My O-Motor Rocket Going Supersonic with a Speaking GPS

[@VictoryAviation]

The real time telemetry to speech was hella cool!

[@BillAnt]

A nice large screen display with real time data would have even cooler. ;D

[@darkfur18]

But this way you can be informed without looking away from the rocket

[@RU-zm7wj]

That's the best close-up video of the desert floor, I've ever seen!

[@sparxy1968]

Kate's vocalized read out of telemetry is absolutely awesome and practical. It allows you to enjoy the show and hear the data, so very cool!!!!

[@Southwickspecials]

This video is proof a rocket scientist can’t operate a camera.

[@davidjefferis4467]

Southwick Specials Tripod needed, simple stuff. Hey ho, great shoot though, and love the synth voice!

[@Blitio]

lol true

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Even a car has the camera inside a fin

[@NightRunner417]

All of us that were rocketry hobbyists as kids are watching this and at the magic moment laughing like idiots and going "Holy SHIT" at our monitors, haha. I would just love to get back into rocketry in the modern age, it's come a LONG way just like radio control has. SO COOL, great job you guys!! :-)

[@shirothehero0609]

I thought my old Estes rockets with a dual D rocket were gnar at the time. This. This is another level.

[@petermirtitsch1235]

Never tried it, but can see the attraction. Maybe should add to my bucket list?

[@jamesmaddison4546]

@@petermirtitsch1235 you'd be immediately hooked. I was never really into rockets of any kind until my uncle got me a kit, and then let me go with on all the outings. I promise you if you were to go to a high power event it'd blow you away. Even the smaller motors like C and D would, especially with boosters. They clear 2500 ft easily with right design, add cams and you'd be even more stoked. The cams are for end of coast phase and chute deployment, not launch where it's just spinning. That all stops

[@willow55us]

Wow, that was impressive. Just wish I could have seen it.

[@davidt01]

I could see it.

[@lapdog1479]

Yeah, that would've been something.

[@ricjuk]

As soon as you said "duct tape" on a video with 'supersonic' in the title, I knew the camera wasn't going to make it !

[@LivioGT]

4:16 "Title text here" 😆

[@waynethompson8416]

Love the use of the talking GPS system!!! Maybe you could use a metal enclosed camera system sort of like on the one used last millennium by the Estes corporation on one of their models. The camera was mounted to the body in such a way that the camera could tilt with the body of the rocket so that it always pointed toward the ground. I would love to build one similar to that one that included the speaking GPS system. Keep up the good work.

[@jimmcdonald9244]

amazing wobbly shots of the ground - did someone forget to point the camera?

[@ianmitchell4745]

One of the coolest model rocket videos I've ever seen. Really enjoy all the angles and the voiced computer tracking.

[@swipeace8365]

Ian Mitchell i think this is a little out of the category "model" rocket

[@ryanjofre]

Not trying to get into a semantics debate with you but this is High Power MODEL rocketry.

[@knightingalesaid]

Now that's the way to film a rocket launch. Congratulations on a perfect flight. Thanks for sharing.

[@CastilloDelDiablo]

If you can build a technological rocket then perhaps you could use some of that technology to point the camera at the rocket and not waft it about pointing it at the ground.

[@frankmcdaniel2352]

You spelled "Great job" and "Congratulations" wrong😒😒

[@welshpete12]

So what ? as long as we understand what he is saying that all that matters ! @@frankmcdaniel2352

[@frankmcdaniel2352]

@@welshpete12 Obviously you have no idea what sarcasm is. 😒😒

[@Woody-nc1ru]

@@frankmcdaniel2352LOL, Frank, you tube is over run with people that don't get it! They just run through the comment section waiting to bestow upon us their lack of. 😂

[@frankmcdaniel2352]

@@Woody-nc1ru 🤣😂🤣😂 So true so true!!

[@gordonemery6949]

I thought the desert floor looked particularly well for the time.of year.

[@stilltlrforlife]

Wow...very well thought out and organized launch...love all the deatails of the onboard flight computer!! Perfect!!

[@johnbrevard5966]

This was Spectacular, One of the best I have seen! Bravo to the people involved in this!

