I Flew an O Class Rocket Motor!

[@ericbeavers4769]

Was such a crazy flight! Thanks for letting us all be a part of it. 🎉

[@PostartPropulsions]

Can't wait to see you fly yours!

[@EpikBonkers]

I was trained to do Aircraft Structural Maintenance and it's hard to imagine you figured this all out on your own. I see the difference between my training and your passion making a HUGE difference in skill. I really appreciated the attention to detail and what you're doing here is extremely cool to watch. Neat project and I'm hoping to see more over the next few months or years.

[@PostartPropulsions]

As much as I would like to say it was all on my own, I have a bunch of friends who are far far more knowledgeable than me and allow me to ask them seemingly dumb questions that I'm massively appreciative of! Glad you enjoy watching!

[@916chevyboy]

@@EpikBonkers I was thinking the same thing as a former A&P myself.

[@MattBorgardt]

Good going young man props on your dad for being there hopefully you go into some form of rocketry we need more engineers

[@eamonia]

No doubt. Especially after what SpaceX just pulled off. That industry is about to explode.

[@2024OUSE]

Awesome, thank you. I can't wait to watch this channel progress.

[@hi-techredneck7069]

Watching from Tennessee! AWESOME! Anything that flys- NERDS RULE!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks!

[@Altair-Fan]

Shane, Enjoyed your video! of the punisher mods and flight! Yes a O motor does sound kind of scary but remember it was a wimpy O LOL, just a full N and almost a full I motor combo 😛

[@michaeladkins5005]

Sick video bro use to build and fly rockets as a kid nothing like this but absolutely loved it this made me right back there as a kid again. Keep it up love the video!!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks man appreciate it!

[@samw2768]

Shane that's a beautiful rocket and killer flight, awesome job

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thank you!

[@aaatsa27]

Super interesting, you should definitely post more, this is some high quality content

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@ETE-313a]

Shane I love you following you from Iraq ❤

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

Sweet flight my dude 👌 By my expert calculation that's about 5,600 shoe lengths per scream nugget Or in car speak, slightly more than 1MPG (mile per grain is a valid unit in certain parts of Texas)

[@daviousmaximus6446]

Gnarly indeed. Nice work young fella!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks!

[@robdaugherty2010]

Shane, I love your style! Thanks for another great video.

[@PostartPropulsions]

Glad you like them!

[@Shubham-tl6to]

Watching from India.Love your rocket bro

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

Craftsmanship or crashmanship. Either way… WINNER!!!!

[@lbeyyt6581]

Didnt even know you had a channel til now! Just subbed

[@LeftoverAPCP]

Beautiful flight! I could hear my friend Joe in the background.

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks! Yeah he was hanging out with us the whole weekend

[@StoneCold0ne1]

Awesome Shane! Great job! That's just Bananas! 😂

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks! It definitely was haha

[@flintcoat2596]

I have another addition concerning the paint removal. Change to wet sanding on previously epoxied portions of the airframe! It eliminates the dust. Makes the sandpaper last much, much, much much, much longer. AND, it is faster! Just insure do you have wet/dry sandpaper, and 120v power tools are double insulated or properly grounded!

[@adios04]

Nice video, congratulations on a great rocket!

[@johnkolman219]

Nice flight Shane.

[@Glasspack66]

Very cool Shane !!

[@Kelownadroneworld]

Love your video and also follow rocket vlogs. These big rockets and big motors are so interesting to see as I probably will never see them in person. Hmmmm maybe I should travel to the US and watch you guys fly sometime Take care fan forever

[@AirCommandRockets]

Congrats on a great flight! That's awesome :)

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks!

[@stratos2]

That is an awesome rocket, flew very straight! Would have been cool if the rocket named "The view from half way up" had a camera to see said view. Maybe next time?

[@PostartPropulsions]

I would've loved to have on board video but mach 2 would've melted a camera shroud on the side and i didn't have room in the electronics bay for one

[@StreuB1]

Great job, Shane!! WELL DONE!!!!!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thank you!

[@TheOneSeanPool]

Looks absolutely epic!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thank you!

[@BoPatterson76]

That’s a lot of bananas! Beautiful launch, you nailed it dude!!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Definitely a lot of bananas! Thanks!

[@2explore828]

AWESOME & INSPIRATIONAL!

[@grosswisier]

Really cool. Greetings from germany... 😊

[@flintcoat2596]

Congratulations! From an old man, just starting in High Power Rocketry. I have a question. Was the wobble at the end of the powered portion of the flight caused by the fins not being quite stiff enough? Am looking to learn what I can before I start building. Tell The Rocket Vlog Meister that his flight photography was great, as usual. Oh, last minute addition. Kansas dust and dirt Truly SUCKS ! I moved to Wyoming from Kansas 2½ years ago, and I am still cleaning my tools, RC Airplanes, books...... It's everywhere and on everything and is difficult to get it all. I flew model rockets in the 1960's, then moved on to RC Airplanes. BUT, I now have Parkinson's disease and the tremors make landing problematic! So, it's back to Rocketry's push of a button for flight. I just found your video today and will go back to episode 1. Thanks Bob

[@PostartPropulsions]

My belief is that the coning at the end of the burn was due to it being slightly unstable through mach 2 but I can't guarantee that. Coning can also just kinda happen sometimes for basically no reason so I'm not too sure haha

[@bormsby]

Excellent Job, Congrats

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks!

[@SleepySack]

Great video!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thank you!

