Steve eves is my step dad and this journey was amazing. I was 18 when this was all going on but I was still there with him helping anyway I could. Even though I was there I still come back to this video every couple months just rewatch it.
Am I missing something here? I thought someone just sent a model rocket into the sky and watched it come back down. Clever stuff, but hardly an historic achievement.
i love the little high-pitched shriek of the rocket engines, just before the shock wave boom hits the microphone. That's some serious power in those engines.
Just About Anything yes it did. My recommended videos have been a little weird in the last few weeks. They've definitely changed something. But i have to admit, it's refreshing to see some different walks of life. Cheers mates.
14 years to hit my algorithm, and My eyes are BUGGING OUT!!! My favorite was always the Saturn V. I grew up with those majestic launches- and that big red U. S. A. Scrolling past the gantry camera. Mr Eaves - Sir, I salute you and that 1/10 scale beast you made !! ❤
So happy to find my childhood hobby again and then get so many cool videos like this which never had knew possible before. Model rockets are fun, good enjoyable hobby good times.
Everything about that video was awesome. From the launch, landing, music, golf claps and cheers, to the silly voice at the end so full of glee. This is a midwestern masterpiece!
If only more young people were enabled to spend their spare time on educational, constructive activities like this, ALL of society would benefit. Congratulations to all those involved.
Peter Evans That’s awesome! Has she flight tested it yet? I should have made it clear that my earlier comment was mostly sarcasm. I see a ton of kids these days who are flat earthers and space flight deniers. Makes me SMDH. I didn’t mean to include 𝒂𝒍𝒍 kids. My own are pretty smart, reasonable kids as well.
I know this is a long time after this has been filmed but I just found this video that was really awesome and then especially for to land standing upright if I'd been there I would be hoarse for years because of all the screaming of happiness
As a rocketeer as a child in the 70s/80s this was awesome and perfect. My biggest rocket was the Estes "Mean Machine" (6'). If I saw this one on the shelf at Toys R Us I woulda bought it for sure.
I don't remember the name of it, but it was a two stage D engine rocket with a movie camera in its nose. I had built a new 1st stage that consisted of a D center and 2 large C engines, making it a 3 stage rocket, that I had intended to launch it with, but I broke a fin in transport and launched it just as the 2 stage. I had never launched a two stage before this one, so when the first stage separated I felt kind of disappointed at first, I thought "That's kind of a gyp, it only got about 50 feet up and separated". I forgot to consider that the first stage just got it up and moving, that 2nd stage was all acceleration! The last I saw of it was a teeny tiny dot way up in the sky. I had launched right around sundown and the parachute came down right in front of the sun. Never did find it or see what it recorded. I still do think about that 1st stage I built, I wonder how that would have looked.
It weighs 1600lbs, and that is crazy. But the truly crazy fact is, if it were 1/10th the weight of the real one, it would weigh more like 600,000lbs. Doesn't seem possible does it...
Back in the 70s the boys and I in the neighborhood were really into Cox and Testors control line airplanes and Estes model rockets. This was really far out! JA
As a kid in the 70's I also had Cox working models....a 'Sandblaster' hot rod (model beach buggy 0.5cc) and a model Sopwith Camel bi-plane (0.5cc both running on 'Redglow' fuel) with control lines working the rear elevators. Had a lot of fun with them. Greetings from UK.
INCREDIBLE !!! YOU ARE AWESOME,FOLKS! And this landing upright ,now I know where Elon Musk got his idea of landing upright! Perfect flight,perfect parachutes opening,a rare video!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Desserve 5 stars!!!!
What a beautiful sight! Launching a 1,600 pound model rocket was no small feat back then. There's a longer video that shows Steve Eves on a ladder prepping this beast of a rocket. That's when you really get a sense of the sheer size of this model rocket. Awesome!
In 1992, one kid and his dad, a police officer in our neighborhood, launched a 12" Estes rocket in the cul- de- sac, next to the 150 acre canyon with nothing but dry brush. Within a month 10-12 kids were gathering at the cul de sac launching the rockets with sizes getting larger and larger. Finally one kid bought a 4' rocket. That climbed no more tan 100 feet before it crashed. Most of the rocket went up 300-1000 feet and floated back down. Kids chased them before they could start a fire as the engine cartridge was often still hot. Wal Mart eventually changed the policy and only adults could buy the cartridges. The neighborhood rocket brigade ended soon after.
