ALL Carbon Fiber: My Fastest, Highest, Craziest Rocket YET!

[@xylafoxlin]

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[@xylafoxlin]

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[@Tinman_56]

😊was curious if NAR membership was required for your launches? Spite, the Xmas tree, etc?

[@AdaOnaPC]

That's one of the strangest sponsor plugs I've ever heard. Love it.

[@markg.1159]

Hey Xyla, I'm a big proponent of therapy as well. But BetterHelp got fined by the FTC for literally selling customers' mental health data to Facebook. Presumably they've had to stop now, but that's so insidious I would never trust them again.

[@astranger448]

Watching a hot girl build rockets IS therapy.....

[@Zachafinackus]

Remember, BetterHelp sells your heath data to outside companies.

[@matiastripaldi406]

Besides that, i think it's totally dystopian for there to be a company that has marketized therapy to the point of advertising it in a youtube video

[@fios4528]

I mean they've pointed out the issues with that particular company, but how do you expect businesses to run without marketing? Believe it or not, word-of-mouth alone is almost never enough to support most businesses

[@barbedwings]

Sells your mental health details to outside companies to target vulnerable people for advertisements to exploit those vulnerabilities. It's ghastly.

[@Hans-gb4mv]

@@fios4528 the problem I have is with the American mindset that anything and everything should be profitable. Healthcare is one of those exceptions where profit should not come first, but where we all should help and contribute to ensure everyone can live a healthy life.

[@winterwatson6811]

i don’t think it’s fair to say that it’s an american approach: it’s wildly unpopular with broad swaths of the population. it’s just that some american’s voices seem to carry more weight than others in our system 🙃

[@909fishing3]

Gotta make this comment before finishing this video. The woman clearly didn't do any research about you, cause you are more than a PR girl, you've paid dues, and something I'm proud about brought engineering more coed by being one of the positive role models. Thank you, now back to the video cause I'm excited to see Spite in action.

[@Elmo6855]

Seriously. And for the record, don't get in Xyla's way when someone tells her that "she can't", 'cuz she will!

[@jakobrosenqvist4691]

@@Elmo6855 I might just tell her she can't just because I want to see her do it.

[@Moshington]

That lady shutting down and gatekeeping a female engineer. Literally toxic af.

[@NSResponder]

Obviously it wasn't about Xyla's credentials. It was standard mean-girl bullying. Name and shame her.

[@erniepike3902]

And what kind of manipulative gaslighting does she have on everyone else in the group that no one else stood up for Xyla. IDK what group this was but I hope she is not in a position to influence kids.

[@ponyote]

I love that you have fully committed to calling it Boatal Tote. It makes me smile every time you say it.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I came here to look for this comment.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I was watching another person's video where they used the same product and I knee-jerk thought they were saying it wrong.

[@TotalBoat]

We wouldn't have it any other way now haha

[@ponyote]

@TotalBoat very well played. So nice to see companies engaged with their communities.

[@ponyote]

@MonkeyJedi99 same. I want to say it was a Peter Stripol vid, could be wrong.

[@JayHutchG]

As a retired 74 year old aerospace technology old guy, watching this video was very satisfying on many levels. 1) seeing young people passionate about rocketry fulls my heart with joy. 2) your fabrication & build skills are next level (but you know that) - be proud anyway. 3) test, test, test, test along the way. Hmmmm . . . she is wise too.4) Great effort to be as certain as possible most of your build is recoverable and reusable. Last, at 74 I still tear up every time I watch Falcon boosters land simultaneously. Don't care what you think of da Musk man. You gotta admit that is a sight to behold. Keep up the great work Xyla.

[@perrooceaniko2005]

Not retired but old Engineer too and fully agree with you. Wonderful job of this girl. Need more like her ...!! She is a REAL influencer. ...... live close to cape canaveral and enjoy the launches ....! 😂

[@craigwall9536]

She ain't "young people". She's one of a kind.

[@DeckBuildingKingOfCM]

Agree with my fellow old folk… Could have heated the tube to fit over yeah? Like a clutch basket?

[@jacobclark89]

Hey, I got some support strut type parts that I think are for some kind of aircraft, that I bought at a flea market. if I sent you a few pictures of them would you mind giving me your opinion on what you think they are for / fit on ? Thanks

[@JerryRigEverything]

super cool project

[@brennanthompson]

apparently capitalization is strictly prohibited

[@Kammandier]

you reckon the nose cone scratches at what level ?

[@superfishee.]

hello

[@EIonMusk1]

baId Mr clean bozo

[@you_lost_the_game]

"Hot glue rhymes with Mach 2" has got to be the single most terrifying phrase I've heard from an engineer and I absolutely love it

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Yeah. When I heard that, I just knew she was thinking, "I dare ya to tell me it's gonna fall off..." Of course, it didn't.

[@dlbuffmovie]

HAHAHA....just got to that part in video.

[@lyteyearz5810]

Lmaooo my favorite and slightly scary part. 😂😂😂

[@jeffmccrea9347]

In 1968, Creedence Clearwater Revival did a song called Bad Moon Rising. The end of the chorus goes, "There's A Bad Moon On The Rise". People at concerts, as a joke, were singing, "There's A Bathroom On The Right".

