Hi Ryan. You have some of the best amateur launch videos I’ve seen, it’s not easy keeping a rocket in center of frame. Your build videos are great too, and the build quality shows on your particular rockets as well… straight up and intact! BTW, do you have any basic camera recommendations? I want to record my flights with more than just an iPhone, whose screen I can’t see in the Florida sunshine anyway… kinda point and hope it’s somewhere in the field of view.
@LeviWilley-l7o2 күн бұрын
Mine was the (Levi's rocket) that went past the star orbiter on accident. It was actually kind of cool!
@MaxHackbarth14 күн бұрын
Quit huffing the rocket!
@joemustion578320 күн бұрын
I find myself using BP motors less and less; except for 2 stage rockets.
@rocktopuss927929 күн бұрын
This was so lame. It bummed me out. I do not recommend.
@billholcomb-mw4egАй бұрын
I have been online with models about a year now do not know how I have missed your site, I am looking and learning how too ! you have got me wanting to use your set up on the Level Two set up. I am thinking a 3" Rocket for that hope it will work well.. Thank you for your info...
@greenlex518Ай бұрын
How much black powder do you use for the main charge in the nosecone?
@flyfalconsАй бұрын
@@greenlex518 I use 1.1 grams on my primary charge and 1.3 on my backup. This is with using three shear pins.
@fredstorkАй бұрын
Looking forward to the next video. This is the plane that I thought, 15 years ago, would be my first plane… but it might end up being my 3rd.
@wyliewestyАй бұрын
Did you use the stock Estes body tube? Did you fiberglass over the body tube. Did you have to reinforce the Nose cone? Thank You
@flyfalconsАй бұрын
@@wyliewesty yes I used the stock body tube and nose cone. No fiberglassing the body as it is short and the strength from the motor mount tube and centering rings really reinforces it. I did glue a cardboard coupler inside the nose cone shoulder, as removing the sloped part of the plastic shoulder removes a lot of strength.
@flyinhigh0252 ай бұрын
Hey! Great flight. Do you by chance have a final weight on the little Punisher?
@greenlex5182 ай бұрын
How did you attach the metal tip?
@flyfalcons2 ай бұрын
@@greenlex518 there is an eye bolt and washer that go on the inside, you screw them in place. You can also add epoxy.
@michaelbozung17942 ай бұрын
Cool video..
@kareemsalessi2 ай бұрын
High-Power???
@LeviWilley-l7o2 ай бұрын
some are high power, some aren't
@PRANAYPRATYUSH-b8g2 ай бұрын
Hey, can you tell a little about the specs of the rocket
@REAR_rockets2 ай бұрын
Well done!
@bwc19762 ай бұрын
Awesome, I'd so love to see an event like this in person some day!
@PurpaFur2 ай бұрын
What a fun looking hobby! And so close to where I live! Looks expensive though...
@spblat2 ай бұрын
Hey thanks for this video. I tried adjusting the guide screw under that plastic and like you I wasn’t able to get the right result. I also spent an hour trying various power settings, and I also looked closely at the shooter fork to make sure it was moving smoothly and making even contact with the ball. Nothing helped. I’m definitely trying your solution next and I am sure it’ll work. Thank you again!
@seancarroll81033 ай бұрын
Fun times. Excellent videography.
@BrianKelsay4 ай бұрын
Have you gotten any further along on the Tiger Moth?
@flyfalcons4 ай бұрын
I finally got the full fuselage/wing kit delivered after a loooooong wait. I have to take care of a couple things on my bench, then it's time to start banging out all 52 ribs and 48 false ribs.
