Steve Eve's Record Setting Saturn V Launch - April 25, 2009 - Steve Eve Saturn 5

More info at http://www.rcgrabbag.com. This is Steve Eve's 36ft 1600lb 1/10 scale "miniature" Saturn V rocket launch earlier today, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. The rocket was lofted by eight 13,000ns N-Class motors and a 77,000ns P-Class motor generating around 8000lbs of thrust! The launch was a huge success and put it in the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest model rocket ever flown! Congrats to Steve and the team!!!

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[Rocketryman]

How was that launch allowed with those people so close.

That had to be against Tripoil and AMA Regulations.

[rcgrabbag]

Not sure what the regs are since I was just a spectator, but regular folks like me were kept 1/4 mile away. Maybe the others you see were from the media and allowed to be closer?

[devanoo2]

thats not a model rocket thats a freaking sidewinder missle

[Eatboom]

Good work with the camera, dude!

Awesome rocket...

[peter good]

4:50 is it just me or it's a onboard camera???

[Ryan Maurer]

They were in compliance... the "way-away pads" are 2500ft from the launch control officer...

[dcs002]

Extraordinary rocket, launch, and camera work! I love it that I could see every phase of the flight clearly! Any estimate of maximum altitude?

I wish they had placed stationary cameras all around at launch to get those dramatic, slow motion, NASA-like shots they got of the original Saturn V. Awesome work though, by any measure. You did a great job tracking it after launch!

[avengd7fold4life]

i actually met Steve Eve's up in Bong Wisconsin earlier this year in august and he had this rocket out and on display and it was amazing. great job!

[se7ensnakes]

I think that the x wing fighter that attacked and destroyed the death star were more advance design. but i could sit on my design table and come up with a design thats just looks cool. We are, after all, talking about MODEL rockets and as far as designs goes the sky is the limit.

[simon says]

feed a man a fish he eats for a day. teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime. For all you know the next generation space explorers are in the audience or viewers here. This small expense might be the catalyst for the next generation breakthrough that feeds ALL the starving kids on the planet. You sir are incredibly short sighted.

[simon says]

outdated? You mean there are other updated launch vehicles that have put humans on the moon? What, praytell, has outdated this in regard to simplicity, safety, effectiveness, efficency and cost?

[Andrew Macrae]

and obviously you're not an English major.