[@jttech44]

That's the difference between a design engineer and a manufacturing engineer.

[@KrustyKlown]

Over 4 miles straight up!!.. and lands walking distance away !!.. that's one straight true flying rocket.

[@fnowat]

And steady air

[@liam3284]

when it goes up that quickly, the wind does not have much time to act on it

[@liambohl]

@@liam3284 The wind has much more time to act on it while it parachutes back down

[@AerialWaviator]

8 miles total ... the first 4 took seconds, then the next 4 took minutes.

[@neutronium9542]

@@liambohl I built and flew a similar rocket to a similar altitude. It went straight up, and then the wind took it 5 miles away under the drogue parachute.

[@1sciguy1929]

As a TRA L3, I am thoroughly impressed with the build quality and overall clear knowledge of high powered rocketry in general - amazing job! Especially when compared to some popular youtubers who bite off more than they can safely chew given their experience, your project and process was a refreshing step in the right direction in terms of youtubers showing safe and well-established build practices. Again, amazing job, I look forward to more FAR shenanigans :)

[@kerbalengineeringsystems7415]

Xyla has two moods - perfectly executed L3-level vehicles and "lol what if we put a rocket in this"

[@gschweiger]

The shot with everyone reacting to takeoff was awesome.

[@AaronJohnsonSTL]

It really puts into perspective how FAST it leapt off the pad with everyone tossing their heads back to track it!

[@thedofflin]

It also helped me realise how fast that thing was going when they all immediately tilt their heads back.

[@thedofflin]

@@AaronJohnsonSTL Oh you literally said the same thing LOL

[@HansWeberHimself]

Best part. Heads tilting up at brake neck speed. 😂

[@MarkofT]

You have to watch it several times and watch another person each time.

[@joshmaxwellreinerallen3521]

Beautiful launch! It was my daughter's morning screen time :) Can't describe how much it means to her to see you being you!

[@RyanDSM1975]

Strutting to the launch pad with a carbon fiber rocket on her shoulder with a casual hair flip is the most Xyla Spite vibe ever and I love it!

[@nilo70]

You are NOT WRONG

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Shoutout to the camera operator, too, for completely nailing it.

[@odbo_One]

My daughter class had a boat racing event using different type of hulls and motors, she entered, and the boys in her class joked her hard. It was simple kit. She followed all procedures to the T. She picked the right combination and beat them all. She laughed at them as she was holding the 1st place ribbon.

[@mariebaxter473]

As an older guy with Granddaughters , I marvel how far we have come and yet still way off.Come on the girls ,show em all the long and the short and the tall.( well the boys any way ) LOL

[@BPSspace]

ABSOLUTE W, phenomenal build and a perfect flight! Congrats homie :)

[@tka4nik]

"True hot girl shit, is laying up your own fin plates" (c)

[@nickryan3417]

What's amazing about all of these rocket videos, not just Xyla's, is just how professional and capable they are getting. This is all "hobbyist" technology, but it's so polished and we're seeing some amazing achievements out of it.

[@razoredgechris]

as an ex hobbyist myself from 15+ years ago I am blown away by the stuff i have seen on KZbin in the last 5 or so.. BPS was maybe the first one to blow my mind

[@c97f]

Everything about this is as impressive as hell. That schedule was nuts, you didn't miss a milestone, and you hit your target velocity almost dead on. Amazing engineering, project management, and craftsmanship!

[@pmatheny1115]

As a lifelong craftsman your skill level is remarkable and the engineering is totally amazing. I have never worked with carbon fiber so I learned some things. Great video

[@bgdavenport]

I started building Estes rockets on my 13th birthday (1965). I still have the launcher my father and I designed as an instantaneous launch option to the old Estes "wait-for-awhile" launcher. I still have the very first issue of the Saturn 1B which I built when I was 16. It's a bit dilapidated now. I'm 71 year old. Shoot for the stars!

[@charlesballard5251]

Congratulations for being able to hold onto that S1B for so long. I'm 57 and don't have any of the models I built when I was young.

[@davidbaker8580]

Still have the Mercury and Saturn 1B built in the early 70's. All of the others are gone. I'm 60 now.

[@daddyofcallie]

I have an unopened Estes box kit (from mid 90s), with a few rockets and launcher, and motors. Never built them with my kids. So I'll be building them with my grandsons soon. I have a rocket from the early 70s that I'll rehab and fly as well. We used to fly them from El Mirage dry lake in CA, then ride mini-bikes to chase them down before they hit the ground.

[@Video_Crow]

@@daddyofcallie I would recommend not using the old engines when you finish the rockets - my first ever rocket kit was a gift from my uncle who similarly had it in storage for years. First launch using one of the old engines and it barely cleared the launch rod before the ejection charge went off and blew the top off the rocket. I'm guessing the black powder had absorbed moisture over the years or something, but it burned through the entire engine almost instantaneously and the ejection charge was certainly more energetic than normal.

[@daddyofcallie]

I'll get new engines. Thanks@@Video_Crow

[@DJFelixChester]

Xyla immediately doing the same pose as Spite the raccoon sticker as soon at the rocket lifted is the energy I want in my life.

[@adriendauphinais1200]

That's an absolutely awesome rocket, an absolute joy to see built and launched.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And the Raccoon Federation approves of the chosen pilot.

