air and narrowly pull off a decent landing, but also the steps that went into designing it. Safe to say I've learned something, and Onshape looks pretty cool. I may consider using it at some point to help with my own projects. Cheers. :) 👍🥂🚀
Cool build you inspired me to make a nuclear missile I have Alr bought the uranium and I am processing it I already have the rocket model and I can’t wait to test it
Hey for GPS tracking, try placing an ardupilot flight controller in it with a GPS module. The module is like 2x2cm and the flight controller can be 30x30 or even 20x20mm, allowing real time gps tracking as far as you have radio signal to a controller
Some advice from a rocketeer: Eggtimer Rocketry provides great flight computers and reasonably inexpensive (and very, very tiny!) GPS tracking units for rockets. You can also use their flight computers to fire ejection charges at apogee, which would probably have spared you the nail-biting deployment you guys got. And if you get the chance, you need to come out to Friends of Amateur Rocketry in California. It's just about the best place in the world for big rockets.
Hello, I just wanted to ask you a question. Which rocket engine type should I use if I'm new in the rocketry industry? I'm a young boy that loves space and engineering, and I've always enjoyed seeing space videos and things related to that. Recently, I decided to start making rockets (I think you have a little bit of responsibility for that 😉) and this week I have been searching about wich type of motor I should use and where I can buy it. But all the pages that I visited don't export their products to the Iberian Peninsula, so I can't buy them. I visited too the page that you recommended in your Rocket Helicopter video, but I don't know which type I have to use. Thank you for your time and congratulations on your channel. I enjoy a lot watching your videos.
Other people have probably said this by now, but a couple suggestions on fin strength: firstly, surface prep is vital when bonding to composites. Sanding the attachment area of the fins will greatly increase your epoxy bond strength. A good rule of thumb for CF is having the area appear matte, not shiny like it is from the factory. Basically, you want to get rid of that shiny surface layer of epoxy, and sand down to the matte carbon weave beneath. Clean with acetone or alcohol and you're ready to bond! Also, for rockets like this where you're flying a 29mm motor on a much larger diameter airframe, "through the wall" fins are the way to go for an easy strength increase. Seems like you've got that covered with your 3D printed fin mount idea though :) Just a couple suggestions from my experiences working with composites while designing/building high power rockets and sounding rockets. Love your channel and seeing you progress in rocketry, keep it up!
One could also make light, airfoil shaped, hollow fins from balsa that would be as strong as the plywood ones at less weight. They'd be thicker and therefore the glue joints would be under less stress. Birch plywood is heavy. Glue joints can be reinforced with a fillet of narrow fiberglass tape.
Idea for finding the rocket: stick a smoke device in there, like a pyrotechnical smoke "grenade". That way you can spot the downed rocket from farther away.
always put fins thru outer frame, try to get the chute to eject at apogee, run a small dia. tube thru the length of the rocket to improve chute ejection ( no need in trying to pressurize all of that volume) on larger dia rockets. try to use a general rule of thumb of 10X the weight of rocket in thrust... e.g. a 5 lb rocket likes 50 lbs of thrust... I put a 3" dia X 88" length rocket 13,280 feet on a K-500 first stage followed by a J125 second stage about 30 yrs ago... ( my Tripoli member number is in the 500 range ;) )
You should paint your aircraft dark green or black with some bright color stripes on it. The dark makes it easy to see in the sky and the light/bright stripes make it easier to see on the ground.
@ProjectAir Have you looked into a LoRa GPS tracker? They are still lightweight (50g), and have much grater range than Bluetooth "trackers". For example "Dragino LoRaWAN GPS Tracker" seems to fit the bill. You can +1 so he sees my message and doesn't have to look for lost rockets for hours 😅
that field of dandelions reminds me of a free-flight plane i built years ago. it was yellow and after the first flight it landed in a field just like that, and i didn't find it for ages.
Where did you get the carbon tube for the airframe? I’d recommend you try using open rocket to get a demo of the flight and ideally what time delay to use. Don’t think you sanded the surface for fin attachment. Through the wall would be better and attaching to the motor mount. Good stuff so far.
Currently building a supersonic high-power rocket around an Aerotech DMS L-1000, with a body tube width of 3 in and a height of 77 in, and I'm really jealous of that carbon fiber rocket, even if It only uses a mid-power motor, since buying carbon fiber body tubes for it would put the rocket out of my budget. Still liked the video, since you don't see many amateur rocketry videos out of the UK, and it was an excellent landing with the parachutes deploying at just the right time to fully slow it down to prevent damage and to keep it close to the launching area, though I'm sure it would have been fine.
