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 😎
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!!
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.
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!
@@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
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!
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.
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.
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
@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. 🤔
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.
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).
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
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.
UA-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!
"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!"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. :) 👍🥂🚀
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 ;) )
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.
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.
Absolutely amazing, what an incredible vehicle. I've got a flight coming up either late August or early to mid September. Nosecone and Engine Skirt is 3D printed using PLA and the body tube is PVC. It will be running on a F24-4 reloadable model rocket motor. The max Alt is 448m almost half a kilometre and the max speed is 177m/s. The rocket's name is Spark MPMR - MPMR meaning Mid Powered Model Rocket. Can't wait to get it out to the launch site for it's first flight and my first flight.
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
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.
Composite bonding, especially to pre-purchased components with cured epoxy, is one of the biggest challenges in the game. Thankfully with work I did on jet engines years ago, I have a handy file of solutions ready for you. The really good commercial stuff goes under the very simple-sounding "Structural Epoxy Adhesive" from brands like LocTite, 3M, Plexus and a few others I trust. LocTite and 3M are probably the easiest to get ahold of in the UK. On LocTite's really good commercial line, look for a yellow tube under the Hysol line; 9340 and 9460 cartridges are the ones you're most likely to come across and work very well. Abrade the area to join with a light buff, being careful to not break through the resin coat to bare fiber, 'degrease' and clean with acetone to remove dust, glue it up and you are golden. With these cartridges, make sure you get the appropriate dispenser gun as they can be very finicky to get one working if the other isn't of the same type despite visual appearances. The 50ml cartridges and dispenser guns are also the most prolific and cost round about $25 USD each. With any resin product, you get a pot life, so make sure you have Everything you're going to join ready at the same time before you crack the seals; you have about 20 minutes from then forward to join parts and get them supported while it cures to a handle-ready state before the whole tube goes up.
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.
Fantastic! Now I understand how UK succeeded to stand against all odds in the past. You may consider "dog" avalanche beacons (TX only) instead of GPS trackers.
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.
About those trackers... There's a third option, and that's just installing a dumb radio beacon, and then grabbing a yagi antenna in the field, and looking for it manually by observing the signal strength in different directions.
I love the videos! I have been getting into rocketry myself amd I was curious on how you built the launch controller and what the electronics are inside.
Have you thought about attaching a bunch of small lengths of string to the outside of your rockets? Just one end should be attached so the length of the string can give you a good idea as how the air passes over the rocket body (if you have the cameras in the right positions). You can also make those stabilizer fins more aerodynamic too by playing around with different shapes on the leading and trailing edges and by flipping them upside down (the longest part of the fin won't be glued to the rocket but the opposite edge will).
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
i actually smiled when i saw that you posted a new video!
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!
Carbon fibre rocket? Surprisingly amazing
Full satisfaction
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
BPS Space has a few great videos on how he built some really strong fins. Watching it made me want to fiberglass everything.
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?
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.
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
@Backyard Ballistics also add a laser targeting system so that you get some beef or chicken at the end of the day
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
I love Onshape and cool science. 10/10
@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. 🤔
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??
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!
very nice launch! I can't wait to see what happens after your improvements!
for a rocket that big you can try to fit more rocket engines and maybe even ones that last longer
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
Hey guys, today we will be building a thermonuclear missile and launch it at an unsuspecting familys house
That's really amazing!
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
Epic, as usual, but i think someday you are going to have mi6 investigating you for making mini missiles
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.
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.
This is realy cool!
UA-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!
"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!"
You got me😅😂
“And here you will see my nuke collection!”
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.
Easy way to get on the fbi watch list
Been following you for a few years now. You'll get to space one day I have no doubt...
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!!
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.
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
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.
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 👍🏼✌
“Top ten ways to get on the fbi’s watchlist!”
Go to space 🚀
I wish we had that much snow in London, we didn't get any this winter
next DIY heat-seeking Sidewinder missile
WHOA, We are terribly stunned!
Maximum pucker factor waiting for that chute to deploy lol
Nice, I will try and build this with fiberglass and aluminium. Thanks.
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.
Great Video!
You could try make the camera to send stuff to the cloud then you view the video and see where it is
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. :) 👍🥂🚀
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 could use special fins to make some spin. That should give it more stability.
this is one of my new favorite channels!
I use onshape for school and it’s great
Probably the best Video made yet! keep up the good work!