[@MAZEMIND]

462nd subscriber. You had me at metric bananas

[@mastfa123bb]

Peace be upon you my brother I am following you from Iraq we hope you teach us how to manufacture a rocket structure and the propellant filling for the rocket greetings to you from the state of Iraq ❤

[@BrianKelsay]

Great flight! 🚀🌳

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks!

[@wiggy858]

Smooooth flight , just thinking is there no room left on the rocket for some Telemetry so you can record height and speed ?

[@PostartPropulsions]

I had gps on board for those purposes, unfortunately do to the gps locking out upon launch I do not have accurate speed data, but I do have accurate altitude recordings!

[@mrpute]

Congrats on the great flight! Please please PLEASE get yourself a tight fitting non-surgical N95 mask for sanding! You'll thank your younger self for doing so.

[@PostartPropulsions]

Picked one up about halfway through building this!

[@canadiansigs152]

Stewie Griffin “Coolwhip” 😂 Great Flight! Thanks for taking us along!

[@d2sfavs]

thats pretty neat.did you launch from the smoke creek desert in NV which is west of the black rock desert where the burning man is.i used to go out there to see a rocket club launch big rockets when i was a kid.

[@PostartPropulsions]

Close! This was at a launch in the black rock desert!

[@d2sfavs]

@@PostartPropulsions great place

[@9A4GEMilan]

Good flight!

[@sfineberg]

Spectacular, great flight

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks!

[@cbsk341]

Fellow young guy flying a Dr. Rocket casing

[@benjaminnevins5211]

That's a monster flight.

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

Nice! Borrow a Sidewinder?! lol! 🖖🙏🙏

[@Marvinfj32]

Are the bananas ripe or green?

[@PostartPropulsions]

Preferably ripe so they're edible after flight!

[@Rocket_Prophet]

Shane! Another AWESOME Video!!! just one question? Does the nozzle come with the case? or the motor grains? or is the nozzle a separate purchase?

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thank you! The nozzle comes with the motor

[@محمدفالح-ي7ف]

What is the engine material made of?

[@pappaflammyboi5799]

I just love me some rocket bananas. 😅

[@PostartPropulsions]

It's the best part of rockets

[@islandtime100]

amazing

[@bunkermonkey9]

where did you get your carbon fiber cloth from?

[@PostartPropulsions]

Soller composites!

[@bingusbobby5012]

When you did your level 3 flight did you put the main charge near the ebay or at the top of the nose cone like Braden does?

[@PostartPropulsions]

I did! That's how I fly all my head end stuff

[@sonicsupersam7793]

waiting for joey b to show up in the comments

[@PostartPropulsions]

He tends to pop in now and again haha

[@eamonia]

Wait, _how_ high did that go!? Seriously.

[@PostartPropulsions]

A little over 34,000 ft!

[@eamonia]

@@PostartPropulsions Get the fuck outta here. Well, I guess your rocket already took care of _that_ part but I wasn't sure if I heard you right and couldn't find where you said it and also had trouble believing it. Do you have to get FAA clearance to do this? You must. And how big of an area has to be secured in order to do all this? I just can't believe how freakin' cool this is, man. Thanks for documenting it all. You rock, brotha.

[@PostartPropulsions]

@@eamonia We do have a cylinder of airspace that is closed off for this. IIRC the cylinder at this launch was 15 nautical miles and clearance to an altitude of somewhere around 450,000ft!

[@Skyrocket2299]

Super!😊

[@plumberman19]

Awesome dude!!! im abount to fire up KSP RP-1 and build me a Tiny Tim lol. kutgw!

[@PostartPropulsions]

Thanks! Love ksp lol

[@도둘리-i7k]

Wow 🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

[@CBD-LIFE]

You cant fly it, you sure cant activate and send it.😂

[@thepubliceye]

I'm always scared looking at you.

[@Fede4space]

woooowww I love this rocket, I also have a channel based on space and I love it! if you have watch this and tell me what are you thinking about it, sorry the video are in Italian, but I'm italian😁

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

Wish ya’ll had radar… I guess the license would cost way too much… 🖖🖖🖖

[@PostartPropulsions]

I've got GPS!

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

@@PostartPropulsions That works! Keep it flying!!! 🖖🖖🖖

[@Gaming1Doge]

big

[@calebsmit4268]

Uses newton meters and still insults metric 😂

[@hytralium]

Please say the impulse strawberry seconds for us metric users next time

[@PostartPropulsions]

You're right I just totally spaced it!

[@916chevyboy]

😮 shiii

[@MAZEMIND]

88th comment o/

[@javir1669]

Wtf is this? Hamas diy rockets?

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

Nope. These go up and don’t wreck the neighborhood on the way down. The USA has rules lol!

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

And yes I would know. I’m a commercially licensed pilot and would report this if it was a problem.

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

ITAR is a thing… I don’t think this is a violation… 🖖

[@TheTankFG]

Did you have to add any nose weight with so much of that motor being in front of the CP? Great flight!

[@flintcoat2596]

Great Question! I would like to know the answer, also!

[@PostartPropulsions]

I ended up not. I was contemplating it because of the cp shift through mach transitions. According to sims it should've had about 1.15 cal of stability through mach 2 but my theory is that the coning seen at the end of the burn was because it was slightly unstable but I can't be 100% certain.

[@TheTankFG]

@@PostartPropulsions makes sense. Crazy that with all that weight forward from that long ass motor, it still wasn’t enough but that thing was hauling ass!

[@chestercopperpot6137]

Get a decent mask and gloves man.

[@PostartPropulsions]

I went out and bought a proper respirator after about an hour of sanding the paint off