The next version of this rocket should have some rudimentary flight control systems (controlled flaps or fins, just to keep it roughly straight on the ascent).
Flight control is cool, but impractical as it weighs too much for his motor class. Plus, it is typically ignored as it can be a point of failure. The forces are immense and can break the connections on the fins, BPS.space had this problem with his attempt doing it.
Who wants to see a jet-powered car in the next video? Like this if you do!
hey bro just wanted to express how cool what youre doning is . keep the good work up :)
Yes of course
And we to see a jet powered plane
definetly
my dude: MOTORBIKE GPS tracker with sim card! cost like 10$ and have a tiny battery inside with will be automatically charged every time you connect the main lipo. go get one of those. there are some grams and i installed them on all my 4" to 5" drones because its so tiny. almost same as your bluetooth tracker. even main battery disconnects on impact. the tiny lipo will continue send exact GPS location to your phone via app in real time for some hours. and thats like 1 meter accuracy.
Jamie Oliver
Well done, but let me give you a pro advice. Connect the delay to a 2 pound charge of black powder, and do away completely with the parachute. That way you won't have to worry about finding the rocket. You're welcome 😎
Haha of course you’d suggest that 😊
Start working on licensing. 🤣
loool..
and I love seeing my favorite youtubers on each other’s comments!
Top that off with some thermite and illuminate the backyard for miles.
I heard Ukraine is accepting donations...
I love the marriage of Carbon Fiber with the 3D Printed parts!
He just needs a jet engine rather than those puny black powder rocket cartridges right Integza?
you should pair up with him when you have a rocket perfected to fly
I would love to see a UAV missile project like the Switchblade 300.
I can’t tell wether or not This is a joke, but also is sick
would be cool
Would be cool, but he would be on some sort of list very quickly
I would absolutely love that
Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200
A few years ago at a rocket launch one guy had a V2 replica. It was about five feet long. It looked like he had put a lot of work to it. It flew beautifully but in the end it did exactly what the V2 was designed to do and nose dived into the ground. Total loss. Turns out the ejection charge did go off but was waaaay under powered for the large internal space of the rocket.
Did it exit the atmosphere?
@@alilspark Not even close but it did go out of sight.
this is the reason you run a small dia tube the length of the rocket for ejection charge, it acts like a blow gun...
Yup, I've got a few V2s and no matter what I do, first flight is always a nose dive lol. No total loss yet though.
@@ej-1608 its because the fins on the v2 purposely made the rocket pick up speed in 1 direction, think of throwing a dart with fins
GPS trackers are only massive when you look for massive GPS trackers... there are very small ones available.
Ya ahah I have one that is like the size of my thumbnail lol
The ones in phones and smartwatches cannot be too big
@@andresmartinezramos7513 the only thing this guy would have to do is buy like an ATTINY and a gps module with a SIM card module or even a zigbee TXRX module. The zigbee ones have like a max range of a kilometre I think? Not sure off the top of my head
Edit: max range of XBEE modules is 3.2km
@@andresmartinezramos7513 exactly
One I’ve heard of is the Gf-07. It looks small.
This is so awesome!!
A few years ago I designed my own rocket engines and to test them, I made a 5ft tall rocket out of a pool noodle.
It worked surprisingly well and I was honestly quite proud of it until I saw this video...
Now I want to build a carbon fiber rocket worthy of my homemade engines!!
You are here too? Never would have thought you designed a rocket engine.
In terms of a "tracker", I'd suggest looking at something like a Vifly Buzzer 2. These things are tiny, battery powered "lasts days" and very, very loud. Mostly used in fpv quads so I'm sure it'd help with rockets like this!
Love how these young blokes are messing around with cool stuff like this and inspiring an entire generation around the world to do the same :). That was some really cool footage!
You can only really do this if you have rich parents haha
i actually smiled when i saw that you posted a new video!
Cool build bud! It looks to me like you never sanded and cleaned the bonding areas for the fins, or did you? If not, try next time to sand both bonding areas (fins and tube) with 80 grit and clean with acetone really really well. Otherwise will the epoxy never bond to the carbon properly. /former Composite tech @ Rocketlab
Solid credentials for a YT comment
imagine a ProjectAir and BPS space collab, that would be awesome
We share the same brain cells🚀🚀🚀
If only there was a sponsor and a collaborative CAD platform for them to use...
how bout ProjectAir and Raytheon Technologies collab? 💀
Not hate, but BPS rocketry is on a whole nother level.
