SEND IT! - Rocket Launch

[@MrFlysafely]

I'm a 75 years old man who dabbled in rocketry as a kid, inspired by NASA's space programs starting with the Mercury program in 1960. I would almost wet my pants watching rocket launces. I'm excited 60 years on with SpaceX and, now, with your channel and your projects. I must say that your videos are inspiring but mostly way over my head. I'm not an engineer. Just a dumb pilot, retired long ago. You kids give me a renewed hope. 🙂

[@ASAVSP]

you sound like a great person

[@xav8orx]

aww

[@satyakiguha415]

What kind of pilot....pilots are cool!

[@aryanvashisht4425]

I'll make you proud

[@AJ1Aerospace]

Your one of the nicest people i have seen in. Comment section ty for being so nice i love nice people

[@Bakamoichigei]

That shot of the rocket trailing skyward, framed by the hole in the launchpad leg was an exquisite bit of happenstance. (Or a truly devious and brilliant bit of post-production. 😏) Send it! 🚀

[@roccov3614]

I love that bit too.

[@herbertnatanael]

15:17 That was surprisingly amazing!

[@stochasticsignal1951]

That shot at 15:16 is the kind of shot cinematographers spend days working on. Great work once again!

[@AerialWaviator]

Given the winds, pre-calculating the flight profile would have involved some fancy math, with a small margin of error. 🧐🤔

[@gbedford]

On Saturday - I chuckled a bit as a fellow rocketeer saw his launch go up up and way. I believe the announcer advised him to take a water pack as he went off to find his rocket. This was less funny on Sunday when I had a pretty good hike almost to the main road to retrieve mine. Those winds were hellacious. Truly a highlight to see Send It fly! Keep up the great stuff Joe and BPS team!

[@andrewb1870]

For next time, if you are having trouble getting the grains to slide through the liner (especially if you're bonding them) its okay to peel layers of the casting tube off until they fit in easily. That way you don't have to put force on the grains and risk damaging them.

[@WX4CB]

i'm assuming the casing is only cardboard... what about just giving it a light sanding

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

How about using the lube he had on hand?

[@Version38.0]

And a large vice

[@Unmannedair]

I might suggest that you use a ball joint press for repairing drive axles... Less potentially catastrophic pounding involved. It's just a screw drive press, and they're comparatively cheap and large.

[@neutronium9542]

@@Unmannedair The grains are rubber based. It's pretty easy to damage them if you apply a lot of force. Peeling a layer of paper off is absolutely the best way to make a tight grain fit into a liner.

[@midaspool6229]

15:17 amazing shot. The camera flips over but the rocket is still visible through the little hole of the launch tripod.

[@wolfelkan8183]

3:36, something I learned in Boy Scouts: those types of scales are designed for weighing humans, and are optimized for the weight distribution of the human body. So you'll get a more accurate reading if you weigh yourself holding the object, then weigh yourself not holding it, and calculate the difference.

[@BPSspace]

This is so cool, and totally makes sense! Thank you!

[@austingilbert7356]

I was wondering about that, the fact that the rocket weighed over 200 lbs and Joe holding it in one arm looking for the center of gravity didn't seem right lol

[@Hagop64]

@@austingilbert7356 It was 23.3lbs on the scale (aka 10.6 kg) not 233lbs.

[@austingilbert7356]

@@Hagop64 oh thanks lol, that makes more sense

[@biharilaszlo2410]

Hey, you might never see this. I'm a first-year business student from Hungary and I'm a long time follower of your channel. I started coding in my free time and my ambition is to get into data science and machine learning. Your continuous evolvement in the field of rocketry is truly inspiring for me since I myself am taking the self-learning approach, coming from a different educational background as well. Thank you for being source of inspiration. Good luck for the future.

[@VikasKumarBihari120]

Bihari??

[@SaffronMilkChap]

A quick tip when cutting threaded rod: screw a nut onto the rod past the cut line, then after you make the cut, just screw the nut back off the end to reform/clean up the thread at the newly cut end.

[@Henning_S.]

and the most important thing: use the angle grinder the right way! he uses it upside down, which is very dangerous. Always hold it in a way that it is pulling itself away from your body, so if it binds up, nothing happens...