[@dhwave1]

"hot glue rhymes with mach 2" love it!, Awesome project, thank you for sharing!

[@MorganBenton]

Idea: for bulkhead epoxy, since it's difficult to see inside the tube, use UV-reactive pigment so that a black light will make it glow :)

[@JayWye52]

or a little UV-LED flashlight.

[@rcb3921]

I don't care what you place is in life; you always will feel like a badass when walking through the desert with a rocket on your shoulder and electric guitar music playing in the background.

[@a8495turtle]

I’ve had a few times walking through school carrying a rocket or rocket parts. Always feels awesome.

[@xylafoxlin]

hurts your shoulder though 😅

[@SandalWudhu]

​@@xylafoxlini would've told you to walk it off, but you already did. That's a beautiful rocket you build there, ma'am.

[@Kerballistic]

Anytime I ever carry a rocket I feel cool af

[@jimfuhrman8665]

Spite was a perfect name, and the Rocket on your shoulder walk off was EPIC!!! Next rocket should be called “VINDICATION “. Rock on 🤘🏼 Xyla!!!

[@mrfochs]

Absolutely loved the project and the end result. Just a word of caution at 5:21 as you move both hands to the outside stack of MDF while cutting on the table saw. With the piece being wider than it was long and pushing from the "outside" of the blade, you are introducing a twisting force on the wood, pinching the back of the blade while not securing the piece between the blade and the fence. This can result in bad kickback and jamming/launching of the part between the fence and blade - often straight back but sometimes up and/or sideways depending on what part of the wood gets caught by the blade.

[@nigelboycenigeb1374]

You are absolutely right the twisting force can cause kickback but isn't that what the riven blade behind the cutting blade to stop the wood twisting? You can just see the riven blade poking up tp the right of the cutting blade at 5.21? Not to diminish your comment as its fair and it causes serious injury if there's kickback

[@michaellovett8773]

Enjoyed the build. Strangely most satisfied with the ending of the couple trailing the group holding hands.

[@0GregorSchultz0]

eyo Xyla, Im a boatbuilder and though I mostly work with polyester, sometime I work with epoxy. I dont know if you ever experienced it, but removing your nylon "non-stick" from epoxy has somewhat of a piezo-electric effect that you can see.. whenever we work with epox, we always dim the the lights before ripping off the nylon....it looks otherworldy! :)

[@jameswoll]

Triboluminescence!

[@0GregorSchultz0]

@@jameswoll thanks, I Forgor :D

[@BloodAsp]

Possibly x-ray production as well.

[@UmiRyuzki2]

There is nothing more entertaining than watching Xyla and Joe hitting explosives with a hammer. 😆

[@tolkienfan1972]

Definitely one of the highlights

[@Trojan7575]

Wow people fall for this ,therapist are human too and just as predictable when it comes to taking advantage of us all.Im just happy that you didn't show yourself using an angle grinder with carbon Fibre without a mask . It's lethal

[@XD-nj7bc]

@@Trojan7575 What?

[@teddypamperin6232]

I was waiting for the typical mechanics wisdom if a bolt it stuck - just add some heat to the outer part and that will make the fit looser until it cools down. Oxy-gas heat is most common. Without the body and nozzle containing /raising /directing the pressure, would the fuel grains just look like a fast burning sparkler?

[@drivemenuts3011]

It will take many tedious hours and a lot of damage to pull that motor apart. I doubt that heating the outer casing will achieve anything.

[@dennisleasock]

For simple, faster, better FILLETS order a bag of 3m Glass Bubbles (usually called micro) from Aircraft Spruce. In a dixie cup, mix the bubbles with the same epoxy you'll be using with your cloth, until you have a peanut butter kind of paste, use a tongue depressor to create the profile, and put your cloth down. A better chemical bond, no waiting or sanding. Hope this helps. Also try flocked cotton for larger radii fillets.

[@EricSnydereasphotography]

Best line in your video "This is like $3000 worth of stuff, Im gonna light on fire". LOL

[@teslatrooper]

An uncut shot of the full flight from at least one angle would've been nice, I don't think anyone would complain about the video being a little longer

[@filipdahlberg4420]

Could have let it be at the end or something even or a separate vid

[@jonnyphenomenon]

True! I can't imagine ever thinking one of xylas videos was too long.😊

[@ravenmad9225]

My first thought was that after all that effort the camera man missed the shot.

[@perryrush6563]

I wish it had the video as well.

[@1QKGLH]

It's part of the current generation raised on youtube shorts, insta, and tiktok. Everything is short clips, substance takes a back seat. Yeah, the whole flight would be been nice.

[@peraltarockets]

Oh hell yeah, Xyla. Congrats on the L3. As always, you rock. I am learning so many techniques from this video.

[@sparrowbe4k802]

I admit I've not watched the whole thig here but Xyla is one of the top ten creators out there. The old argument about "style over content" or "content over style" doesn't apply because she has both. It's educational, she's pretty, rockets are cool, slightly better than kitten videos and I'm doing nothing again. Thx Xyla, thanks a bunch.

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

I thought it was funny she cant legally say how to make the rocket parts when she is making them legally.