@BrianKelsay4 ай бұрын
He's headed back into the toolbox! 🐍
@slapdat.byteme4 ай бұрын
Buddy & I launched a homemade rocket, with a mustard container cap as nosecone, back in the 70’s. Had ridden our bikes to a local park, but forgot the launchpad guide rod. Laid the rocket on it’s side and lit the fuse, figuring the rocket would scoot along the parking lot and crash into the curb on the other side. Darn thing was about 5 ft off the ground when it cleared that curb… flew out of the park, across a street and that hard plastic nosecone embedded into the aluminum siding of a house. Few seconds later, ejection charge goes off. Smoking rocket stuck into the side of a house. We did what any 16-yr old would do… yelled “oh shit”, hopped on our bikes, and scrammed! 🤣
@bobbyfellerd29934 ай бұрын
You have to POWDER your chute and PACK right before launch. that plastic chute sticks together
@bobbyfellerd29934 ай бұрын
AND you don't launch when the wind is whipping the flags and safe area ribbon , CRINGING ME OUT
@321Launch-ke7ji4 ай бұрын
My boys were so excited just now to see their rockets "on TV!" @ 9:21. Thanks Ryan!
@dasimcoes4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Looked like a good time.
@cloudstreets13964 ай бұрын
Why does the rocket have to break apart into three pieces? Can’t you just pop the nose cone and deploy the main?
@flyfalcons4 ай бұрын
The purpose of dual deploy is to allow the rocket to come down quickly from altitude, while also slowing it for a safe landing. This reduces how far the rocket drifts from the launch pad.
@cloudstreets13964 ай бұрын
@@flyfalcons thanks!
@russellesimonetta90715 ай бұрын
Uhh, what happened to the Tiger Moth???
@flyfalcons5 ай бұрын
It was a loooooong wait, I ordered the wing kit last Spring, then Fisher got purchased by CKD Aero and moved their operation to a bigger warehouse, then I met Dave Hertner at Oshkosh and he convinced me to save thousands in crating fees by ordering the fuselage kit as well. With all that, my wing and fuselage kits finally arrived several weeks ago.
@lunarpollen5 ай бұрын
The saddest one i witnessed was in about 1989, in an elective high school rocketry class... My friend built the large Estes 1380 Phoenix model; he put so much work into it and it turned out beautiful... But on class launch day, when it was time for it to make its maiden flight, it suffered a catastrophic engine failure when the presumably defective Estes D engine exploded instead of properly igniting. I think it only made it partway up the launch rail when the motor blew up, completely shredding half of the lower section of the rocket (it blew the whole side out).
@mikefisher26735 ай бұрын
Forgot about the mini Honest John should have picked up one to go with my full size one. It now sits on a shelf, and needs minor repairs since last flown in 1976.
@SpaceDoodleRocketry-fm5jo5 ай бұрын
the whole lawn dart thing hits real close to me. Last summer, I built this rocket glider based off some plans I found on the internet. Ironically I called it lawn dart, and on it's first flight it did just that
@thomasmitchell8286 ай бұрын
One of my earliest memories was in 1959 or 1960 where my father flew the family from Ellsworth AFB to T.E. Green Airport in Providence, R.I. We fell out of the skies in a downdraft that the anemic Franklin engine couldn't compensate for. We were evidently close to a rural airstrip and landed in ground effect at a small rural airport in the mountains of Pennsylvania, allowing me to eventually into the senior citizen I am today.
@papakrakazyabrika7 ай бұрын
😍👍👍👍
@scottwetterstrom12847 ай бұрын
When do you show connecting the shock cord and parachute protector? Looking for the best way to do that since the engine mount has already been glued in. If you don’t have that on this video, do you have it on another?
@flyfalcons7 ай бұрын
Did you add the eye bolt to the forward centering ring already?
@scottwetterstrom12847 ай бұрын
@@flyfalcons yes, it is epoxied on.
@flyfalcons7 ай бұрын
@@scottwetterstrom1284 Great, if your harness doesn't have a loop sewn at the end then you can tie a loop, then feed that through the eye bolt and run the rest of the harness through the loop. Alternatively you can tie a slip knot on the eye bolt and tape the excess harness together.
@Workerbee-zy5nx7 ай бұрын
Love the classics. 🎉
@scottwetterstrom12847 ай бұрын
When you said you got the fin guide from payload bay. It appeared to be think but I can't find it. Is there a place to purchase one? I'm starting my build on this rocket. Thanks!
