Qu8k - BALLS 20 - Carmack Prize Attempt - High Altitude Rocket On-board Video

[pivotmaker00123]

there is no way i can dislike this so i liked this

[pivotmaker00123]

I'ts the final countdown :D

[sargon5]

There are no stars because it is too bright out for the dim stars to be seen. you see the blackness of space but the rocket is bathed in bright light which makes the camera aperture close down. even though you can see dark space it is still too bright for the camera to pick up stars they just get washed out. there is very little atmosphere to difuse the light around the rocket. look how well you can see the nose cone on the black background of space and that shows you how truly bright it is.

[planetofthescums]

That can't be the real curvature of the Earth.

[Tmark1509]

more power and the rocket was flown to the ISS! NASA needs you!

Great job!

[MrDibbsey]

Dear santa, please give the guys at Norad new pants now.

[MrDibbsey]

What was the object at 4:43?

[GeekyGuyOz]

@MrDibbsey the nose cone detaching and flying past

[PirateSygnal]

Simply amazing. With the Space Shuttle gone, we can finally bring in a new era. I hope you guys are part of that. This video has single handedly renewed my interest in YT!!

[jarjarbinx79]

do you need some permit to do this? I live nearby and was wondering if it's ok to start this as a hobby.

[TheSpeedy197]

great vid and no stupid music now build a bigger one and beat nasa

[Titanis2000]

Very nice - thanks for sharing

[Snowwww]

the part at 3:00 has the best moments

[VvImpalervV]

44 people think this is fake just like the moon landing because you don't see any stars... this also makes me happy I got a flip ultra hd 2 gig for christmas. Outstanding video and achievement.

[Yukondano2]

Is it possible to get the raw flight videos?

[Yukondano2]

Good thing a plane wasn't flying overhead

"This is your captain spe- HOLY SHIT!"

[OpTicLegitOG]

nice video dude



[teerocket1]

From anyone that has been in HPR in the past 25 years - thanks guys. You did what we've all dreamed of

[rslrdx]

whats that on space at 03:57 and 05:10 the moon? Satalite?

[HermanLoup]

*-*

[wesleyalexander1]

Dude you are the coolest guy ever. I wanna work together on future projects. I cant believe you were at BRC the year I was at Burning Man. AWESOME!!

[sleeplessingc]

what a ride mannn. it almost punched out. it was out there man. without a doubt the kewlest video on youtube.. congratulations derek... now build a bigger more powerful one : ^p

[Gloriousronin]

Enorme :)

[ciber101010101]

that is AMAYZING when i build one of those ill make it have 3 stages so it will actualy go into space

[fueg31]

magnifique !!

[MrPatheticUsername]

So did they win?

[MrPatheticUsername]

I love pictures of the sun in sub-orbit.

[MrPatheticUsername]

We're they competing for that like 17,000 dollar grant?

[ciuventus]

WOW SUPER AWESOM , IMPRESSIVE !!!!

[timbit2121]

I love how you can see the curvature of the earth within a few seconds of take off. Do you have to worry about burning up on re-entry? Or are you not that high up?

[MotionlessParadox]

@timbit2121 Technically they aren't that high. They are still inside the atmosphere, as says the description 90%. That altitude though weightlessness is absolutely guaranteed. If it were any higher it would be in what's Considered Low-Orbit, and it might actually have taken a couple hours or days, maybe longer, to get back down. The very edge vacuum footage though is just absolutely magnificent though. I have to give it to these people. :)

[schwarzarne]

@MotionlessParadox thats not true. the lowest used Orbit is 150km. this rocket just gets to 36km, to stay in metric system. and even if they got this high, it wouldnt have stayed in orbit but falled straight down, because it was just shot straight up.

[Yukondano2]

@timbit2121

The rocket is also fairly slender, as opposed to command pods.

[launcheverything]

High power rocketry will never be the same for me. What's the point in me building more rockets after seeing something like THIS?!! Derek, if you're ever in California or Arizona and you need a collaborator....

[launcheverything]

Congratulations Derek. That was one hell of a flight!

[BigCatsWildlife]

44 people couldn't get their level 1 cert.

[ParaglidingManiac]

How about that data from the stuff onboard?

[sleeplessingc]

that is the kewlest video ever posted on you tube. I bet joss whedon smiles real big when he see's this. suddenly space doesent seem so far any more. folks we have another browncoat! congratulations derek....

[WilliamGM3rd]

F 'in sweet! great launch!

[bo4arrow]

why is this not a gopro video of the week? it completely blows away that gopro 80,000Ft video

[Oagh]

Nice !

[fishingmanboy]

121,000' is 22.916667 miles cause 1 mile = 5,280 feet

[wessendorf15]

awesome rocket and that website is killer! ive always wondered how i could do a star grain never thought of using foam and dissolving it away!! 5 stars!!!

[Mikeius07]

I wonder how he got the camera back ...not in pieces...