[@sparrowbe4k802]

@@neglectfulsausage7689 I think she means she'll wind up getting heavily censored and maybe even kicked off youtube. The number of channels I watch where they say "we can't out it on here because of the algorithm." It's getting silly now.

[@michaelkovalenko1429]

That's awesome! It's amazing how much hard work went into building this amazing rocket. I like Xyla's enthusiasm, genuine interest, knowledge. A very uplifting and inspiring video. Thanks!

[@thegreenpickel]

Thank you for showing the whole process from build to launch in one video instead of a six-part mini-series.

[@LeAdri1du40]

Whenever you need to remove the motor, heat up the metal enclosure with a heat gun, it will expand and make it easier to slide out (it would also have helped to get it inside)

[@KevinLyda]

Heat gun, rocket propellant, I can understand a little reluctance there. But yeah, definitely on the way out!

[@brianlee6849]

Maybe the opposite cool the motor then there's no danger.

[@brianlee6849]

For installation

[@Splarkszter]

@@KevinLyda Propellant needs hundreds of degrees, a couple tens is not big deal.

[@matteyas]

​@@KevinLyda The propellant ignites at 600+ °F if I'm not mistaken, so there's quite some room for heating the tube for assembly as well.

[@enkiimuto1041]

I respect that the name of the rocket is based on what its fuel is. Good on you!

[@CVM222VOLT]

This is the kind of online influencer every father wishes their daughter to follow . What an amazing young lady

[@willlienellson7451]

Keep your kids off social media, even better.

[@ThisHandleIsTakenTryThis]

@@willlienellson7451not necessarily

[@josephpowell6009]

their sons too , for more than 1 reason.

[@robertlangley258]

@@willlienellson7451......why are you here?

[@robertlangley258]

@@ThisHandleIsTakenTryThis.........always gotta be one turd in the audience.

[@josephpk4878]

Lesson Learned: When the people you're working with don't recognize the value that you bring and allow you to ascent to the top... build a carbon fibre rocket and use it to blow right past them. I got goosebumps on the countdown - it must've been insane to see it live.

[@jeffrowe6004]

Elon started with the same spite because someone refused to sell him a rocket.

[@safeish57]

@@jeffrowe6004 difference is elon didnt make any of the rockets

[@dr.swaster8763]

Actually he has been quite integral to the development of his rockets. He does hold the captains role.

[@dstr1]

​@@safeish57you mean that he didn't LABOR on the manufacturing of the rockets! When one build things it's necessary to utilize tools. These tools comes in all forms some mechanical and others in the form of human. If you think it's not essential to apply these tools you've never built much and is unlikely to do so until you have acquired such knowledge. Since every person that has built anything significant had to use tools, be it human, mechanical or both usually both.

[@edwardwaltonbespoke5817]

​@@dstr1 👍 And I'm pretty sure he was on the production floor one Thanksgiving in order to keep his project on track.

[@JohnRourke-n2n]

Although I've never done any rocketeering (yet!), I am an engineer and so watching your attention to detail at the same time as such joyful enthusiasm, had me grinning like a happy camper myself when Spite lit up and rocketed(!) away... it is so much fun to explore new things by experiment, especially when you do it yourself.. Great Job, not just in building the device but communicating the feelings as well!

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

3:15 Wow composites are really simple? I'm going to start a submarine company now. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@nekko3559]

I'd pay atleast 250k to get a seat!

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

Very simple, off the shelf parts.

[@AlbertaGeek]

And if any engineer specializing in submersibles tells you your design is shit, you can just resolve the issue by firing them!

[@spvillano]

@@AlbertaGeek and using expired airplane carbon fiber isn't exactly a grand idea when one's pushing the most extreme of extreme conditions this side of gas giants.

[@robb2923]

Awsome! And that “botal tote” (7:53) is great stuff! 😅

[@paulkinzer7661]

There are loads of things I love when I get to watch your records of what you do. Here are a few that come to mind right after finishing this one: you work hard, you have fun, you have friends there to help and share in the joy of what you do. That all comes across as just part of the way you do things, whatever it is you do. That is not true with lots of other creators; they might have all these things, but not all make it as clear and vital as you do. Thanks for another uplifting lift up!

[@TexRobNC]

You're mood carries through in your communication, your pacing is excited and full of energy. I'm glad you're doing well!

[@davydatwood3158]

That was awesome! So many thoughts. First: yay for remembering that scheduling time for "things that keep me sane" is sooo important. It's easy to get caught up in "but this is a hobby, it should be fun," and forget to do something simple like hang with your mates. Second: I feel like the camera work for the first sequence in the workshop was really good, so shoutout to the camera operator. Third: at the end, I was struck by the sheer *history* in this rocket. Twenty-first century electronics stuffed inside a vehicle built using late twentieth century materials, launched off a rail that hasn't really changed since 1944, and propelled using a method that is basically unchanged from 1880s naval artillery. Even the building techniques range from modern computer-controlled tools all the way back to hand-work that is thousands of years old. I know this sort of thing is all around us, but this rocket just made me really see the way everything comes from somewhere and it all chains together like falling dominoes to give us the world we have today. Too deep? Well, be proud that you can inspire such thoughts. :D

[@OwenIverson]

5:30 love it!! So often, the jigs that people come up with are more interesting than the piece they're making

[@snitkofb]

My daughter loves rockets so I showed this to her to let her know that she can build rockets, too. She watched part of the video and asked, "Why she no go in it?" She is 2 years and 9 months old, but is asking the important questions.

