Building a HIGH SPEED Rocket Plane

[@martin2250]

5:24 small correction: you need 8 times the power for twice the speed. Force increases with speed², but power is force × speed

[@christopherleveck6835]

And restrictive exhaust nozzles would be a great idea too...

[@brucebaxter6923]

@@christopherleveck68355” drone motors actually, greater disk area and same efflux

[@Russertlog]

plz be my teacher

[@surfcello]

Was just about to comment the same.

[@sidecarbod1441]

I though it went up by the square, i.e. double the speed requires 4 times that power. please enlighten me!

[@ryguy81538]

Someone may have already commented on this and it might be obvious to you, but a big reason the plane is so unstable during the motor burn is it's not pushing through the center-of-mass. It's strapped haphazardly to the top of the craft causing it to nose dive down as soon as it's ignited. Placing it centrally in the back or adding another motor underneath is a possible way to correct this. Always love your uploads though. Keep up the good work.

[@Erth]

Job Well done! 👍 interesting and inspiring video!

[@Monroeswift]

I was on my way to comment the same thing! also mounting the rocket motor further back on the plane will help.

[@avialexander]

Or, you could angle the rocket to point back and up, so that the thrust vector passes through the CG. It will also push the plane down, but if it's already moving through the air all you need to do is increase your angle of attack to get a little more lift. Or you could do what JATO's do, and hang the rocket underneath or to the sides, pointing it back and down but still through the CG.

[@baudouindesaintroman6337]

I don't do avionics, only pyrotechnics and solid booster engineering, but yes it seemed to me that it would be much more stabilizing to put the booster under the wing level... Also he modified the balance and weight of that plane way to randomly 😂

[@avialexander]

@@baudouindesaintroman6337 Rockets are one of those things that mess up the whole "if it looks like it will fly, it probably will" heuristic. I think that's what we're seeing here, the complicated dynamics of rocket thrust and mass are hard to optimize around, so most people just slap a rocket on top of the plane since it feels correct. I blame 50's-70's pop sci artwork for this misconception.

[@mike1261]

Back in 1980, in a time before computer aided design, I build a SR-71 Estes-type rocket from scratch. I referenced photos from a magazine and used balsa wood & paper tubes for most of the materials. It was about the size of yours. Being a fairly heavy rocket, it had two D-size solid propellant motors, one in each engine. I was quite fascinated by the Blackbird at the time, but extremely inexperienced at building rockets. Needless to say, it flew, but not very straight!

[@ninkd0311]

I bet you used a slide ruler

[@mike1261]

@@ninkd0311 🤣 If I was only that smart... it might have flown straighter. 🤣

[@gkoshinsky]

I made mine in about 1990. I even followed the guide to paint it with different black paints, some flat, some gloss, to simulate the different surfaces. It was maybe my 3rd rocket. I never actually flew it. I spent so much time on it that I was afraid to launch it. Years went by, got interested in girls, and it hung in my room for years. My mom probably threw it out at some point after I moved out. It was beautiful though. I spent so much time on it. After spending months staring at it at the hardware store. Wish I would have launched it.

[@mike1261]

@@gkoshinsky Sounds cool! I don't know what happened to mine either. I know I carried it home after the launch (more than I can say for some of my rockets! LOL)

[@JulianMakes]

Awsome

[@kenselleck2414]

You succeeded in making the SR71 exceed mach 3.2 in scale. I call that a win! Mach 3.2 is 2400 ish mph and your plane did 2800 scale mph. Bravo!!

[@Soldo66666]

How do you scale speed and sizes?

[@Rydog20]

By ratio of size Say if you had a model 1/59 the scale you'd need about 1/59 the power for scale speeds Edit: I'm not the greatest at math so I might be wrong but idrc

[@Soldo66666]

@@Rydog20 oh... That was simpler than I thought.

[@Khoolhwhip]

at altitude 71 did hit 3.3 thoo haha

[@zelachotv8940]

​@@Rydog20 what about air resistance? I know this sr is small but at 3.2 mach vs 200km/h its still different, i mean maybe my brain isnt thinking couse it 4:30 in the morning.. Correct me if im wrong pls.

[@Ingo3112]

you need to stop mounting the rocket engines to the top of the plane . they need to put in the back like the fans but in the middle . desing the same plane model but with the option to put in the rocket engines in the back like a fighter jet . and put 2 rocket engines in the back not one .

[@BragizTheFentanylAttractor]

I agree with this cuz if it will be sitting on top, it kinda disturbs the aerodynamics

[@Ingo3112]

@@BragizTheFentanylAttractor not only that, it pushes the perfect in line thrust point from the normal engines way higher wich causes the plane to pitch down and generate even more drag .