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.
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.
this guy is so smart he's straight out building missiles. Congrats
Absolutely amazing, what an incredible vehicle. I've got a flight coming up either late August or early to mid September. Nosecone and Engine Skirt is 3D printed using PLA and the body tube is PVC. It will be running on a F24-4 reloadable model rocket motor. The max Alt is 448m almost half a kilometre and the max speed is 177m/s. The rocket's name is Spark MPMR - MPMR meaning Mid Powered Model Rocket. Can't wait to get it out to the launch site for it's first flight and my first flight.
Where do you source the cesaroni motors grains I've been struggling to find them
I've only found the casings. I have currently E-mailed a supplier to see if I can get the grain as well
@@HighlandAerospace what's the name of the supplier or website.
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
I love to watch because its more interesting every 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.
Awesome, Thanks for the wicked content
yeah BOI! Onshape squad
Composite bonding, especially to pre-purchased components with cured epoxy, is one of the biggest challenges in the game.
Thankfully with work I did on jet engines years ago, I have a handy file of solutions ready for you. The really good commercial stuff goes under the very simple-sounding "Structural Epoxy Adhesive" from brands like LocTite, 3M, Plexus and a few others I trust. LocTite and 3M are probably the easiest to get ahold of in the UK. On LocTite's really good commercial line, look for a yellow tube under the Hysol line; 9340 and 9460 cartridges are the ones you're most likely to come across and work very well. Abrade the area to join with a light buff, being careful to not break through the resin coat to bare fiber, 'degrease' and clean with acetone to remove dust, glue it up and you are golden.
With these cartridges, make sure you get the appropriate dispenser gun as they can be very finicky to get one working if the other isn't of the same type despite visual appearances. The 50ml cartridges and dispenser guns are also the most prolific and cost round about $25 USD each. With any resin product, you get a pot life, so make sure you have Everything you're going to join ready at the same time before you crack the seals; you have about 20 minutes from then forward to join parts and get them supported while it cures to a handle-ready state before the whole tube goes up.
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.
Move to airizona in the us. Its very dry and almost never rains, perfect for making these things.
Fantastic! Now I understand how UK succeeded to stand against all odds in the past. You may consider "dog" avalanche beacons (TX only) instead of GPS trackers.
HOLLY CRAP IT IS HUGE! Reminds me of Sidewinder air-to-air missile!
Should add a bright strobing light(maybe two just in case one is pointed into the ground) so it’s easier to find. Especially at night.
A rolleron is a type of aileron used for rockets and used to provide passive stabilization against rotation.
that video from rocket looks sick
Place the fins farther up from the end of the rocket so when it lands, it lands on the end instead of the fins. About 6" from the end works perfectly.
Not gonna lie, that perk for the Patreons was pretty damn cool.
6:26 The UK does have a space programm
My favourite was the 2-stage rocket.
I like the slow launch.
Hugs the baby orange rocket 😊
great rocket and dope video , you gotta fly this beast with a bigger moter. or chain two of these. this rocket wants to fly much higher
You can even use smoke flares for helping you spot it or something like that
This is perfect bro , love watching from Paris 😊
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.
About those trackers... There's a third option, and that's just installing a dumb radio beacon, and then grabbing a yagi antenna in the field, and looking for it manually by observing the signal strength in different directions.
That video of the rocket is amazingly fast
I love the videos! I have been getting into rocketry myself amd I was curious on how you built the launch controller and what the electronics are inside.
You could use an RF pet tracker, it tells you an aproximation on direction and distance, TabCat is one of them.
00:21 gotta love OnShape
Yesss! I love these rocket videos
You should spin stabilize the rocket by rotating the fins just a little
A beeper like they use on drones might be helpful
use elipticaal fins, they have less drag. try it
TO THE PUB! Cheers!
Nice Video! love engineering.
It would be nice if you could dive in to more of your engineering process and science stuff. Great video tho. Keep ‘em coming
Congratulations; great video, God bless.
Have you thought about attaching a bunch of small lengths of string to the outside of your rockets? Just one end should be attached so the length of the string can give you a good idea as how the air passes over the rocket body (if you have the cameras in the right positions). You can also make those stabilizer fins more aerodynamic too by playing around with different shapes on the leading and trailing edges and by flipping them upside down (the longest part of the fin won't be glued to the rocket but the opposite edge will).