Project Aquarius: 20-foot homebuilt rocket with on-board video

[@mgcamp85]

Ballistic recovery must be the most euphemistic way of describing “embedded in ground” that I have ever heard :)

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Ballistic Recovery needs to be imortalised in the way Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly has become.

[@djdynamics29]

I believe "ballistic recovery" has been in use since the early days of sounding rockets. I take no credit.

[@robertbenton6649]

Hi altitude hi speed core sample

[@AirCommandRockets]

Awesome build and very nice flight, despite the little hiccup at the end. Congrats to the team!

[@TheMonkdad]

So this is where the Estes hobby goes when it's reinforced rather than crushed by people who just don't get it.

[@marisajamieson1126]

Awesome! #Best amateur rocket video ever. P motor and 20 footer so fun to watch, but the drone video and onboard camera makes this off the chart! Whole fam here just watched it on big monitor.

[@claeswikberg8958]

that's heart breaking, such a beautiful launch

[@PairPunch1]

I dont think thats what heartbreaking means

[@DandSCreations]

The rocket was destroyed

[@seanhanlon-theoryrocketry8777]

Great build and the motor was awesome!!!

[@paladro]

outstanding, keep up the good work.

[@sandynathan]

When that chute failed I said out loud "oh nooo" wish we'd seen the moment of impact

[@jimsmith7212]

Do you need a special permit for a 20 foot lawn dart? Pretty impressive, looking forward to the next one with a better parachute shock cord. A sad photo of the landing carnage would bring closure though. Thanks for posting.

[@djdynamics29]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYHXYa2uqLh1g5Y

[@mikeoudt3216]

Good camera placement.

[@FlyinCameras]

Awesome!

[@jeffgortatowsky7155]

Hey when are we ever gonna do our own thing out at You Know Where again? I know, no P motors. But still... I had such great times.

[@djdynamics29]

I'm always up for a launch. You should come to Rocstock in Nov.

[@areareare9953]

For a second I thought, oh snap, they hit a starlink. Now some campground in Wells is youtubeless.

[@lbeyyt6581]

Do you have a build thread or video anywhere?

[@djdynamics29]

There is a brief description here: www.rocketryforum.com/threads/aquarius-flies-on-a-p.174907/

[@studywithme8055]

Great vid man, how were you able to save your camera?

[@djdynamics29]

Camera was smashed but the sd card was ok

[@mjproebstle]

and the camera survived!

[@djdynamics29]

No, but the SD card survived.

[@TeslaTales59]

Very cool.

[@-108-]

Why did you edit out the catastrophic impact!??! That's half the fun of HPR!!!

[@djdynamics29]

The impact was catastrophic. The footage was not. See my other video.

[@RWBHere]

It became a Lawn Dart. So bad that the shock cord failed like that. Better luck next time. 🙂😉

[@romeegujjar2028]

What propellant u used?

[@djdynamics29]

APCP

[@sebdapleb1523]

@@djdynamics29was it an original formula or did you use reliant robin or cherry limeade or something?

[@djdynamics29]

@@sebdapleb1523 Hi seb. It was an original formula.

[@sebdapleb1523]

@@djdynamics29 nice

[@gamegamblings7531]

nice dj

[@lohphat]

Where’s the “KA-BOOM”? There was supposed to be an EARTH shattering “KA-BOOM”!

[@djdynamics29]

It was more of a big "thud". Video with crash pics coming soon.

[@Awsimilate]

Chute failed, should have shown us the crash.

[@djdynamics29]

The camera just froze frame on impact. If there had been cool footage of the crash, I would've included it!

[@TheEdjlle]

Could this rocket be used to hit a plane? 😱

[@djdynamics29]

No

[@tj_1260]

holy

[@chrisdrake7849]

I live in Gerlach, go rockets, go Space X , go away Burning man losers, nice build, great fun!

[@tedsmith3061]

Did we know what altitude it achieved?

[@djdynamics29]

14,029 feet

[@GnarlsGnarlington]

250# incoming?

[@djdynamics29]

Well, 150 after fuel consumed and minus upper section.

[@АртёмВорохобин]

Could you, please, provide metric values for flight?

[@StormBurnX]

4.276 kilometer apogee

[@luigidavid8554]

Why build such a large rocket to go to ~14,000 feet? Why not higher, like a spaceshot? Our spaceshot rocket is set to be ~12ft tall and

[@djdynamics29]

Not all rockets have to go high to be fun. Good luck on your project!