[@kermets]

for all the hi tech cameras around i was expecting better shoots

[@Sajuuk]

@Eagle1 Read the comments section, tons of people are complaining about the shitty camera-work and rightly so.

[@BrightBlueJim]

@Eagle1 Not poor baby, poor photography.

[@stevelaminack1516]

Maybe you should have somone other than a kid that pointed the camera at the ground to man(boy) it.

[@jonaslango]

Pretty damn beautiful ants on the ground !! Damn it !!

[@jamesblack4072]

Kermit well they are not to military theses guys don’t have the billons to waist but since you brought up you want a better video then fund it for them

[@bigjames211276]

Wow one of the best rocketry videos I've seen Lovely rocket and great video thanks for sharing dude

[@Southwickspecials]

james Mcnealis re you serious? There are worst rocket videos than this out there.

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

this was total kickass. that badass sound when it took off reminded me of a sidewinder!

[@rockets9488]

The talking GPS is fantastic, it lets everyone else get excited about the data in real time! Very cool idea!

[@joesitter20101]

Have you guys thought about launching a recording G-M counter to read the Cosmic radiation at high altitude? I didn't hear what the maximum altitude was but at 38000 ft you can typically read about 450 uR/hr. While on the surface, background radiation is usually about 10 to 25 uR/hr.

[@buzzdb66]

Jeez that thing was like a missile. Really wish I could have had a camera view on the rocket of the whole flight!

[@kenbobca]

Nice video of the Ground.

[@stemmentor9700]

Impressive launch and awesome recovery. if only i had the GPS stuff in the 70s flying just C engine kits where not enough clearance. just LOTS of “I gotta do it’s to launch. slowly getting back into it. love to come to one of these HPR events someday

[@Kevinegan1]

Parachutes deployed at eight hundred feet, so let's film the f*cking ground.

[@christopherkalble4373]

It doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to film a rocket launch. But, in this case it's an exception. Saw more of desert soil than desert sky.

[@jackcaynon9746]

Your wife sounded just like mine when I flew my 6" x 11' rocket this weekend, "Yeah...it's really cool," in response to "Wasn't that amazing?!" :) Nice flight!

[@jackcaynon9746]

It doesn't really go right over their heads...they just shake their heads and sigh, thinking we're little boys with our toys and why don't we ever grow up? However, when they get that gleam in their eyes about some sweet deal they got when shopping for a new blouse and how they bought it for half off without realizing they spent $20 in gas traveling all over town to find it, then the shoe is on the other foot! :)

[@mook5tar]

Exceptionally cool, the sound was incredible at launch. Well done !

[@siggyretburns7523]

Damn! That was some major thrust! I wasnt expecting that. Extremely awsome👍

[@johnnelson6021]

dam next time please give the camera to someone else!

[@qp12qp]

Ground camera: fail. Rocket camera: fail. KZbin video: fail. What you get: dislike.

[@stefa168]

1:57 RIP headphones users

[@ryanjofre]

All this technology and good ole DUCT TAPE is his *retention system* of choice for the cameras...lol.

[@Shadowkey392]

+ryanjofre Can't beat simplicity!

[@MatthewSomethingOrOther]

and it worked... lol

[@DocLarsen44]

But the cameras melted! Obviously they didn't anticipate that or they would have shielded them to prevent it. They could have got some information from Hornady, the ammunition maker, whose plastic tips were melting when their projectiles went supersonic.

[@Wildstar40]

Duct tape saved Mark Watney in more than one situation.

[@FarSeeker8]

Did it melt from air friction or engine heat? Would a duct-tape covered, polystyrene, aerodynamic shroud have kept it protected?

[@joesitter20101]

I really enjoyed the rocket launch but the view of the ground jerking around is not very good. Thanks for the launch though.

[@jfloresmac]

You hired the computer from "Aliens" : "You now have three minutes to reach minimum safe distance". Good job, by the way. It's good to know what is happening in real time

[@RudyNortz]

Photography was a bit underwhelming.... but congrats on the flight.

[@nonyabeeznuss304]

All that trouble of installing an onboard camera and we cant even watch it ride to apex? Did the thing burn up or fall off mid flight or something?

[@justin60222]

apex lol its not a race car, you mean apogee.