I guess that youtube decided that this was the perfect time to reccomend this to me. 11 years after upload.
Me too. How odd lol.
Me too, must be cause of the spacex launch.
Same
T Willison - that makes sense.
Yeep
Model rocket my ass, that's a missile
icbm lol
in America its just a bottle rocket
Vashdastampead I know right lmao
I have a missle
Steve eves is my step dad and this journey was amazing. I was 18 when this was all going on but I was still there with him helping anyway I could. Even though I was there I still come back to this video every couple months just rewatch it.
Cap
@@slenderbenji mabye?
Am I missing something here? I thought someone just sent a model rocket into the sky and watched it come back down. Clever stuff, but hardly an historic achievement.
Bit of appreciation from the UK here for not practicing by firing it at us first. 👍
And Elon Musk thought He was the first person to land a rocket upright
@museack they do
@museack Also you get Teslas for $45,000
Sheldon Cooper told them all it was possible YEARS ago! LOL :)
has taken musk at least a decade to just get to the fringe of space, nasa went to easrth orbit and to the moon and back in nine.lololol
If he thinks that, I could show him some video from the 50's & 60's of the military doing it.
i love the little high-pitched shriek of the rocket engines, just before the shock wave boom hits the microphone. That's some serious power in those engines.
I guess UA-cam decided this was the perfect time for recommendations for me 12 years later
Yup.
lol... same.
Thank you UA-cam for recommend this to me after 12 years of upload.
This man was landing booster stages upright a decade before SpaceX
I guess UA-cam decided it was the perfect time to recommend this video to me. 13 years after it was uploaded
Much appreciated. Not sure why YT waited 14 yrs to show me. Maybe because of the eclipse activity.
Did this magically show up in everyone's recommendations for some reason? I watched this years ago.
Just About Anything yes it did. My recommended videos have been a little weird in the last few weeks. They've definitely changed something. But i have to admit, it's refreshing to see some different walks of life. Cheers mates.
Yeh me too bro
yes it did
@@richardlee9825 same
Yes
Who’s here in 2024!?
Me
Hi. 🙂👍🏻
Me, I guess 😊
👋
Me , i been around for a long long time
14 years to hit my algorithm, and My eyes are BUGGING OUT!!! My favorite was always the Saturn V. I grew up with those majestic launches- and that big red U. S. A. Scrolling past the gantry camera.
Mr Eaves - Sir, I salute you and that 1/10 scale beast you made !! ❤
Thanks for the positive feedback
My dad was an engineer on the real Saturn V great job on your build and launch.
MAN!!…That thing took off, like a ROCKET!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
So happy to find my childhood hobby again and then get so many cool videos like this which never had knew possible before. Model rockets are fun, good enjoyable hobby good times.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Everything about that video was awesome. From the launch, landing, music, golf claps and cheers, to the silly voice at the end so full of glee. This is a midwestern masterpiece!
Thanks for your positive feedback
Everyone got this recommended 12 years later lol.
You guys see how that thing Landed upright? Fantastic, this was d'lon lusks company space W proving years of development pays off.
The take-off was ok. The recovery was spectacular! When the model is more than 20' tall, you are not an amateur.
That is one of the best launches I've ever watched!
+Coffee Shark
That's EXACTLY what I said!
Thanks!
Well, except for the real Saturn Vs :p
Well, that's a little hard to replicate, given that the noise alone could set grass on fire a mile away ;)
who else got recommended this 13 years later
Me too
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So freaking cool!
I thought the background music was odd...
Before space x or whatever they are called. Landing upright is no big deal eh ! Lol . great shot.
If only more young people were enabled to spend their spare time on educational, constructive activities like this, ALL of society would benefit. Congratulations to all those involved.
Kids these days would 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 be able to do that.
They wouldn’t believe what they were building was real.
Peter Evans
That’s awesome! Has she flight tested it yet?
I should have made it clear that my earlier comment was mostly sarcasm. I see a ton of kids these days who are flat earthers and space flight deniers. Makes me SMDH. I didn’t mean to include 𝒂𝒍𝒍 kids. My own are pretty smart, reasonable kids as well.
Visual recorded 2009,
Audio recorded 1965 from my parents super 8 home movies
That's awesome. When I was growing up I was into those Estes model rocket kits. They were so much fun.