[@diabolicalgaming4876]

I mean, it hauled ass both directions 🤷

[@DEUSCATTUS]

I see

[@nin1ten1do]

buddys.. perfect.. but.. next time!! 360kamera!" this is awsome space penetration....

[@nin1ten1do]

@@BlackpowderBBQ well i undertstand your point of wiev.. you have understand my.. he reach altitude where roudnes and curvature of planet is visible.. he reach BREACH point for most homemade poject.. so dont be jerk.. it is kinda WOWQ coz is not a military misile or nasa work.. is soem random guys who say space?? Held my beer.. how manny time you breach space??, well thx toi your opiniion( full of onion silica ) i gues.. kinda 0 or less..

[@nin1ten1do]

@@BlackpowderBBQ yaaa milion time.. do the backflip kiddo.. nobady giva single fk..

[@nin1ten1do]

@@BlackpowderBBQ why you dont go impress your moma.. imb@cil.. you just fapin by lips.. ton of wanabe science gibberish.. show proof or foqof.. nobady care especialy me.. glad i eating and controling your time.. l-ser.. you are more like L+ratio.. Glad i make you not pissssssssss on other place..-

[@wingstrongwingstrong]

what's the point? a balloon can be launched into the stratosphere to shoot a nice long footage, but for some reason people launch single-stage rockets to a low altitude in a few seconds. What's the fun in it? I live in another country where no such hobbies, I really don't know, but I can't even assume, so I ask

[@djdynamics29]

I didn't build a 20ft rocket or an 11,000 pound thrust solid rocket motor just to get pictures of the ground. There is fun in the design, construction, and flight of a rocket. It's a hobby :) Balloon shots are cool, but I find a rocket ascent a bit more thrilling.

[@wingstrongwingstrong]

@@djdynamics29 hmmm.. I don't know, if I were to make something I would want it to do something practically and visually more complex and long-lasting. I didn't know there were such hobbies. But although I understand the pleasure of building something and not even using it, the main thing is that the product has potential, or someone else will use it better and more beautifully than me :)

[@djdynamics29]

@@wingstrongwingstrong looking forward to your video!

[@StormBurnX]

Here's a different angle: what's the point in strapping a balloon to a camera and letting go? It takes no effort, is no fun, requires no teamwork or friends, and the balloon just floats up slowly and eventually pops. What's the fun in it? Where's the sense of achievement?

[@wingstrongwingstrong]

@@StormBurnX just to launch your own camera into space and to capture the Earth, I guess. There are no such hobbies in my country)

[@scottmackenzie3761]

fin flutter on descent

[@djdynamics29]

Nah. It was going faster on the way up and that 1/2" ply looked pretty solid to me.

[@wayneschenk5512]

Such bad luck.

[@nicksthoughts24]

Oops...

[@74KU]

I think I saw MH17

[@isntimportant]

The entire world: I wish people would stop using fish eye lenses on rockets and giving flat earthers new videos to claim 'prove' the Earth is flat. Just one launch with a grid wire in view to prove that the horizon curves the tiniest fraction rather than cartoonishly curving then appearing concave from different angles and they'd never have more fodder! Rocket launchers: Only use fish eye lenses - for no reason - forever.

[@djdynamics29]

Entire world with functioning brains: we don't need to watch hobby rocket videos on yt for proof that the Earth isn't flat. 😆 Secondly, there is a reason fish eye lenses are used. Feel free to use google to find out more.

[@wingstrongwingstrong]

it is enough to be an ordinary passenger on an ordinary passenger plane and take a picture of the horizon with a quality optic whose geometry can be automatically corrected on PC, then see on a computer how the horizon differs from a straight line. And however, while I consider flat earthers a fake, they work in airports *facepalm*

[@CoronaFighter_]

There's a reason rocket launchers use fisheye lenses: to capture a bigger view. You don't wanna launch a 20 ft rocket just to get a small frame, you preferably wanna see the whole horizon come into view. A fisheye lense allows that to happen. If anyone wants to prove that the earth is round, they can even take a plane and be able to see the slight curve in the horizon.

[@wingstrongwingstrong]

@@CoronaFighter_ and if you artificially correct the geometry of the fish-eye image, there will firstly be a loss of field of view and secondly there will be other equally unpleasant distortions. So yes, there's no escaping the curvature, people want to see views and not prove something to someone

[@areareare9953]

Dude, I use a 35mm lens on my camera to capture more of the view. 50mm lenses are pretty much good for portraits straight ahead, but not vistas. Besides, you can't argue with flat-earthers. It's like trying to reason with a cat. It's not going to happen and all they'll do is pee on your lap.

[@rozzgrey801]

Rocketeers rule!