[p1STOLEER]

09:36, pause here....WTF

[PaulPreddy]

@p1STOLEER Thats the tip of the rocket ejecting to deploy the parachute.

[MrsCochese]

That is sooo sweet

[aenigmate]

awesome!

next step... moon?

[TheTREX0895]

Wow c'est trop beau bordel de sa maman

[sparkwaves]

The best thing i ever seen!!! How you guys made it?? what propellant was that??

[darknessXsmash]

121,000 is 42 miles up space is 60-65 miles up and the atmosphere is 10-25 miles up it went into orbit and then fell

[scollision]

@darknessXsmash

121,000' is just under 23 miles. The official beginning of space according to NASA is 50 miles or 264,000'. Or 62.137 known as the Karman line, according to the FAI.

[darknessXsmash]

@scollision i looked that up and it was 42 miles well maybe 41 and space is 60-65 miles up i will check again.

[Fratalian274]

That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen

[metalstorm91291]

lol, does the GoPro warranty cover melted cases due to supersonic air friction?

[MiharuNV750]

Geiger counter is russian SBM-20? What was its maximum reading?

[dLimboStick]

Great video! Bravo on the launch!

[dLimboStick]

Does the name mean MaxQ is at 8K feet? My Dad used to work for Lockheed Missiles & Space and I remember as a kid laying on our front lawn looking up at the stars and him explaining how difficult it was to find a material for the nose cone of the Polaris missile. It had to be strong enough to withstand the differences in pressure from below the surface of the ocean, to Max Q, as well as temperature differences...and there was a weight limitation. His solution was laminated wood. It worked.

[xhogan89x]

@dLimboStick u have amazing dad :(

[dLimboStick]

@xhogan89x: Yes, he was.

[xhogan89x]

@dLimboStick ah... im sorry =( my one is just a simple chef...

[skimowhite586]

That would make it the worlds fastest gopro INTO SPACE

[1800simon1800]

why are there no stars?

[Tylermcnamar]

i bet NOAA was like wtf on the radar screen

[AbstergoView]

What was the fuel? I would love to support you in an orbital mission.

[vytenis330]

Unreal. Nice job

[CH20Rockets]

very peaceful up there I must say!

[Burguois]

This is how the strogg started. Great job!

[MON383]

recon even Homer Hickman would have been impressed by that.

[maxtwis]

The cool rocket!



[georgepotter428]

Your video is a favorite on Namibia

[Karmaffix]

It's a real shame the melted plastic stayed in the way of the lense.

Nevertheless. What you can see.. was worth the experience :)

[Revvavver]

Greatest!

[puppish44]

that was out of earths orbit

[TexasBeast713]

so it took only seconds to get out of earth atmosphere!

[donperry1]

@TexasBeast713 @mach 3, yeah

[TexasBeast713]

kool

[FordPrefect23]

42 flat Earthers?

[SaruWaza]

This is just f***ing amazing. I am speechless.

[brendanroney]

Now launch it from 72000ft via weather balloons :D

[VAN17INO6]

I love how the blue sky becomes black space

[eclipsesonic]

Truly amazing!

[monkeyeric13]

no its a homemade rocket with a qu8k motor and a camera and a allumanum casing and a parachute

[MrHerrrero]

what fuel did you use??I´m sure it´s not R-candy

[rhinosaur31]

how much bigger does this rocket need to be before they can put me in it and shoot me to the moon?

[donperry1]

What the hell flew off at 1:51 ???

[960flowers]

Fantastic. Build one with a second stage and you will never see it again. NASA will have company in outer space.

[Druler5]

42 people got hit on the head by a rocket.

[radumotisan]

beautiful video, congrats guys!!!

[widevr]

Truly awesome

[PoorBoy706]

How do the fins keep working so well in air that thin? Way to go, by the way :)

[piotralski1]

it's amazing

[logicbranch]

How did you get it to land so close to the launch point? With an altitude of nearly 37 kilometers, I'd expect it to land in another state.

[yushatak]

Congratulations on doing more than NASA has in a while! :D

[hardstyle905]

@yushatak Bullshit. NASA just launched Mars Science Laboratory towards Mars. If that ain't something then I don't know.

[proarlopro]

how can you dislike this?

[MsAvedis]

if I throw something from this high like a rock, I wonder if it hits someones car or their head. That would be funny. LOL

[Scrubasteveable]

how far away from the launch site did it land? That kinda thing always interests me.

[cheaterkidki]

...i though nevada was a restricted area?it had area 51 right?

[sagasa456]

the fact that the freakin gopro housing melted from the intense friction with the air is just AMAZING !! 1000 THUMBS UP definately :)

[jigmesam]

I kept thinking of when you do supply drops in battlefield 2. They always hit me, man!

[uzimodem]

that was amazing footage.

[yapnop2]

This was literally literally insanely unbelievably breathtakingly AMAZING !!

Dude, what else can i say .. Congratulations and job well done.