This rocket is currently on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI as part of an Apollo exhibit.
That is a museum well worth visiting, as is the Greenfield Village next door. I missed seeing the rocket.
I know this is a long time after this has been filmed but I just found this video that was really awesome and then especially for to land standing upright if I'd been there I would be hoarse for years because of all the screaming of happiness
That’s a cool feedback thanks
Yes!😂👍👍👍
As a rocketeer as a child in the 70s/80s this was awesome and perfect. My biggest rocket was the Estes "Mean Machine" (6'). If I saw this one on the shelf at Toys R Us I woulda bought it for sure.
I had the Mean Machine as well...it was a hoot!
I don't remember the name of it, but it was a two stage D engine rocket with a movie camera in its nose. I had built a new 1st stage that consisted of a D center and 2 large C engines, making it a 3 stage rocket, that I had intended to launch it with, but I broke a fin in transport and launched it just as the 2 stage.
I had never launched a two stage before this one, so when the first stage separated I felt kind of disappointed at first, I thought "That's kind of a gyp, it only got about 50 feet up and separated".
I forgot to consider that the first stage just got it up and moving, that 2nd stage was all acceleration!
The last I saw of it was a teeny tiny dot way up in the sky. I had launched right around sundown and the parachute came down right in front of the sun.
Never did find it or see what it recorded.
I still do think about that 1st stage I built, I wonder how that would have looked.
@@longbowshooter5291 LOL, I remember that rocket. Fun times.
Impressive. Sticking the landing is a real exclamation point!
Wow! That took off like a rocket.
john adams
An underated comment....😂👌
Published on 28 April 2009.
Comments- just hours ago🤔
Being a former LC-39A NASA Pad Manager (2007-2011)...I can't believe the beauty in this incredible piece of art. Just breathtaking.
pretty cool! couldnt have asked for a more perfect landing too!
Wow , awesome, especially the sound
Thanks for the positive feedback
@@flygliders holy shit you aren’t dead?
@@tacticalepsilon2094 bruh-
That was nothing less than spectacular! Nice flight, and an even nicer landing!
Rocket that lands vertically well before SpaceX, well done
Thanks for the positive feedback
I am glad there are people like this in the world.
The amount of times I've watched this.
Everything about this video is just perfect.
Haha love america in the 80s
Amazing! Brings back memories of us as kids launching our Estes rockets!
He beat space x to the upright landing !!
So true ! XD
It is inter-neighborhood ballistic missile
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Stuck the landing. Elon Musk is jelly.
14 years later, I get the signal for launch. Thank you youtube algorithm.
Most amazing High Powered Rocket flight I have ever seen! Way to go Steve and thanks for sharing this Roy.
Beautiful! And what a wonderful touch down!
Took off like an Apollo, landed like a space X!
that was serious dope. what a landing, thanks for the video.
Way to go Steve!!!!! Thanks for sharing, Roy. Great video.
Wow! This sure beat the heck out of my little Estes model rockets I had as a kid
Great job of tracking it!
Took off like an anti aircraft missile.👍👍
I especially appreciate not having 10minutes of dialogue before launching.
Whoa... Ok, that very well may have been the coolest thing I think I've ever seen. Bravo!
I literally burst out laughing. Only in America are we able to launch stuff like this from the local park or something. That was a legit missile.
Yeahhh
Right! At 3K feet, that's GA airspace, were the Cessnas nearby alerted? Doesn't matter though, it was successful and 13 years ago. I digress. 😉
Landed upright.... SpaceX is not the first one did it. LOL
leo li lol
That landing gave Elon the eureka moment.🤣
Very impressive, I can only imagine the work that went into building that. And the SOUND is amazing as well.
There was an F-18 driver above that screaming 'I've got a SAM! Holy crap! Somebody just fired a SAM!'
Funny thanks for your feedback
Thanks for feedback
That was amazing ! And to land right side up was one in a million. Wow!!!
This took 11 years to hit my recommended feed
It weighs 1600lbs, and that is crazy.
But the truly crazy fact is, if it were 1/10th the weight of the real one, it would weigh more like 600,000lbs.
Doesn't seem possible does it...
6.2 million pounds / 7.6 million lbs of thrust! Absolute mind numbing numbers yes indeed. Of course most of that weight is likely fuel.
Back in the 70s the boys and I in the neighborhood were really into Cox and Testors control line airplanes and Estes model rockets. This was really far out! JA
Jack Aubrey ok boomer
The toys back then were awesome.