[@alek002]

Cool

[@TheZombieSaints]

You can can rocket motors that are essentially just multi stage boosters, you literally cellophane tape them together and when the flames hit the tape, it melts, drops off the dead Booster while igniting the second stage. More boost with less weight. Mounted underneath it with 2 boosters then the final motor with recovery chute.

[@Avio_x]

That is true, but it is really hard to squish all of the electronic and also balance the cg with such modifications

[@garrittpwl]

Your video quality is taking massive leaps forward. This video was that of nearly an educational video on a mainstream media station. Keep it up!

[@TomleyRC]

The Insta360 rear facing shots are beautiful! Such a versatile camera. I'm just replacing my original one after a good few years of hard use! Oh..and rocket projects are always a good watch 🤘

[@Project-Air]

Totally agree! Thanks man

[@blaster-zy7xx]

I'm much older than you, but we did something similar when we were your age. To get the aircraft airborne, we set up a launch catapult using surgical tubing as the drive mechanism, much like a high start for gliders. It did several things for us, 1) it accelerated the aircraft over a longer distance so it would not disintegrate, 2) it stabilized the aircraft until it was well past the speed to be flight stable and 3) it aimed it in a very specific direction. I was on the controls and had my friend hit the trigger for the launch. It worked perfectly.

[@charlesyoung8600]

It's not a project air build without rocket motors. Brilliant!!!

[@leomathguy]

Next step - design and strap on a full flow staged combustion rocket engine on it

[@king_godzilla.]

​@@leomathguyyes😂

[@Migueel55]

Goldbird

[@richardm.newlands2417]

Ah James, this is your best one yet, brought a tear to my eye! Brilliant idea brilliantly executed! Just a few minor thoughts: Agree with everyone else who's suggesting a bungee-launch. FYI these incredibly low Aspect ratio deltas are a bitch in roll, because the stubby wings provide damn-all roll damping. And at higher angle of attack, the vortices spiralling off the leading edges tend to bang into each other over the aircraft centreline, causing a roll oscillation. So if you can shoe-horn a rate gyro into the roll channel it'll make life so much easier. I so just love this video!

[@Alan_Hans__]

The planes top speed potential was dramatically reduced by bolting on an un-aerodynamic camera and rocket. If these had been shrouded in there could easily have been a further 50kmh.

[@ravanjock]

It probably would not get 50kmh more, probably only about 20kmh:

[@Project-Air]

We needed to capture the flight from the air, so it was a compromise I had to make

[@islam1337simo]

​@@Project-Air Nah it's okay. 100% increase in speed is amazing already. The camera shape might have made the rocket aerodynamics less significant by shielding it. Keep that aerodynamic optimization for a crazier project (2 stage rocket plane weight balancing when)

[@FloridaMeng]

​@@islam1337simoAgreed.

[@ThinkAboutMyComment]

@@Project-Airyou could’ve modified the cockpit and installed the camera there easily.

[@vne5195]

A standard planform airplane designed for subsonic flight would be more easily controlled, easier to see the orientation and easier to launch. Perhaps you could try a small diameter folding prop with a motor brake to stop rotation of the prop when the rocket is ignited. Having the rocket pointing out of the tail cone should make it easier to keep the center of thrust aligned with the center of drag.

[@gafrers]

You can never go wrong with an SR-71 Love these flight videos a lot more than the boat ones

[@umranrc]

Use the drone to lift the aircraft high in the air. Install a cable release servo onboard the aircraft and with enough altitude, the aircraft may gain enough airspeed during the drop to start flying properly and you may discharge the rocket then...

[@Planetery_Dragon]

Who loves ProjectAir videos😊

[@MsTatakai]

videos*

[@daandolfijn2749]

Who doesn't

[@imfosher]

What was it befoore​@@MsTatakai

[@hughjanus5518]

That's why we watch

[@Figglebottomthe5th]

✋ 😁

[@ymemag9861]

I love how you put your RC SR71 into your RC car and drove it to test!

[@jordancoleman2402]

What was he supposed to do with it?

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

😂😂😂

[@NicktheMedic]

That is one really cool plane. golden, rocket-powered, SR-71, 200kph, great footage and video so I'd call that a win.

[@Mr.Roblox.and.Mr.Minecraft]

i swear to god when i watched his solar powered airplane vid i fell in love with this guy's channel and i got obsessed with this guy i am a science lover, and engineer lover even tho i am a early-teen love u project air

[@Destructor429]

You need to build a proper High start. 10 meters of surgical rubber tube and a release. Lots of 3D printed options out there. your hand launches are pretty sketchy! Using a High start lets you keep both hands on the controller. I like your builds! Excited to see the next one!