[@haesol16]

awhhh so precious

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

One of these days...

[@rafsh1846]

🤗🤗

[@mikelemoine4267]

It's great that you are reinforcing that she can do whatever she sets her mind to. Imagine what technology will be like by time she's of working age.

[@f-puppet]

'hot girl shi*' means a hot girl, doing hot shi*. It doesn't mean any gender. It doesn't mean a fat, ugly girl. it means a hot girl, such as yourself. Just clearing things up for the mentally unstable people: you know, the ones that are guys that say they're girls, and the girls that use preferred pronouns. thank you, internet.

[@linecraftman3907]

what a great build, the carbon weave is gorgeous and i'm honestly suprised the sticker got peeled off by the sheer speed despite being covered in clear coat! Would love to see a short video or a youtube commnuity post talking about post launch, such as the motor delining, what happened to the camera and telemetry data (if there is anything to share)

[@kedrickswain6509]

The effect the speed had on the decal was incredible

[@smokeylovesfire1589]

I saw that as well.

[@loganr8277]

to me it looked like it spelled "Spiss" afterwards and im loving that

[@frankierzucekjr]

Even after a clear coat.

[@modquad18]

I assumed heat (from motor) played a role as well??

[@AntiVaganza]

@@modquad18 or the flames licking it before take off.

[@robhooper1494]

Xyla that was simply an amazing rocket build and launch! I started model rocketry way back in the mid-late 60's and ended in the early 70's due to other interests. The the biggest engines at the time were Centuri's mini-max engines into the early 70's until their engine plant, sadly, rapidly disassembled itself and Centuri never rebuilt it. We didn't have any of the high-tech gear, materials, engines, or machine tools you all use today but we paved the way with old school grit and determination for you all now to amaze us with how far you have carried on. BRAVO!! BTW, were you able to hear the crack as Spite went supersonic? As a safety professional, I appreciated all the PPE and safety precautions you took during the build and launch. My friend launched his Saturn 5 only to have 2 of the 5 engines fail to ignite, came off the rod with an abrupt right turn into the ground! Tears were shed! It would never fly again! My greatest flier, which is sadly no longer with me was a kit bash. Large swept wing fins modified from the booster of a 3 stage rocket, held securely by Titebond glue and fillets to a 14" BT50 or 55 body tube, and a 5" balsa wood tapered nose cone that mimicked the Sprint missile profile, which was BTW my favorite wickedly fast missile followed by the old Nike Herc! Painted it fluorescent orange with red and white silk chute. I could fly that bird in 15-20 mph winds and it tracked true with max altitude of estimated about 1500 feet in calm winds (old school trig altitude calculations) with a C6-7 engine. To get max altitude would throw a B6-0 (B14-0 while more thrust was too fast burning) underneath to get it moving off the rod as I had dual rod guides. Favorite in Jr High Physical Science class was that I talked the teacher into doing an outdoor rocket launch in the football field! I launched none-other than Estes ole Big Bertha with a C6-3, nice slow lift off with engine flaming away, pop the chute (silk of course) and land within the constraints of the football field. Fun times!

[@UpLateGeek]

Amazing work! You even got a bit of spin action too. If this is the result of someone making you spiteful, I pity anyone who makes you _really mad!_ Keep this up and you'll be sending a rocket to space in no time!

[@jakobrosenqvist4691]

Then spite come careening trough your livingroom wall.

[@akakscase]

She already sent one to an altitude that exceeds the limit of many light aircraft. But what most engineers and aerospace designers consider “space” is 528,000 feet up. There is a reason rockets that can truly reach that height don’t use a solid fuel.

[@andrewedgecombe]

That was absolutely awesome, and worth the wait! Well done Xyla, and well flown Spite! It was bound to be amazing - you couldn’t have something look that great on the ground not fly spectacularly 🎉

[@OrenKaplan83]

This was so freaking awesome!! Go Spite!

[@shanee7511]

I've watched just under 1/2 of this video thus far and I am subscribing. This showed up in my recommended videos and I will now (after finishing the video) go down the carbon fiber rabbit hole. Something I always had an interest in before but now I have to learn more. Great video!

[@empoweryou1]

I've had several reloads with tight liners(~20:00) through the years. I usually test fit it in the casing before loading the grains. If it's too tight, I just sand it lightly until it fits normally. I haven't seen the fly away rail guide system before, that is beyond cool!! Great flight, great build!!

[@Ferreira019760]

And Xyla engages in rocket science. Nice to see you excited and smiling again. Wish I could join a science club with people who are so engaged as you are. Learning while having fun has to be the one of the best things in life.

[@cvabuck5489]

I haven't flown in over ten years when I did my qualification flight on an aerotech smoky H. This popped up today in my recommended videos and holy crap was this amazing. Wish I could have seen this flight in person. Also, was that breakaway guide your idea? Pure genius!

