Awesomeness

[iGas]

Wow!

Could you imagine something like that flying at you as a fighter pilot?

What more would it take to actually leave our atmosphere cause it looked like it was pretty damn close?

11.2 km/s or Mach 34 is what it take to leave orbit.

 

[ThePresence]

I'm surprised nobody thought it was a missile launch.

 

[ConwayJim]

That is really sweet!

 

[ThePresence]

That was awesome.

Do you have to have a permit to launch something like that I wonder?

Something tells me, if you apply for a permit, you ain't launching anything.

 

[Saint Nick]

I was wondering that too. Or do you have to call the airport to ensure no traffic is passing by there? Better safe than sorry I guess lol.

What would be interesting though is if they got it stuck in orbit. It did not go quite high enough, but don't think it was all that far from there. If you get a kite stuck in electrical wires you can call the hydro company, if you get a rocket stuck in orbit, who do you call, Nasa?

You call the "hydro company" when a kite gets stuck in some wires?

Wat?

 

[Miramonti]

Awesome video.

These guys are a little more than amature rocket hobbyists. The credits include "Chuck Rogers: Simulation and load calculation", who appears to work at the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center.

 

[skyking]

Something tells me, if you apply for a permit, you ain't launching anything.

You'd file a NOTAM with the FAA so they could advise pilots to stay clear.
EDIT: I found the guy's website. It explains what happened to the downward facing camera. Melted plastic!

http://ddeville.com/derek/Qu8k.html

 

[ThePresence]

Awesome video.

These guys are a little more than amature rocket hobbyists. The credits include "Chuck Rogers: Simulation and load calculation", who appears to work at the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center.

Don't ruin it for me!

 

[PlasmaBomb]

This geometry is formed with a foam mandrel that is held in place with a steel pipe during casting. After the propellant is cured, Acetone is used to melt the foam and the mandrel is removed.

They cast their own propellant

:thumbsup:

 

[SandEagle]

marked for whenever i feel like it

 

[Ichinisan]

I was wondering that too. Or do you have to call the airport to ensure no traffic is passing by there? Better safe than sorry I guess lol.

What would be interesting though is if they got it stuck in orbit. It did not go quite high enough, but don't think it was all that far from there. If you get a kite stuck in electrical wires you can call the hydro company, if you get a rocket stuck in orbit, who do you call, Nasa?

You can't get stuck in orbit accidentally. It requires a precise height, direction, and velocity based on the mass of the object. The idea that "rocket science is hard" comes from the difficulty of getting an object into orbit.