[@nutellafoxvideos7350]

if you heard them talking and saw the text it said it was 8x slo mo camera at the very end just before it burned up from the heat.

[@BADALICE]

Duct tape at supersonic? Lol.

[@jason1440]

Very cool. Iv seen video outside in the air stream before when an object goes through the sound barrier and it seems to get wavy like that. Not sure what causes that (boundary layer moving around) maybe, but good job.

[@phillipzx3754]

30 seconds of the rocket. 5 minutes of the dirt.

[@leathernluv]

There are many versions of a "steadicam" that can be made for cheap at home out of simple supplies. It only has to be heavy enough to steady the camera for the person filming. It's the same reason why rifles weigh what they do. Cool video, awesome rocket!

[@tankmaster1018]

"One camera with a wide angle lens, one with a.......... not so wide angle lens but its got lasers so cool!" Lmfao your awesome man!

[@markharder3676]

What was that about lasers? What was their function? Why couldn't we see them??

[@fotoschopro1230]

Mark Harder range detection i guess

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

Okay, I'm impressed. The voice added drama to the launch. Good stuff.

[@jbratt]

I didn’t see this kit in the Estes catalog

[@Shadowknight5518]

"We can see it" as she continues to point the camera at the ground

[@Theonedjneo]

Yeah. They need to fire the camera girl.

[@jameshenry2457]

Need to fire the the editor that left all that in the video. Still very nice flight and some good shots.

[@kevinolesik1500]

amateurs ...

[@FarSeeker8]

Thus the name "amateur rocketry".

[@satelite990]

Why give the camera to a child?

[@911axe]

All the people complaining about her video skills, she couldn't see the damn thing on decent so what was she supposed to film? If she would have kept came up, everyone here would be commenting why is she filming an empty sky? No one knew where it was until moments before touchdown. Hard to film what you can't see. But as usual, youtube is filled with people who think they can do it better.

[@bobuk5722]

Hang on, here was verbal readout of bearing and height. What was the problem?

[@qp12qp]

At least she could hold the camera horizontally to capture *what was visible* -the other hobbyists and the equipment on earth. Otherwise, what's the purpose of 95% of the video? Have you ever seen a TV show or a documentary where the camera-man points the camera down, because he doesn't see what he wants? And yes, we can do it far better!

[@seedplanter7173]

Would it kill ya to get a shot of the horizon? There is a debate on the curvature after all...

[@jondoe888i]

I'm surprised these don't have a smoke trail for the descent. Do they go too high to see it? Maybe for the last 5000'? It would save a lot of stiff necks!

[@3melendr592]

You can imagine my excitement every time I saw a missile or rocket fired at White Sands Missile Range. Must have seen thousands in my day.

[@rocketbuilder100]

title text here XD

[@knightingalesaid]

Thats a great flight and awesome film coverage.

[@MarkJackson-ok2qm]

who was shooting the camera. at the ground

[@kareemsalessi]

at: 3:17 did Kate say: Acceleration 13.7 g ??? BTW::: Any launch data, like gross-weight, Max-Thrust, TWR ?? thanks.

[@arti252]

I think the camera was strapped to the back of a dog or something?

[@Southwickspecials]

That’s rude! Dogs take better videos

[@blanksender7808]

Is that the Blackrock Desert out past Gurlach?

[@jduchock]

Nice GPS system you have there...did you make it? How much did it cost?... want more info !!

[@imirish4702]

John Duchock google TeleMetrum GPS

[@emckee00]

This is “Kate”, not an altus metrum device (which are still really impressive). See multitronix.com

[@charlesspringer4709]

I especially like the video of the ground in the tent area. How much did that cost per second?

[@SYKOK1LLER]

I can't seem to find this rocket at Toys R Us??

[@jurvetson]

Yes, I have one one on order from Vern, but I'm not sure how many he wants to make...

[@loudguitar]

Great shots of the ground...

[@jibbinjibberish8886]

I dont know why, but the thumbnail of this video is so cool! It looks so rugged and reminds me of an opening to a call of duty black ops mission.

[@elli003]

Where is this taking place ? Tell us about your power plant. Sezeroni "O" what's that ? Great rocket ............ Great on-board photos ............ Great automated voice telemetry narration, but please explain little more for those us that are 'not as advanced' rocketeers.