Carbon fibre rocket? Surprisingly amazing
Full satisfaction
BPS Space has a few great videos on how he built some really strong fins. Watching it made me want to fiberglass everything.
I dont exactly know why but you are one of my favourite Chanel’s to watch. I love the fact that you keep things brief yet super informative, you dont drag on about the same thing for 20 mins to make a video longer your content is always just so clean and classy
Hey guys, today we will be building a thermonuclear missile and launch it at an unsuspecting familys house
Great video ! Glad to see your rockets flying !
You might consider sanding the area you're going to glue, with 200grit sandpaper. Furthermore, a real fillet at the base of the fins would have certainly increase their strength. Finally, a more powerful motor should be used for such a big rocket, indeed, it needs speed to be stable, and that was almost not the case.
We have an international rocketry discord if you are interested, with thousands of hobbyists willing to help.
Bro can you share the link for the discord group?
@Backyard Ballistics also add a laser targeting system so that you get some beef or chicken at the end of the day
@Projectair Awesome work mate and love the passion you display on the videos.
Whilst watching the video, it appears that once the vehicle lost its top guide in relation to the launch rail it immediately veered. Maybe next time you launch that particular vehicle, use an additional length of rail (2M to 3M) just to provide an additional split second of guidance to gain trajectory control.
Have you also done any further research into a synchronised multiple engine launch? The vehicle core appears to be large enough to take a triple engine. 🤔
I love Onshape and cool science. 10/10
Awesome video! Going to have to look into this whole carbon fiber + Onshape thing, seems like a guy could build something pretty sweet. ;)
Haha you guys rock!
Can you use onshape cause I made a model but can’t get it into files as a model
F.b.I definitely watches you
Yeah, well, the FBI has no jurisdiction in fvcking England so he doesn't have to worry does he? No he doesn't.
Do you not even know who MI6 is ? Maybe he is on an MI6 list, but the FBI can do fvck-all to him in England.
What a fart-knocker.
for a rocket that big you can try to fit more rocket engines and maybe even ones that last longer
Awesome video, consider the Vodafone curve. Its a GPS tracker, with Bluetooth, and beeping activation.
We have 2 which I used on a few kittens when letting them out and also travelling for my backpack if it was to dissappear.
Amazing man!!! Through channels like yours this hobby spreads faster!
good video! quick question: It seems many rocket youtubers loose track after launch, so why not install a pulsing or strobe light that starts either after the parachute is deployed or when no movement is detected (landed)?
Doesn’t work. During day, a strobe that is not too heavy will barely be visible when directly looking at it.
With grass, walls and an even higher distance, no chance.
next DIY heat-seeking Sidewinder missile
Hey James, a quick thought about the tracker. Yes, they are big but that doesn't need to be the case. Off the top of my head, you could check the things network in your area and see how well it's covered. If it is, pick up an ESP32 with lorawan on board and a 6M GPS module and have it transmit data at certain interval to the things network. If you pick up one of the more standard ESP's, you're looking at around 15 grams. There's an ESP32 with a camera and micro SD card which will be an additional 5 grams. I can give a hand if you need(albeit virtually).
Another thought: accelerometer in order to determine when the rocket has landed. So add another 2-3 grams.
@@alexhri issue is moreso weight tbh
very nice launch! I can't wait to see what happens after your improvements!
That's really amazing!
UK did have a space program of sorts. However the rockets were launched in Australia from Woomera in South Australia.
They didn't launch them from the UK as other countries would have seen the rockets landing in the ocean. All Americans rockets land around the Bermuda Triangle, they're not going to space, never have been to space and never will go anywhere that doesn't exist... Lies are poison for the mind that warps reality 👍🏼✌
@@DaVeHiLl200 What about the Russian space program they land their crew over the land. Anyway seems like you have an interesting theory there. but, I personally don't think it's true. But to each their own.
This is realy cool!
You could try make the camera to send stuff to the cloud then you view the video and see where it is
"Hey guys, today im building a nuclear missile!, as you can see i forgot to put the SD card inside the Antimatter cannon and i told you il redo it with a nuke so here it is!"
Congratulations. You have surpassed Iran's ballistic missile program
Easy way to get on the fbi watch list
TH-cam algorithm blessed me this video! Its been hours of trying to find videos i want to watch and this came out! But didn't enjoy much on the big rocket as it didn't go high as i expected, but the orange rocket is good!