Wish you best of best in your career!

[Apugueiro]

2:53

[dorsai]

How far downrange did the instrument package travel?

[ClaudiusKarch]

INCOMING !!!!

at 6:14 and 6:40 you can see a face at the ground on the right side of the screen !!!

[Hessenspotter]

I can here the guys in a russian control centere screaming "Attention nuclear first strike" :-D

[toro199999]

why did you use many GPS's i mean "4"..wouldn't just one do the trick??? 

[Nomoreidsleft]

42 Vulcans think that earth is not ready for space technology.

[auto3261]

42 people don't know rocket.

[ninjaglareequals3]

Awesome! You are legends, if your gonna do another could you put something into orbit?

[jkukd]

and who you calling an idiot bud I'm far from an idiot so take it easy with the comments

[jkukd]

I was refering to sauermk97's comment

[jkukd]

couldn't see the planets come on you can't be serious

[ASTROgraffitiology]

@jkukd its called daytime idiot

[MrSmellslikeass]

it would cost around 1.8million dollars to do this sort of stuff

[ASTROgraffitiology]

how much did that launch roughly cost?

[spellgrounds]

epic !

[sauermk97]

AWESOME!!!!! Thanks for sharing. My kids loved watching it, and asked me why they couldn't see the planets... Maybe you could work on that for your next mission. Very cool!!!

[madmanhiker]

this was spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slamjamproduction]

this is amazing man! make another! yourock!

[xReventonx]

Awesome !!!!

[pjbenz21]

4:11 - You sunk my battleship

[wwwCRISHKcom]

and I think that NASA and governments were the only ones who go to outer space

[bikingforbrie]

I searched around to get an idea of the rough cost of such a project but found nothing obvious. Anyone have a good idea?

[raisingarizona7]

nice you can almost see sacramento

[flstf2k]

That was amazing!

[woodzyspl]

got 1 in my back yard, but it aimed at house i don't like..

[DancingSpiderman]

Congratulations, Derek ! Everything about this mission was incredible !

[DancingSpiderman]

I you guy realize... the recorded video and audio on this mission was most likely much better than NASA's first launches?

[Paxgod]

Nice flight guys.

[rhyleymaster]

THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING!

[MatheusDuutra]

quero um desses =/

[aalexxanderr]

Excellent!

[Pyrotrons]

This ought to be the most-watched video on YouTube.

[GruntMichAn]

Hey guys, you did launch in mind to be synchronized with this (v=dQHtk9hmA94)? Because timing is awesome.

[GruntMichAn]

@GruntMichAn And 3D Mark 2000 fits even more better. That can't be coincidence.

[joeguitargod]

Absolutely incredible launch! Unbelievable speed as it was filming the curvature of the Earth! Great Job! BTW, how much did this launch cost?

[Neolith100]

That "side camera" is the stuff!

[lnaclan]

what type of fuel did you use?

[truthseekers666]

Did you have to tell USAF at Cheyenne that you were launching>?

[shadabshaikh1984]

Is it really melting plastic at 05:31 OR......

[Akhius]

epic.

[9pinkyandthebrain]

they're lucky it didn't end up like 7 states away

[flatlinevertigo]

I was getting dizzy watching this!

[jmobstfeld]

That was faaaaaast

[Aripto]

well done you deserve a cookie

[darkcam93]

04:05 lake or sea name?

[Jcsthird]

@darkcam93

Pyramid Lake, NV

[UnrealSnipa]

I can see my house from here

[blogegog]

Blech. Very cool, but watching it makes me sick.

[bubblybassoonist]

Wow. Amazing job! Well done!

[skadar]

Everything about this is awesome. Love the beeping like the rocket's heartbeat.

[rimmer1967]

Love the sound it makes when shute is deployed

[Mosgaard]

So uhm, what's the milage on that thing?

[MegaUltraTube]

can I has cheezburger and building scheme?

[barbaracerra]

The Greys: WTF

[kronostita]

2:58 starts the show

[shogrran]

The whole time I was wondering if it will fall back down and hit someone in the head.

[shogrran]

High altitude rocket on-board video or video on-board high altitude rocket?.... I hate this monkey eating eagle shit.

[JarciaGordan]

IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?;

[JarciaGordan]

:0 that bitch was in spACE!

[SGmattilus]

sounds like aliens xD

[thenoobcentral]

watching the decent, if you concentrate on the black smudge, the world looks like a bowling ball =|

[Aksrockets]

One of the best rocket videos out there. Really amazing! I just wish I could have made it to Balls this year!

Alex

-jr. L1

[Darkmunky2]

Haha, I hope you'll be glad to know that your video is being used as inspiration tools in my Spacecraft Design class. Keep being awesome!

[catmushing]

Bravo! I'm not sure how you financed that rocket, but wow. Just wow.

[ejp93]

BADASS! The sound was so satisfying.....PshhhhBWOAHHHHH­hhhhhhhh!