[@frankmcdaniel2352]

Congratulations!! Awesome launch. I like the GPS Kate program with real time read outs. Great job all!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@robertkerr3059]

I wonder if those guys started playing with "D" size estes engined rockets as a youngster.......you guys rock for sure and will at least draw some STEM interest to the new gen.

[@jamesmziegler]

Absolutely the best ride I've seen on YT. Much superior to that giant Saturn replica that burped to 3k ft. and promptly peetered out - an overall disappointment.

[@Geebeey]

All I see is desert floor

[@kalayaskitchen]

I thought civillian GPS had a limitation as to max velocity in order to stop it being used by bad actors? I have professional hi speed pan tilt systems (used for sat tracking 2 mtr antennas, campany is called Quickset ) that can be used with GPS feeds to produce az / el data it would be darn easy to make up a tracking camera base on a sturdy tripod.

[@sigridtimmann849]

Great - like the first rocket pioneers around Goddard, von Braun et al. Must be quite elation get to get your creation from zero to supersonic in a flash, plus the husky computer on board. Love it !

[@crazystevepyrotechnics]

nice Warp job did you have Mark from Sticker Shock do it?

[@davidbennett1451]

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ROCKET ENGINES I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE IS NOW USING THE OLD V-1 PULSE JET.. IN THE ROCKETS BUT IT IS VERY NICE LOOKING.. I KNOW THAT IS NOW USING LIVE FUEL. LOL BUT SO COOL LOOKING.. LETS SEE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE.. TO DO THIS..

[@doggonemess1]

Are sonic booms from rockets drowned out by the noise of the motor? I assume that since it's much smaller than a plane, and more streamlined, it would be. Bullets, for instance, create sonic booms that aren't much louder than a pistol shot when moving faster than sound.

[@BlokeOnAMotorbike]

have you ever fired a rifle with a supersonic load? If you haven't, I'll tell you that you, the guy with your finger on the trigger, don't hear the sonic crack because you're standing directly behind the end of the barrel. The shock cone has formed in front of the bullet before it's even left the barrel. You'd have to be standing off to the side to hear it once it has left the barrel. Same here: by the time the rocket has gone through the sound barrier, the shock cone has grown to the point where the extrapolated diameter of where it meets the ground is larger than the launch complex. Ergo, nobody on the ground at the LC is going to hear a sonic boom.

[@doggonemess1]

@@BlokeOnAMotorbike Thanks for explaining that, makes perfect sense. Sorry I didn't see your answer until three years after you posted. :) I have a Mosin-Nagant rifle which I have fired many times. I definitely can't hear anything besides the muzzle blast when firing or standing nearby.

[@khriewhuorie153]

Half of the video she was pointing the camera on the ground.

[@MrTacasio]

that ground looks so nice….

[@scottholman3982]

Interesting how turbulence is expressed in heat. Shock waves hitting the camera made it hot. Some of the speed displays were not accurate, as 82 feet per second does not equal 82 miles per hour. Camera needs to be inside rocket, looking out via a porthole, or ejected at apogee, and allowed to fall to 800 feet before deploying chute.

[@r3v3rs3tWiLiT3]

Love the sound they make taking off.

[@Blueberry954]

Oh man, this is one of the best model rocket videos I've seen on KZbin. Ever heard of the rocket "QU88K"? Also pretty neat. Largest I've shot so far is an 80N•S impulse, hope to get up to 160N•S over Christmas!

[@justinteehee4358]

+Rockets, RC Planes, More | HD Look up the "Go Fast Rocket" by the CSe Team.

[@Blueberry954]

***** Oh yeah, I've watched that one probably around 100 times. Look up the rocket "QU8K", that was also quite an impressive one. Built by Derek Deville

[@guardianobserver6593]

Rockets, RC Planes, More | HD Have you made it?

[@andrewtoeman282]

A beautiful rocket with sub amateurs doing the videos...poor!

[@zackb6045]

I had just missed you at balls 22 this past year. It would've been great to meet you and see this device called Kate.