[@johncillis3431]

I built Century Rockets from the mid 70's to about '78, when I was in high school. Had I met someone like you who could light up the room like you do and make my hobby look cool, we would have been soulmates for life, lol. My friends would watch me launch my rockets, which with a CX7 could hit just shy of 2000 feet, and I flew them at my high school in the Napa Valley, the only place big enough that I knew I could find my rocket, which sometimes under the chute landed up to a qtr mile away. It would take off out of sight. I suspended a tennis match much to the anger of my HS's tennis coach, when the sound of my rocket on one flight stunned everyone at the match and I an my friends were almost marked as dweebs for life, my only salvation is I was the best cyclist on campus. Your video is truly enjoyable, you are a good rocketry coach and that's four decades of post college teaching talking, lol, in the tourism systems science field. My daughter is good at explaining things like you do, now getting her Masters in International Studies, and she was not into rocketry, but was into crafts and computer science.

[@rolandwheeler4842]

Very cool Xyla! My buddy sent me this video. I certified Level 3 under Tripoli 20+ years ago (Aerotech M1319, 75mm motor in a 9' tall, 7.5" diameter scratch-built rocket). It is amazing how much has changed, yet the design and building of high power rockets are so similar. Carbon fiber was just coming into discussions back then, but all we had were sono tubes, which we fiberglassed along with Birch plywood fins (glassed into the center tube as well as outside tube). And computers were much simpler too. I really enjoyed your journey, and especially your enthusiasm. Great job young lady!

[@webtoedman]

The British Bloodhound ground to air missile had plywood fins.

[@radicalrick9587]

*My brother and I grew up building and launching Model Rockets, so this was one awesome video.* *Thanks for posting it.*

[@Craftlngo]

Calling you out as "PR-Girl" is absolutely despising your talent, ingenuity and hard work as an engineer to such a degree that you call the Rocket _Spite._ You go Girl!

[@circuitguy9750]

Wow. No kidding. Also, even if someone thought Xyla was just there for PR, wouldn't you want the PR person in the pictures, you know ... for public relations?! Serious dick move. 😔

[@sixoffcenter80]

I feel like "PR-girl" is just like a weird backhanded way of walling her an influencer.

[@jttech44]

@@sixoffcenter80 It's more of "generic hotgirl who doesn't know anything", which, hellofan insult, but ultimately the polar opposite of the truth, with or without the bad ass all carbon rocket she built.

[@snorman1911]

I'm only here because this shewed in my feed and the thumbnail is a typical "look at me I'm a girl" pic that would look ridiculous would a man do the same thing. And why not, with all the leg humpers.

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

This was amazing!!! Congratulations on a successful launch! How high did it go? That went by pretty quickly.

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

23k feet! Awesome! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

[@TrogdorBurnin8or]

The camera won't bias the aero as long as there's another camera (or camera-shaped block of cardboard & hot glue) on the other side and they're mounted with X and Y mirror symmetry rather than rotational symmetry.

[@CL-yp1bs]

Camera man blew the shot… lol - I feel like I watched this entire video, and I only saw five seconds of the rocket in the air… with that said great job the rocket flew very straight and you did an amazing job!

[@archivist17]

Spite might just be the best rocket pilot ever, but her ground crew, led by Xyla, are wholesome splodey fun peeps!

[@8867348]

Wow!! That was an incredible amount of hard work. I had no idea. From someone that knows nothing about rocket building, that was an amazing job and an amazing launch flight and recovery. Great job. I hope you reached your goals. You certainly deserve it.

[@jhontompsan365]

With custom sanding blocks you can use double sided tape to hold the sandpaper, and then when you need to change paper if you can't peel/scrape it all of use solvent to remove the rest

[@michaels6981]

So one day (about three years ago) I was looking for videos on kayaks and canoes and I find Xyla and watched her build a canoe from scratch. Then for some reason she doesn't show up on my watch list again UNTIL TODAY! OMG! You've come a long way baby! Canoes, wooden bustiers, and now ROCKETS! You are amazing!

[@tactileslut]

KZbin needs a raging list filter so low volume high value content like hers doesn't get lost in the daily barrage of uploads.

[@NigelMarston]

KZbin just gets better and better. Content like this is why I will never return to conventional broadcasting again. This is EPIC stuff. Fun story about electric scissors... I'm 54yo now but about 50 years ago my Mom had a pair that I discovered while I was left unattended for 30 seconds, and I punked-up my haircut years before the Sex Pistols hit the scene.

[@Splarkszter]

Do not depend on youtube, while they are the current monopoly on this type of platfom, xyla is the one that is to praise for, google shall burn.

[@error.418]

@@Splarkszter It's not a monopoly, and they aren't gonna burn. Just spend some time supporting platforms like Nebula, Curiosity Stream, Vimeo, and any other platform supporting independent media (which still also includes KZbin).

[@7cle]

The tube into tube insertion scene between you two is great. I think we all enjoyed watching it as much as you seemed to have yourselves. 😊

[@WSallai]

Xyla, your enthusiasm is infectious and you have mad skills. Counting down from 10 then 2 seconds into launch must have been both stressful, exhilarating, and oh so satisfying. I am quite pleased for you and look forward to your next endeavour. Much luck.🎉😊

[@Deathsead747]

Best way to prove the naysayers, build a damn rocket yourself. Now that's baller!