As a kid in the 70's I also had Cox working models....a 'Sandblaster' hot rod (model beach buggy 0.5cc) and a model Sopwith Camel bi-plane (0.5cc both running on 'Redglow' fuel) with control lines working the rear elevators. Had a lot of fun with them. Greetings from UK.
still better than North Korea's missile program.
then why us fear north korea
simple. We don't.
TheCatsa
yes you do
HHHAAA!..... Nope.
TheCatsa
yes, your govt is scared of north korea, may be the people don't care, but your govt and army isssssssssssssssssss
That was so awesome that I was expecting staging.
Being a 1/10 scale rocket I figured it would have gone 1/10 the way to the moon.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Who else is watching 10 years later? Landed upright which was so cool!
That's because videos like these are censored from people like me.
10 yrs later. Still awesome.
That music made me think Benny Hill was gonna run past the screen chasing some young girls.
You said it Roy! Thanks for the video
I'm stunned at the professionalism of the NASA-like camera work.
That was awesome you don't disappoint at all
I'm here in 2022, and this is even more awesome than I remember it from when I watched this a bunch of years ago. Wow!
That's really awesome, the ignition , launch , the parachute open and the bonus it landed upright perfectly 👍
lol @ the voice at the end, was this recorded by Bill Clinton?
Yes, Bill Clinton is now a sound engineer and he was working on that sight on that day.
the end made this video soooooooooooo worth it!!!
I was most impressed by the parachute releases to be honest.
Fantastic in 2009 and still amazing in 2022
Man, listen to that FWOOOOOSH!
And it even landed verticaly like "let's do it again!"
INCREDIBLE !!! YOU ARE AWESOME,FOLKS! And this landing upright ,now I know where Elon Musk got his idea of landing upright! Perfect flight,perfect parachutes opening,a rare video!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Desserve 5 stars!!!!
An upright landing after a perfect flight. Impressive!
That was a great launch and superb recovery!! Everything worked!
That was the coolest landing I've ever seen.
Now that's what you call a hobby.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Breath taking! Well done!
Amazing video, really impressed. That rocket was fantastic.
UA-cam brought this one back around 11 years later
Awesome but amazing that such a big thing was allowed to be launched seeing the traffic going by in the background.
Thanks for the review
What a beautiful sight! Launching a 1,600 pound model rocket was no small feat back then. There's a longer video that shows Steve Eves on a ladder prepping this beast of a rocket. That's when you really get a sense of the sheer size of this model rocket. Awesome!
Just saw this model in person yesterday in Denver, it really is incredible
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Absolutely OUTSTANDING!
AMAZING!!
INCREDIBLE!!!
INCONCEIVABLE!!!!
I'm thoroughly impressed, Yessiree!
PHENOMENAL!!
ok not bad
So SpaceX is the cool one now for landing their rockets upright, an amazing feat, while in 2009 someone already did it AS A HOBBY.
You're joking, right? Landing a rocket upright thanks to parachutes is _not even remotely the same_ as having it do so under its own power.
@@Strahan740i ugh.. you’re one of those that make the internet less fun.
@@Tijgert Yea, reality is depressing :)
Wow, that is impressive modelling!
In 1992, one kid and his dad, a police officer in our neighborhood, launched a 12" Estes rocket in the cul- de- sac, next to the 150 acre canyon with nothing but dry brush. Within a month 10-12 kids were gathering at the cul de sac launching the rockets with sizes getting larger and larger. Finally one kid bought a 4' rocket. That climbed no more tan 100 feet before it crashed.
Most of the rocket went up 300-1000 feet and floated back down.
Kids chased them before they could start a fire as the engine cartridge was often still hot.
Wal Mart eventually changed the policy and only adults could buy the cartridges. The neighborhood rocket brigade ended soon after.
It’s funny that this vid was posted
in 2009 but everyone just found it
From a NASA engineer, that was pretty cool!
thanks for posting!! My son and I used to launch rockets when he was little. It was such a blast! As much fun for me as for him--maybe even more. LOL!
Perfect in every way. Thanks for the video.
The music ruined the entire video for me. Why would you put ANY music to such an awesome launch. Let the video speak for itself.
Jerry Pluto You can barely hear it anyway.
@@MasterMayhem78 oh no...we hear it...