[@oak4901]

Kate is brilliant...One suggestion to add to an otherwise perfect system would be a head end igniter and proper ignition comp reducing your ignition delay to under 50 msec...

[@sarnxero2628]

Some beautiful dirt

[@18141776hhhh]

The big O - E F G H I J K L, M,N How much impulse is that? What does the actual motor look like? Can we get a peak under the hood ? As the rocket approaches the sound barrier would it have a tendency to fly crooked? I was trying to follow the smoke trail. Would bounce off the barrier until it went through?

[@jamesandonian7829]

confirmed. north Korea's ICBM test was successful.

[@cosmic-fortytwo]

North Korea is Best Korea!

[@kentk3872]

Lol😂

[@shirothehero0609]

Let's be honest - this was likely more advanced than DPRK rockets. (For those with no humor, this was meant to be a 'haha' comment)

[@GFRzeszutek]

Why would you put the 'wide angle' camera next to the rocket's fin??

[@dontaskme9047]

Why do people strap cameras to the side to be giant air brakes?

[@kareemsalessi]

Who was on-board this REAL-rocket?? Buzz Lightyear may be?? Any specs on this, like Thrust, Gross-Weight, TWR, etc.?? thanks.

[@jamesleesley]

How high did it go? Where's the camera footage? Gee.

[@slimmmerman]

Is there a clip of the rocket's point of view? If not, what's the use of mounting two cameras on the thing?

[@kareemsalessi]

This was a real rocket. Is there any launch data available, such as gross-weight, thrust, TWR, actual apogee, and ascend-time? thanks. K.S.

[@Jeffhuebner]

Dumb question: do model rockets make a sonic boom when they go supersonic?

[@Ferelmakina]

What were you using as propellant?

[@cevansinz]

Oxidized, concentrated, liquid fury.

[@Nighthawke70]

Fernando Romera 12 cans extra strength Four Loco, 3 shots 6 hour boosters, and one pissed off cat.

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

Great shot of the ground!

[@thomasbrooklyn1820]

Unclear audio. Did Kate say: "Acceleration was 120.7 gs"?

[@AndGuitar]

Someone made a comment that it flew as fast as the earth rotates which is nearly true. At the equator, the earths rotation is approximately 1600km/h or roughly 1000 mph (I think ) and the voice recording indicated mach 1.2 for the rockets peak speed.

[@gbolcer]

That's awesome! Can you tell where in the video it actually breaks the speed barrier?

[@ArsenioDev]

I like the voice of KATE, reminds me of the shipboard AI

[@jmullentech]

Arsenio Dev I was sitting here waiting for her to go "Sink rate, Sink Rate, Pull up Pull up " hahaha

[@ArsenioDev]

John Mullen Ah so i'm not the only one that also thought that :P

[@stridermt2k]

John Mullen I thought that was more "bitchin' Betty" than "Kate". -but yeah. :) Maybe a nod to Kate Mulgrew?

[@Nighthawke70]

"I am KATE, your onboard GPS..." "IM RIGHT HERE, YOU DUMMY!"

[@FarSeeker8]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2fPm3mXgLeHqKs 8)

[@paulmartos7730]

My nephew Joe P. is a master amateur rocketeer who has designed a better ignition system for such rockets and has a license to build engines powered by the same chemical mix (['ve seen both) used by the Space Shuttle. I had no idea that amateur rocketry had advanced so far. A few years ago an amateur rocket reached space (100 km or 61 miles high) and there is a serious effort to put a satellite in orbit using amateur rockets.

[@petehorrall4887]

Why am I watching the desert floor instead of the parachute opening?

[@skyprop]

A freaking talking rocket that is so sweet!!!! and saves a lot of work too!

[@solepropt]

I agree, but talking camera operator not so much. Next time, take the phone away from the camera operator.

[@KiLL3RabBit]

holy shit did you guys have to get ATC clearance for that?

[@rmosa11]

The Kate announcer is really interesting. How did you set that up and what did you use?

[@todschaecher1325]

Best ever!!!! Congratulations on that flight

[@leephcom]

Does the craft not cause an audible sonic boom or did I just miss it?

[@anim8torfiddler871]

So the big question is: Will the tape securing the cameras survive the aerodynamic forces of the flight????????