[@USEditor]

Regarding the entire concept, its mission, your flawless precision during construction, the phase testing, final assembly, preflight preparation, setup of the launch rod, mission operations, arming, and the ignition to launch phase of your rocket… …simply put without hyperbole-all facets of your effort can only be judged as absolutely outstanding, astonishing, inspiring, enlightening, exhilarating, invigorating, and damn girl you rock!

[@NordicRest]

You looked like you were having so much fun in this whole video! It's really nice to see you have so much joie de vivre.

[@unclerojelio6320]

Pointless story: I was heavy into rocketry 20 years ago, back in the day when flight computers were just coming online and GPS was new and expensive. I wanted to build my own GPS tracker that transmitted a position on the 2m ham radio band into the APRS network. To do so I would need a ham radio technician license. At the testing site, after I had passed the technician test, the proctor asked if I wanted to take the General class license test while I was there. Not having studied for it, I failed the test by one question. Gauntlet thrown, I came back the next month prepared to take the General and Extra exams, including the Morse code test, and passed all. Consumed by a new hobby, I never finished that tracker nor ever launched another rocket.

[@mrimmortal1579]

Wait…. Did you just say “Boatal Toat”?? 😂 Glad to see you back in action, Xyla. Great build! Amazing engineering from an even more amazing person. Hope you’re well 😁

[@revodrvr]

I caught that as well

[@MichaelDouglasSkewes]

Im from Burbank too,so im guessing you lanched it at Lucerne Valley rocket launch. I haven't been there in about 10 years. My son and built a rocket and it took half the day to launch it and it came back screaming towards the crowd of people watching! I thought it was funny ,but other people didn't, nor my son either! I have a Saturn V to launch, but i need to put in a couple cameras! Nice launch!

[@THE-X-Force]

I've never been to this channel before, and looking at the 30+ minute runtime I was kinda like .... "nahhhhh ... ... ok, I'll just skip to the launch". BUT .. you really sucked me in and I gotta say I loved every second of it. Spite is absolutely awesome. You did an incredible job. Not just with the rocket, but the video as well! Thanks for the fun ride! New subscriber for sure. ☮

[@changingoftheguard7256]

Yep

[@rakov1]

Ditto. All the above.

[@markdavis7397]

Me too. I never watch videos this long, but I watched the whole thing. Amazing how complicated rockets are at this scale!

[@The_J_Man]

What better reason to build something than when someone says you can't/ shouldnt! What a great build ❤

[@MartinPHellwig]

I had some west epoxy carbon fibre part do Mach 2 a decade or two ago, though to be honest it was only for a brief amount of time, it wasn't designed to be a rocket and it wasn't planned.

[@vikj1255]

So awesome. Loved the shot of everyone suddenly looking up, following the rocket. Also, I did wonder how well the name sticker (Spite) would handle that speed. Did pretty well.

[@tjeremypope]

You are my hero. I am so happy to see your videos, and your energy. You inspire more than you think. I am so glad I found your channel years ago.

[@backslash-z]

Great build, the carbon fiber looks awesome! I have you beat by a couple months on the supersonic Total Boat resin since I used some fast-cure Total Boat resin for a cardboard/fiberglass build that skirted Mach 2 in March!

[@dan725]

Wow that launch was incredible! I loved everyone’s reaction, and that thing just MOVED. You have to be and should be proud of this incredible build!!! It’s also AMAZINGLY INSPIRING to see all these young engineers out there doing things like this! Who said the future is bleak when we have youngins like this just KILLIN’ IT!

[@patrickflynn2177]

I truly love intelligence and creativity with growing each day. I'm glad I was introduced to your channel.. your builds are amazing... Glad you have wonderful friends and family. It's wholesome and educational. Good vibes

[@radicalrick9587]

*You are now officially one of the most Bad Ass Rocketeer Girl out there!*

[@400_billion_suns]

2:30 Tip: when pouring from bottles of that type with thick liquids (oil, resin, etc.), rotate the bottle sideways (90 degrees from how it's being held here, so the "plane" of the bottle is parallel to the table instead of perpendicular). It makes it easier to pour and also prevents the liquid from running down the front of the bottle.

[@stevekj1]

I've also seen recommendations to turn the bottle 180 degrees, and pour from the "top", for even less spillage. My grasp of fluid dynamics is insufficient to explain why either of those options is better than the "front" pour, though :)

[@billbennett6398]

I have been pouring like that for 1/2 life, from milk to petrol cans, and it stops the glugging as the liquid tries to get out

[@Curt_Sampson]

@@stevekj1 When you turn a bottle like that sideways, unless it's very full the level of liquid won't cover the exit hole, so air can enter the container without having to go through the liquid. When you hold it vertically, with the exit hole at the bottom, that situation won't occur until you have very little left in the bottle, giving you a "glug, glug" as the air enters the container in bursts.