[@deepak-db3yx]

It feels really happy to see you get better and better every time. just a small request... Can you please make a video or leave a comment here about the rough cost it takes to make a project like this.... I will be really happy if you respond 💕 :)

[@litmusaero9660]

Not as good as Joes (obviously) but I did a 10km shot on a rocket pretty similar to Lumineer. The final cost was $1200, plus a $1000 dollar motor. Edit: This was my first composite build, so a good amount of the cost was from trial and error and getting all the necessary things for working with fiberglass. Should be a much cheaper build on my next composite rocket.

[@BPSspace]

Sure! For a rocket like this you can probably do it for under $1000USD but it depends on what you're spending with tools. The rocket motor is a few hundred dollars, but you'll need the case separately which is *also* a few hundred dollars - that's probably where most of the money will go. Fiberglass tubes and fins aren't too expensive depending on how you do them. A nice chute like this is about $250 depending on where you get it, and the rest of your budget can be eaten up by avionics. Tons of ways to build rockets like this though! You could do all sorts of bells and whistles and spend like 10k on something this scale, or you could get a little sketchy and maybe do it for less than $500 if you're borrowing the motor case/etc. Having rocketry friends can help you cut costs a lot :)

[@jackphilp7057]

Awesome flight! Hoping you get your certification as well. For the SD card problem, the simplest way is a remote sd card mount. Placing the actual card within a padded remote enclosure further within the rocket and connecting it via a ribbon cable (reinforced to reduce tears) means that even if the camera breaks or the whole thing is ripped out, the sd card will be safe.

[@aaplies8879]

Or send the SD card out with the tesla roadster

[@shipofthesun]

You could connect parachutes to the SD card itself.

[@robertsmith2956]

@@shipofthesun Hot melt glue it to a fly for softer landing.

[@shipofthesun]

@@robertsmith2956 I like the cut of your jib.

[@BayAreaBerk]

this is the Way & the reason I came to comment.

[@OnshapeInc]

Great work as always Joe!

[@Dth091]

"Send it: The Ballad of Tony Pepperoni", a musical tale of rocketry, friendship, trials, and tribulations. Coming to a theatre near you.

[@niclikescakes]

15:17

[@SebPlaySpaceflight]

Imagine at 2 AM, you hear your neighbor screaming “TONY PEPPERONI *inhale* YEYYEYEYEYYYAYAYAAAAAAAHHAHAHHHH”

[@trunksu2544]

Congratulations on achieving your lv.3, now space is closer than ever for you! My son and I love your work, and are excited to see what's in store, but also make sure to take time for yourself so you can keep having fun! :)

[@pyronac1]

what?!?!?! you are literally the only person i have ever heard of breaking an sd card like that. i was starting to think they were indestructible. daaaaaaaammmmn thats a lot of force going on in there.

[@RCHeliJet]

Love it..!! Thats Power.!! From RC front greetings :)

[@onelegout]

Hijacking the top comment to say please get in touch with me directly with regards your cracked SD card. I work with the same company that recovered data from the Columbia space shuttle disaster, and I'm sure we can help. Edit: check your Twitter they've messaged you - company called Ontrack

[@Hilqy]

Been loving your videos, this is a real step up from your previous rockets

[@yuxuanhuang3523]

Nice work with everything. Should you consider putting 4 cameras onboard or get a drone version on insta 360 so you can have lenses pointing outwards on both sides of the rocket and stitch a 360 footage afterwards. It also helps you separate the camera imaging part from the actual main unit where the SD card and battery is so you can put it inside the instrument bay

[@rusinsr]

I have an insta 360 camera and the biggest issue I face with it is that if the camera gets damaged by a fall or a crash, it shuts off, and doesn't complete saving the video file to the sd card. You lose a few minutes of footage at the end if you try to recover the data, so basically you miss the most exciting part. Wouldn't recommend for this application.

[@Grandremone]

Yeah unbeliavable how this guy manages to crack an sd card again smh

[@KnowledgePerformance7]

Wooo! Congratulations! After the epic Lumineer saga, this feels like a a fitting part 2. On the problem if SD cards, I would recommend looking into non ceramic chips that are redundant to using SD cards. SD is an awesome standard until you ask its ceramic substrate to take the kind of stresses you are asking. Every drone I have every flown has flash storage on board for this reason. I'm sure with your level of electronic wizardry you already know all this, but I thought it was worth writing.