After I lost about $500 worth of rockets and camera in one day, I went and got my radio license and started including radio tracking equipment on my rockets.
WHOA, We are terribly stunned!
You can also use a drone beacon for searching. They are small and light and they can make either noise or send out a radio signal or both!!
Been following you for a few years now. You'll get to space one day I have no doubt...
“Top ten ways to get on the fbi’s watchlist!”
Go to space 🚀
Great Video!
my dude: MOTORBIKE GPS tracker with sim card! cost like 10$ and have a tiny battery inside with will be automatically charged every time you connect the main lipo. go get one of those. there are some grams and i installed them on all my 4" to 5" drones because its so tiny. almost same as your bluetooth tracker. even main battery disconnects on impact. the tiny lipo will continue send exact GPS location to your phone via app in real time for some hours. and thats like 1 meter accuracy.
Been a while since I've watched rocket videos. That little orange rocket has a TON of power lol
It was really cool not just seeing this sleek, jet-black and far larger rocket take to the air and narrowly pull off a decent landing, but also the steps that went into designing it. Safe to say I've learned something, and Onshape looks pretty cool. I may consider using it at some point to help with my own projects. Cheers. :) 👍🥂🚀
Epic, as usual, but i think someday you are going to have mi6 investigating you for making mini missiles
Cool build you inspired me to make a nuclear missile I have Alr bought the uranium and I am processing it I already have the rocket model and I can’t wait to test it
yeah BOI! Onshape squad
I use onshape for school and it’s great
Flew my first Cesaroni this weekend and appreciate the ease of use.
Good to hear! Hope it was a success!
@@GreggCesaroni I’ve got hardware on order for LDRS. 😋
@@peraltarockets good luck!!! What motor are you flying??
Maximum pucker factor waiting for that chute to deploy lol
this is one of my new favorite channels!
This will end in a space program for the uk! And i love it!
And wonder why anyone bothered as "space only exists in the minds of it's fans" - an ex NASA employee 👍🏼✌
Not gonna lie, that perk for the Patreons was pretty damn cool.
Send it a 6 foot tall, 1 foot wide rocket to the maximum legal height with however, many engines it takes
00:21 gotta love OnShape
I love to watch because its more interesting every video.
"mom can we get AGM-186 ALCM?
No, we have AGM-186 at home"
this guy is so smart he's straight out building missiles. Congrats
What CAD software do you use?
Probably the best Video made yet! keep up the good work!
TO THE PUB! Cheers!
You could build a tracker with an Inav board and a gps unit with an rx attached.
Setup telemetry to your radio and use opentx to log the GPS co-ords.
Hey for GPS tracking, try placing an ardupilot flight controller in it with a GPS module. The module is like 2x2cm and the flight controller can be 30x30 or even 20x20mm, allowing real time gps tracking as far as you have radio signal to a controller
Some advice from a rocketeer: Eggtimer Rocketry provides great flight computers and reasonably inexpensive (and very, very tiny!) GPS tracking units for rockets. You can also use their flight computers to fire ejection charges at apogee, which would probably have spared you the nail-biting deployment you guys got.
And if you get the chance, you need to come out to Friends of Amateur Rocketry in California. It's just about the best place in the world for big rockets.
Make a rocket and try to get it in orbit or space or moon
If this get over 10k likes you have to do this
Hello, I just wanted to ask you a question. Which rocket engine type should I use if I'm new in the rocketry industry? I'm a young boy that loves space and engineering, and I've always enjoyed seeing space videos and things related to that. Recently, I decided to start making rockets (I think you have a little bit of responsibility for that 😉) and this week I have been searching about wich type of motor I should use and where I can buy it. But all the pages that I visited don't export their products to the Iberian Peninsula, so I can't buy them. I visited too the page that you recommended in your Rocket Helicopter video, but I don't know which type I have to use.
Thank you for your time and congratulations on your channel. I enjoy a lot watching your videos.
Other people have probably said this by now, but a couple suggestions on fin strength: firstly, surface prep is vital when bonding to composites. Sanding the attachment area of the fins will greatly increase your epoxy bond strength. A good rule of thumb for CF is having the area appear matte, not shiny like it is from the factory. Basically, you want to get rid of that shiny surface layer of epoxy, and sand down to the matte carbon weave beneath. Clean with acetone or alcohol and you're ready to bond!