[@stevekj1]

@@Curt_Sampson Oh right. These bottles do not have air intake holes on the opposite side like gas jerry cans do. Okay, so would you recommend the 90 degree sideways pour like @400_billion_suns suggests, or the 180 degree "top" pour, which leaves the bulk of the liquid even farther away from the exit hole, allowing more air to enter when the bottle is completely full, but also requiring significantly better aim since the spout is now a lot further away from the hole you are trying to pour into? Dilemmas, dilemmas :) (I think I have used the top pour fairly successfully if I am pouring into a receptacle that sticks up from other blocking objects, allowing the bottle to be held lower down, with the spout still close to the hole it is supposed to be poured into - or just use a funnel)

[@cptairwolf]

Any father would be proud to have a daughter like Xyla, what an incredible inspiration you are for all the little girls (and boys) out there! Keep up the amazing content.

[@ewingfox6459]

100% - have already forwarded to my 15yo daughter (budding badass) and a few dad friends who are great at empowering their kiddos!!😊

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

shes not an inspiration for boys. Last I heard girls cant take inspiriation from boys or men, thats why we need "women who are inspiration in jobs to inspire women" because people are only inspired by those who are the same as them which is why its okay to hire women over men into jobs.

[@georgplaz]

why fathers in particular?

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

@@georgplaz Cuz daddy like, mmm.

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

On her internet page it says she has a group for women and minorities. So white people and males need not apply. Thats not being a role model for boys.

[@rogerrinkavage]

The "IT LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET" part of the build is so relatable 😂

[@maxximumb]

Awesome video. The drone shot of the launch at 32:58 is just breath takingly stunning.

[@rdwells]

Came here to say this. I rewound and watched that about 10 times.

[@jonathanbush6197]

Yeh, awesome drone skillz on display

[@pianosign]

this was amazing! i've never understood the appeal of amateur rocketry, i'm sorry to say, but now i am starting to get it. side note: where did you get your purple utility knife (appears in other vids)? i'm kind of obsessed with purple.

[@kamui004]

Some engineers in aerospace started with this or are still doing this as a hobby. I can understand the appeal and difference between working for NASA on a team with several million dollar rockets and making one for yourself. Or some aviators in the civil and military still do some flying in their own small plane outside work, or go down even smaller with RC or having or building their model plane for the desk or shelf.

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

Same, I can see there's something to it but small rocket go up seemed a bit basic. Big rocket go up very quickly and very far though, plus Xyla's build videos in general just show another level of the hobby that makes it seem way deeper than a basic off the shelf kit or similar.

[@steventomes2258]

Okay, that releasing guide system is frankly ingenious. I hope to see more of them in the future.

[@ahsendogan3203]

Which APRS receiver and transmitter did you use in your electronic system and which program did you use to view them? 29:25

[@blamb42]

This is the first Xyla video that I've seen, it came up because I relive my youth watching rocket videos (and the hobby has come a long way since I was a kid). All I want to say is "Move over Rachel Riley, there's a new girl nerd in the house." BTW - I liked that you take your cat camping with you.

[@JayWye52]

I can remember buying Estes motors 3 in a tube,USPS mail-order,and motors were around 50c each. then 20 yrs ago,I started again with LMRs,and a G reload was $5. Now it's $36.

[@clawsoon]

There can be more than one "girl nerd" at a time, lol, no need for anybody to move over. This isn't a 1980's comedy club. :-D

[@blamb42]

@@clawsoon - At my age it has to be two girl nerds so that when I fall asleep they have each other to talk to. (Credit to Rodney Dangerfield)

[@arthurminiear2904]

I'm glad I recently found your channel. I'm enjoying your creativity and wide range of creative content. It's pretty certain you are inspiring to creative makers, everywhere, to just get out there and do it. For me, it's refreshing to see a young person with so many cultivated skill sets. As well as the obvious support circle of good friends. 🎉congratulations on exceeding your target goals 🎉.

[@leo_warren]

It's amazing what a bit of Spite can do!

[@DavidOwensuk]

What a great looking rocket, very well done Xyla!

[@ShastaMcNasty0226]

That has to be one of the most impressive things I have seen in a very long time. Absolutely epic!

[@tonyromano6220]

And the rocket is nice as well.

[@MaxGuides]

They sell prepreg carbon spools so that you can just layup exactly as much as you need & don’t need to mess around with epoxy each time. Just have to keep them refrigerated & can use them for a dozen different projects. Way cheaper & a bit more freedom to layup odd shapes but a bit more work than going with premade panels.

[@toastrecon]

Dang! Nice work! I was curious to know what the GPS data looked like during the Mach 2+ portion of the launch. I’ve heard that the “civilian” GPS units won’t send data if the altitude and velocity exceed some preset limits.

[@theorbtwo]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinating_Committee_for_Multilateral_Export_Controls -- the limit is generally 1,000 knots and 18km. That's only mach 1.5 (appx), but appogee was probably quite a bit lower than that (I don't think she ever gives a number for it). Some gps units will instead stop when the speed *or* the height limit is reached. Those would have been a problem, but as these units seem to be sold for doing rocketry, I doubt they'd have that problem. (The gps altimeter used for deploying the chutes was definitely sold for doing rocketry, and the gps trackers only actually needed to work when stationary and at ground level.)

[@toastrecon]

@@theorbtwo interesting! So, basically they’re limiting hypersonic missiles and ICBMs.

[@fewwiggle]

@@theorbtwo There's text at 33 minutes that shows the max altitude was ~ 7 km

[@robertgOU812]

That Black and Decker work bench. I have one as well, but it is close to 35 years old. Still works wonderfully.