[@jtruant]

Congrats Joe! Long time fan and lurker; awesome to see you get your L3. Can’t wait to see what’s next for you and BPS.

[@johnanderson2550]

Great job Joe and BPS crew! You have Interesting content, amazing achievement, and an exciting future ahead. Can't wait to watch what comes next!

[@yezariaelll]

Congrat!. Gotta envy the crew you got and the cool, wonderful, and smart people you get to work with!

[@MiG-25IsGOAT]

Love how the camera catches the rocket even upside down with things on top of it, but that little hole was perfect in 15:20

[@wouldntyaliktono]

Watching these videos really drives home how impressive a modern shoulder fired anti-aircraft system is.

[@hwm_alex]

sponsred by onshape let's go! my robotics team uses it and I did not expect to see them here

[@AwDaleYeah]

You’re awesome joe! I’ve watched your journey for a good while now and it’s awesome to see you progress!! Keep it up!

[@WesleyG8857]

Brah, no matter how long you keep doing this, it's going to always be impressive. Keep up the good work!

[@jungleb]

Congratulations! Your whole team and you and did a really good job. It's been a pleasure to ride along with you

[@thecrapadventuresofchesimo420]

Oh my God, Thank you! You've figured out why my GPS trackers work everywhere except at the launch sites on launch day!

[@seabeepirate]

This rocket might not have some of the cool gadgets attached but don’t sell yourself short, any time you pack enough energy to blast something 12,000 feet up at the speed of sound into a reusable vessel and it doesn’t self destruct or hurt anyone in the process that’s an incredible success! Be safe and keep it up, this is cool!

[@daviewavie112]

I’ve been waiting for you to go high power. Excited to see what comes next

[@davidlabedz2046]

Congratulations for SendIts sucess! More positives from this flight. Looking forward to Mach 3 and 50,000ft of flight, soon.

[@thatevan2676]

I always go to the lucerne dry lake bed at least twice a year. This year we came out on November 12th and it got cancelled so we had to head back on a 170 mile drive home. We were going to fly an H-motor out there. We also forgot launch rails so we couldn't launch other rockets. They said it got cancelled because of it being wet when it was dry out there. We also forgot to check the website to see if they were going to do the launch. But we also went outside, threw a baseball and almost lost it a few times. Since there is no grass it keeps on rolling. Overall we had a great time out there even though there was no launch. We also went to the store in the lake bed.

[@JasonPurkiss]

That was great thanks, been watching you for years but im not a constant watcher or at least a flicker. enjoyed this one a lot perhaps i just like the honey shots more than the brain cracking money shots so glad to see you improving and moving forwards, keep it up :)

[@awkwarddinosaur9518]

Always look forward to these videos for the patented Joe Barnard complete mental breakdown leading up to launch.

[@airwolfcentral169]

You are looking good man! Can see you have been working out :) Keep at it dude

[@Bizones16]

I[ve never made it past entry level rocketry and always wondered how in depth and sophisticated the higher levels are. Thanks Ssooo much for a small peak into that world !

[@haydo8373]

This brightened my day, thanks Joey and congrats. Can't wait to see the mach 3 rocket :)

[@phantomx.t.v6610]

Thanks man I really appreciate it you got me started in the hobby of rocketry. I don’t see why more people don’t do it. thank you again for sharing this amazing hobby.

[@SilentGloves]

I'm soooo looking forward to your space shot, Joe. Pretty much no matter what, it's going to be a blast.

[@MSmith-jf5wo]

I guess Lucerne Dry Lake has come a "Long Way" since I was scratch-building rockets and testing them with Jerry Irvine and David Sleeter, back in the early to mid '80s! (We also made our own motors, as nobody back then made any!). Made some "Sugar-Shot to Space" motor tests there, too! (Richard Knakka designs). Also, in that same area, we used to bring our ultralight airplanes out there to test (crash) them, after building/modifying them! (Some were our own designs, with snowmobile engines on them!).

[@DaimyoD0]

I am so glad to have found this channel. I've got notifications on now. You are a very likeable and compelling presenter; I think you're made for KZbin honestly. Edit: For some reason, I confuse your account with that of PBS Terra in my notifications. You both have a triangle-shaped profile picture.