Also, for rockets like this where you're flying a 29mm motor on a much larger diameter airframe, "through the wall" fins are the way to go for an easy strength increase. Seems like you've got that covered with your 3D printed fin mount idea though :)
Just a couple suggestions from my experiences working with composites while designing/building high power rockets and sounding rockets. Love your channel and seeing you progress in rocketry, keep it up!
One could also make light, airfoil shaped, hollow fins from balsa that would be as strong as the plywood ones at less weight. They'd be thicker and therefore the glue joints would be under less stress. Birch plywood is heavy. Glue joints can be reinforced with a fillet of narrow fiberglass tape.
Idea for finding the rocket: stick a smoke device in there, like a pyrotechnical smoke "grenade". That way you can spot the downed rocket from farther away.
Hey bro. Could you build a reuseable rocket like that of space x that can land on it's own safely after launch?
There is a very good YT channel trying precisely that. You should really checkout BPS space
Hey PtojectAir, will you be going to RIAT 2022? I have read on the RIAT websire that Martin Baker will be there with their Gloster Meteor
Let’s gooooooooo, I’ve been so excited
Awesome, Thanks for the wicked content
that video from rocket looks sick
This is perfect bro , love watching from Paris 😊
HOLLY CRAP IT IS HUGE! Reminds me of Sidewinder air-to-air missile!
That video of the rocket is amazingly fast
Hey, since you started building rockets, while you are at it, why don't you try fireworks?
I am really amazed at what you do all the time.
This man works way too hard for the amount of subscribers he has get him to 1 million
NASA needs to hire this man
Nice, I will try and build this with fiberglass and aluminium. Thanks.
Hugs the baby orange rocket 😊
Make a new rocket, spend winter making a launch pad, and when finished, launch!!!
I like the slow launch.
I wish we had that much snow in London, we didn't get any this winter
always put fins thru outer frame, try to get the chute to eject at apogee, run a small dia. tube thru the length of the rocket to improve chute ejection ( no need in trying to pressurize all of that volume) on larger dia rockets. try to use a general rule of thumb of 10X the weight of rocket in thrust... e.g. a 5 lb rocket likes 50 lbs of thrust... I put a 3" dia X 88" length rocket 13,280 feet on a K-500 first stage followed by a J125 second stage about 30 yrs ago... ( my Tripoli member number is in the 500 range ;) )
You should paint your aircraft dark green or black with some bright color stripes on it. The dark makes it easy to see in the sky and the light/bright stripes make it easier to see on the ground.
a drone beeper with build it lipo is a great option. they are loud so you only need to know roughly where to look and youll hear it
@ProjectAir Have you looked into a LoRa GPS tracker? They are still lightweight (50g), and have much grater range than Bluetooth "trackers". For example "Dragino LoRaWAN GPS Tracker" seems to fit the bill.
You can +1 so he sees my message and doesn't have to look for lost rockets for hours 😅
You could use special fins to make some spin. That should give it more stability.
Yesss! I love these rocket videos
HELL YES NEW VIDEO
that field of dandelions reminds me of a free-flight plane i built years ago. it was yellow and after the first flight it landed in a field just like that, and i didn't find it for ages.
What are you using for a fuel mix mate ? Black powder?
Great job 👍
Where did you get the carbon tube for the airframe?
I’d recommend you try using open rocket to get a demo of the flight and ideally what time delay to use.
Don’t think you sanded the surface for fin attachment. Through the wall would be better and attaching to the motor mount.
Good stuff so far.
Currently building a supersonic high-power rocket around an Aerotech DMS L-1000, with a body tube width of 3 in and a height of 77 in, and I'm really jealous of that carbon fiber rocket, even if It only uses a mid-power motor, since buying carbon fiber body tubes for it would put the rocket out of my budget.
Still liked the video, since you don't see many amateur rocketry videos out of the UK, and it was an excellent landing with the parachutes deploying at just the right time to fully slow it down to prevent damage and to keep it close to the launching area, though I'm sure it would have been fine.
thing looked like a intercontinental ballistic missile flying like that💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
My favourite was the 2-stage rocket.
"essentially, what's happened, is it's gone" indeed, my friend, indeed.
The next version of this rocket should have some rudimentary flight control systems (controlled flaps or fins, just to keep it roughly straight on the ascent).
Flight control is cool, but impractical as it weighs too much for his motor class. Plus, it is typically ignored as it can be a point of failure. The forces are immense and can break the connections on the fins, BPS.space had this problem with his attempt doing it.