@flyfalcons7 ай бұрын
Www.payloadbay.com is a website. Go to Tools, then Fin Guide. You can print out a guide, then glue it to a foam board and cut out the fins and body tube on the paper to make your fin guide.
@mgreenl245508 ай бұрын
I like how you show the motor for each flight. I’m sure it’s a bit of work to do that, but it adds a lot to your videos. 😊
@mikedesmarais37108 ай бұрын
Mine is opposite and hits the left upper flipper tip. I definitely need to get it corrected. It’s killing the rubber
@michaelc68178 ай бұрын
Great contest. If only we had such a nice launch site in SoCal.
@Alby_VA8 ай бұрын
Have you considered more build videos and such? Your video on building the Drago 4XL was awesome. Especially breaking them up into usable chunks so one can focus on an Avionics Bay build or Booster Build. Any more of these types of videos coming?
@flyfalcons8 ай бұрын
Yes I'm wanting to get a build video of my new project going. Been so busy with life that I didn't build anything last year, but am hoping to change that soon!
@Alby_VA8 ай бұрын
@@flyfalcons That would be awesome... ❤️❤️❤️❤️ The best part about those videos are seeing the techniques and different ways of doing something one may not have even considered. 😁
@devonspinkphone18028 ай бұрын
Adjust the power of your auto plunger setting.Goto adj>game>feature adjustment #78
@neokdrinkt9 ай бұрын
Thanks! Mine has been doing the same since some time now. Gonna try the fix this week! Cheers
@dylanmcgovern72419 ай бұрын
11:20 hey that's my rocket! love your videos!!
@flyfalcons9 ай бұрын
Sorry for spelling your name wrong in the last video, my bad!
@dylanmcgovern72419 ай бұрын
@@flyfalcons ha no worries, it was a justified guess
@HalfAftRocketry9 ай бұрын
Lots of nice launches.
@bingusbobby50129 ай бұрын
What nike smoke was that?
@flyfalcons9 ай бұрын
That was my Estes PSII Nike Smoke on the G64.
@LighthouseProductions19 ай бұрын
Thats my Red Streak at 2:55
@whateverworm9 ай бұрын
Can you describe in detail how you went about bending the rail? Tools used, etc? Thank you.
@flyfalcons9 ай бұрын
Hi, the rail is aluminum and is easy to bend by hand.
@mikestimac164010 ай бұрын
Wow Happy to see someone else like me. I'm based at KTIW flying my Experimental Long-EZ. I'm building these rockets like I did when I was a kid and am loving it all over again. I'm restricted to having to land on asphalt runway's but would love to fly and launch somewhere to. To Fun. Thanks.
@judet299210 ай бұрын
That PML Jupiter tried to make it there!
@OvGraphics10 ай бұрын
Hello Ryan, someone said. You might as well be in Ethiopia as for my ever visiting. I'm on the opposite end of the country. Wow! This is a good video and you did put a ton of work into the making and editing. Frankly, I thought that when NASA got out of rockets as they were intended and into the space shovel that model rocketry would go the way of the carrier pigeon. I see I may have been a trifle mistaken...although, it seems to have all fled about far west and norf as possible. Jeez! Dadgummit. I know ya'll had ALL the fun. My rocket building days are done. I did mine back in the.... gosh...70's, I guess. Sure was fun. Enjoyed your work there.
@TIGERMOTH310 ай бұрын
Hello flyfalcons, Built Tiger-moth 31 over period of 7 yrs in my garage as you are. Best tool in the shop was my stool! What do the plans want & how am I going to accomplish it. Enjoyed the build process & enjoyed the "courtship' of learning to fly it well over several years. Can't have too many clamps or too much light . There's nothing you can do that you can't back up & do over! Enjoy the build it's worth it Whiskey Mike
@flyfalcons10 ай бұрын
Thanks! FFP has gone through some changes lately, and my wing and fuselage kits are finally in production. Looking forward to getting back to the build.