[@StuartGreenley]

Agreed….. he makes it look so easy!

[@juancasacuberta1958]

awesome, once again, lots to learn from you mate... nice parachute t-Shirt by the way!

[@RocketVlogs]

Oh man those grains sticking in the liner brought up some unpleasant memories lol. Peel a layer off those casting tubes, my guy!

[@jakelangevin301]

Would love you to do a commentary on the dude perfect video that dropped recently. I understand it’s not your typical type of video but I think it could garner a lot of viewers to your incredible channel. Hope you enjoy your day tho regardless chief!

[@redscopio3027]

I like your shirt and yes im a proud space nerd as that is a mars rover parachute for the design which can be translated into binary

[@mashrien]

Immediately recognized Xyla Foxlin's voice, then her cheer as you peaked at nearly 3600m. Nicely done :)

[@marceli-wac]

This is, by far, the best video on this channel! Tonny Pepperoni FTW!

[@ralphbronzin9721]

great video and congratulations on your L3 cert. Can't wait for more epic content coming up =D

[@rusinsr]

Super excited to see what you build next now that you can buy more powerful motors! :D

[@zachpfeif]

The more you get unhinged, the more I love it

[@viktorbrynte8246]

I'm so exited for the future of this channel!!!

[@OCDRex11]

I will never do this but I sure as heck want to! Awesome video and congrats on the level 3 certification! Great channel and thanks for sharing all of this.

[@benruniko]

This man is %2000 better than anything someone would compare elon to. Love these vids.

[@Gunny1971]

Congrats! on your certification, and a successful full send!

[@acorgiwithacrown467]

SD card extension cable, plug one end into the camera, the other end has a connector for an SD card. The SD can can then be put into a foam block to protect it from cracking.

[@winniethepooh_june4_1989]

I am very exciting for your future launches... Good Luck buddy :)

[@jamesowen8623]

Awesome! I've been excited for this video since the build!

[@ralphq5895]

Joe - congrats on the flight. Looking forward to the next one - MACH3!

[@olsonspeed]

A lot of work by your team equals a successful flight, congratulations on your leveling up!

[@orestesmayo-nc2hm]

Really nice to see your progress. Great job.

[@420dax420]

Congrats Joe! Keep being awesome.

[@heatherryan9820]

That’s really awesome, congrats.🎉🎉🎉🎉 Heck the biggest ticket that I’ve built and put together was 14 inches, and that was hard enough. I can’t imagine building one that big, or one that goes that fast.

[@ezyrhino]

Congrats on a great rocket and successful flight! Oh, and L3 cert!

[@joseesparza4133]

DUDE I LOVE THE PERSEVERANCE SHIRT!

[@williamchamberlain2263]

If you want a bit more safety for the charges, can you use spring-actuated contacts with a plastic remove-before-flight tag fed out through a hole in the fuselage? e.g. a clothes peg with the two contacts on it, held open by a length of weed-whacker/strimmer nylon line as the tab.

[@Mechotronic]

SD cards are just SPI, so you can flying lead a full size one with an external connector and pot it in epoxy for strength. Awesome work!

[@peterfireflylund]

The base protocol is SPI but they also contain semi-secret extra protocols that use more pins (for higher speed) -- and nobody knows what commands/protocols the firmware uses. I'm not saying that the such an extender won't work (it likely will) -- I'm saying that you need to extend all the signals and not just the SPI ones.

[@gsuberland]

Regarding the GPS issue, if the GNSS module has an external antenna connection (e.g. u.FL or SMA) you could hook it up to a little breakout with an RF switch IC and use a GPIO (or I2C if you can break that out and find an I2C RF switch) to toggle between two antenna positions in the case of acquisition loss. Those ICs are super cheap these days and you could even expand this idea to other onboard RF links for additional reliability.

[@gsuberland]

Speaking of which, you can get some fairly fancy RF switch ICs from LCSC for next to nothing when they do their old/short stock clearance sales with 90% off. Right now they've got six Qorvo RFSW6023TR7 5GHz 2:1 switches in stock for $0.30 each and two Renesas F2914NBGK 8GHz 4:1 switches in stock for $1.24 each, both normally 10-20x that price at Western distributors. I scraped their REST API for discounted products yesterday and ended up grabbing $1600+ worth of parts for $200 incl. shipping. I can send over my scraping code if you want.

