That was spectacular, and a Nice Save at the end. I do have a question that may not have been asked yet, but I have seen the big ones go up and have an idea on what it takes to move a half a ton to 30,000 feet. We can get to space, yes, and it's legal. Considering we know how, and some of us are daring enough to try it, and a few of those daring are rich enough, is it legal to put an object into orbit?
@chaosopher23 Don't know about the legality other than that Eisenhower sought an "open skies policy" with the early Navy and Army orbital attempts to set precedent, which of course did exactly that. So I'm guessing it's legal, subject to the FAA here and the local government's airspace rules elsewhere. Very hard to do though....
And now...a probably stupid question. I see a lot of high powered rockets like this on youtube, but they don't usually exceed over like 12,000 feet or so, or just a little beyond 2 miles. Has any civilian every created a rocket that hit something like 30,000 or 40,000 feet, or is that 'illegal' and not permitted for civilians to do? Or is it just the sheer resources and money required for such a thing to do so?
I'm not really referring to any particular method. Either a thin and long solid rocket fuel type (of course, it would probably be like 20 or 30 feet long, I'm sure) or a liquid fuel with an actual mechanical engine. Or is that even feasibly possible to do with such a smaller sized rocket?
Actually amateur rocketeers regularly fly 30k'+, but it does requires a special FAA waiver and the truth is, anything going up over 2-3 miles gets somewhat more difficult to recover. At Tripoli's annual research launch in 9/08 (BALLS), several guys went 75k'+. That's in the Black Rock desert so the recovery area is huge, but it's still considered an achievement to fly and recover to that altitude, given the speeds, stresses, engineering, etc involved.
actually, in 2004 a team launched a rocket into space, reaching an altitude of 379,000 feet. And that was 20 feet tall. You don't need anywhere close to that big a motor to reach 30-40k. It's easily possible with an N or O motor, or even less if you have multiple stages.
Thanks - we were in disbelief it almost found power lines for a second time, luckily that was averted. From the distance away were were, you couldn't tell - it was only the look down video that revealed the truth:)
Because on a previous flight it landed on the only power line around for miles - pretty impressive arcing too! Big blue flames:) And this flight it almost hit the lines again....
That was spectacular, and a Nice Save at the end. I do have a question that may not have been asked yet, but I have seen the big ones go up and have an idea on what it takes to move a half a ton to 30,000 feet. We can get to space, yes, and it's legal. Considering we know how, and some of us are daring enough to try it, and a few of those daring are rich enough, is it legal to put an object into orbit?
chaosopher23 1 year ago
@chaosopher23 Don't know about the legality other than that Eisenhower sought an "open skies policy" with the early Navy and Army orbital attempts to set precedent, which of course did exactly that. So I'm guessing it's legal, subject to the FAA here and the local government's airspace rules elsewhere. Very hard to do though....
vahpr 1 year ago
great
peterjunior1000 1 year ago
nice joe satriani song
jonzdad1 2 years ago
Excellent song!! Great rockets too!
Aquaseemore 2 years ago
Awesome video, thanks for uploading it. :-)
And now...a probably stupid question. I see a lot of high powered rockets like this on youtube, but they don't usually exceed over like 12,000 feet or so, or just a little beyond 2 miles. Has any civilian every created a rocket that hit something like 30,000 or 40,000 feet, or is that 'illegal' and not permitted for civilians to do? Or is it just the sheer resources and money required for such a thing to do so?
jmr1068204 2 years ago
I'm not really referring to any particular method. Either a thin and long solid rocket fuel type (of course, it would probably be like 20 or 30 feet long, I'm sure) or a liquid fuel with an actual mechanical engine. Or is that even feasibly possible to do with such a smaller sized rocket?
jmr1068204 2 years ago
Actually amateur rocketeers regularly fly 30k'+, but it does requires a special FAA waiver and the truth is, anything going up over 2-3 miles gets somewhat more difficult to recover. At Tripoli's annual research launch in 9/08 (BALLS), several guys went 75k'+. That's in the Black Rock desert so the recovery area is huge, but it's still considered an achievement to fly and recover to that altitude, given the speeds, stresses, engineering, etc involved.
vahpr 2 years ago
There was one model rocket I have heard of that actually captured a image the earth as it almost went into space.
Roncace 2 years ago
actually, in 2004 a team launched a rocket into space, reaching an altitude of 379,000 feet. And that was 20 feet tall. You don't need anywhere close to that big a motor to reach 30-40k. It's easily possible with an N or O motor, or even less if you have multiple stages.
Omnigeek6 2 years ago
some group of people in 2004 were the first civilians to get a rocket into space...
HaloNoobAlert 2 years ago
Excellent :)
nicksynnz 2 years ago
Thanks - we were in disbelief it almost found power lines for a second time, luckily that was averted. From the distance away were were, you couldn't tell - it was only the look down video that revealed the truth:)
vahpr 2 years ago
interesting what video equipment can actually do isn't it
Roncace 2 years ago
Great flight!
Barely missed the power lines I must say
Roncace 2 years ago
great video, could you upload again in HQ? the onscreen display was hard to read in split screen at standard youtube quality.
Punchcatface 3 years ago
wow i think i seen the edge of the earth lol
drakeaengland 3 years ago
It seems to like those power lines?
tomcornwall83 3 years ago
Whats the name of this song...I had a skydiving video made when I jumped a few years back and this was the soundtrack!...Its satriani isn't it?
AreaQNH870 3 years ago
Yep - it's War off The Extremist - great album.
vahpr 3 years ago
Because on a previous flight it landed on the only power line around for miles - pretty impressive arcing too! Big blue flames:) And this flight it almost hit the lines again....
vahpr 3 years ago
Why did you apply "Do not operate within 10 feet of power lines" right on the rocket?
DTHRocket 3 years ago