[@СосоКасашвили]

gosh, dude, thank you so much for using the metric system for the rockets altitude

[@JosephChiu]

There are microsd slot extenders with a flexible circuit board that is shaped like an microsd card so that it goes into your camera, while the other end of the flex circuit is a microsd socket. Perhaps that will let you locate the card where it is better protected.

[@fred8174]

How about putting in a roll stabilization system so we don’t go crazy dizzy watching the onboard video footage. I think an Italian or French guy did it for a Masters thesis years ago

[@fullflowaerospace]

No

[@EritoKaio]

Can not wait for what you do next! Congrats!

[@projectrocket]

Good Job! Amazing Launch. SEND IT let's go 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀👌

[@josephmcphee9143]

Congratulations on a successful launch!

[@Sugarsail1]

What's impressive about this isn't the altitude, for that is modest , but the lack of spin is great for photography. Someone made some perfect fins!

[@mattshaffer5935]

Loving your content. Thanks so much for your hard work!

[@Paksusuoli95]

Congratulations! Seems like you learned all the right lessons from Lumineer.

[@gijoe1of3]

Love watching your videos Joe!

[@AerialWaviator]

Great insight into the launch preps going into SEND IT! You DO need to consider building in some 'hold time' into your schedule 48-hours pre-launch to better manage stress, and test a couple of what-if failure possibilities. (like a simulated launch rail setup, dress-rehearsal) Congrats ... LEVEL-3 ... can't wait to see you achieve Mach 3+. Curious .. have you consider building a active antenna tracker? (or two, for redundancy .. because aerospace ;)

[@lukemaney645]

Nice flight...I liked the onboard footage the best.

[@rocketpage]

Congrats Joe!

[@JONOVID]

suggestion, for a goal, build a 2 stage model rocket and have it deploy a steerable parachute so you can radio control the descent of the camera payload from the ground to a pinpoint accuracy landing. with amateur radio beam antenna equipment. your ground station. get an amateur radio license so you can long range your radio control systems.

[@NathanShantz]

Congrats man!! Love your videos!

[@adrianleighton2771]

One solution to the SD card issue could be to make up a ribbon cable that extends from your camera setup and nestle the actual SD card safely in your avionics bay. That way the card is safe and only the ribbon extension could get damaged. Cheap and you won't lose any data up to the point of cable failure.

[@damienpoix7511]

Congratulation ! I also build rockets in France but we don't use the same ejection system as you. Have you thinking about using hatch with servomotor or others mechanical systems instead of pyrotechnic system ? I really like your video, thank you for the time you spend on it !

[@shaymus1968]

You need a press. Harbor freight has a decent one. It would push the propellant in easy. My friend, back in the day would use a mercury switch out of an old thermostat to pop the chute.

[@epicdaniel508]

That is honestly infredible, congrats!!

[@I_Am_AI_007]

Wow. Fingers crossed for the next flight.

[@jacobjackson5607]

I love it when engineers say “it’s probably fine”

[@goldbrickslegocorner3614]

Congrats Jo!

[@janwienke6479]

Great Video! Great journey. Following your story since the falcon heavy days. I'm very curious how much such a vehicle costs. From my own research the electronics alone will be a few hundreds $ + body. So The idea of launching 1000$+ up into the sky with the probability of a happy accident certainly is an interesting one. :D May your skies be blue and your winds be low.

[@giorgiolelmi8175]

Did anyone notice 14:24 he had "Dare mighty things" encrypted on the parachute photo of mars rover landing on the t-shirt. It also tells the coordinates to the laboratory.

[@straight-outta-jutta]

This channel is awesome! Keep it up

[@MeriaDuck]

Congrats on the launch!

[@k2_robotics]

"Dare mighty things"!! I've decoded the parachute in the hope that you would have encoded something like "Send it BPS" or so! ;)

[@austinskylines]

Such an awesome rocket! Thanks for sharing!

[@alexcharaujo8635]

Love your shirt it is the decent pair jute for one of the mars rovers that had a hidden message on it. Love your vids

[@jemdeweare6432]

Big progress , amazing fly