[@fustigate314159]

Props to the original manufacturer for making the landing gear accurate!

[@lukefortune8314]

intentional pun? 🤔

[@nxesr]

You could make a launch pad with assisted control. A conveyor system pushing the craft at the desired speed and angle. No more writing off 👏🏼 Another suggestion you could add ground radio systems at further distances as you craft goes out of range it is picked up by the 2nd 3rd 4th or 5th radio system to sustain controlled flight at probably 10x your current flying radius.

[@adilsongoliveira]

As I said in another video, you really need to change your radio to use ExpressLRS. The receivers are very small, even the ones with PWM outputs and the range and reliance are excelent.

[@sakfpv8444]

I agree, I switched all my fpv drones to ELRS and fell in love. Even my Arrma rc truck has it now

[@chrisbrook6656]

Yep....ill never look back.

[@TheRattleSnake3145]

You get over 2 km range with standard orange relievers, why would you need more than that unless you are flying fpv illegally?

[@jordanliszewski6549]

But then he could fit a gyro

[@jordanliszewski6549]

@@TheRattleSnake3145 Kind of a silly comment. ELRS wins over older control links like spectrum in basically everything, it's cheaper, receivers are smaller, it's range and link stability is insane and it's open source and always improving further. People have gotten over 100km of range with 2.4 GHz ELRS, basically for a normal usecase you never have to think about range ever again with ELRS. Additionally it comes with lots of additional features, adjustable data rates, model match, the ability to access settings on the flight controller flashing over WiFi. You don't have to switch to a different control link if what you have is working fine for you but for controlling things that fly, especially fpv, having a long range, high performance control link that never failsaves is a very good idea.

[@3D_printer_guy]

Thank you for another great video. I got a tip for line of sight flying, paint the plane with different colors over and under. Makes it easier to see which side of the plane is facing you.

[@kysam_roblox]

9:36 LUNCH BOX 💀💀💀

[@Greenlord_MC]

Fr 💀💀💀 new idea for 5 minutes crafts

[@GuilhermeHerculian]

Nice video, initiative and experiment. You can try to use a VR drone camera to avoid lost orientation and help with controls. Use the canopy space to conceal the camera.

[@Aaaaa1ggg]

Removing the engine cone was a good idea because it's used to compress air, but if you wanted more power you should add a compressor stage (from the turbofan engines) and put a primary fan in the front to suck all of the air in, and by that, where you put the rocket engines you should put in the front a intake because air sticks into a body when moving, then connect it after the primary fan. You could also have heaters inside of the engine so cold weather heats and you get more force. If you did that with only 1 engine vs 4 old ones you'll get even better power.

[@zmss8537]

and where is he gonna get enough power for all that ? not to mention the weight lol

[@Aaaaa1ggg]

@@zmss8537 either mount a bigger battery (since the plane can carry it) and extend the fuselage and space administration inside of it (2nd is better) or add a generator to get some of the energy back.

[@zmss8537]

@@Aaaaa1ggg there's no space, also the weight????

[@Aaaaa1ggg]

@@zmss8537 that's why you change the engine, if you have more air to push = more trust and efficiency. And the heater will propulse the air way more.

[@thesalilboys5302]

I’m so happy to see such lovely people here. Keep spreading the love!

[@pioneerAv]

James Bond: The Man with the Golden Plane

[@Aviation-gaming24]

😂 such a good joke

[@Hayden_Wheels]

I would recommend going towards FPV so you can continue with the 8 second F sized motors

[@nigelhutt9921]

I know nothing about RC planes but found this a thoroughly compelling snd informative video.

[@dfgaJK]

plz get an ExpressLRS controller so you don't lose signal at long range again

[@jas-FPV]

Where did he loose signal ?

[@FarmerFpv]

@@jas-FPV His Turbine video. What he needs to do is just add a proper receiver and a satellite or since he is running Spektrum he can just mount TBS Crossfire lite as it is plug and play with his Spektrum radio. That is what I use with my Spektrum radio and I can fly miles with my FPV planes.

[@dfgaJK]

@@jas-FPV in the "Foam RC jet" video

[@dfgaJK]

@@FarmerFpv or an elrs module bay transmitter....

[@jas-FPV]

@@FarmerFpv I haven’t heard that. And he ises a TD Tandem receiver that uses 2.4 and 900 in parallel. So as long as he didn’t make errors installing it, this thing has the same range as crossfire or Elrs.

[@gbbeeler]

About 8 meters of 6 mm bungee cord stretched about 1-2 meters with a foot release will make your launches much easier (think carrier launch). The hook needs to be about 3-5 cm ahead of cg to keep ballooning minimal. If you can keep it upright, the fans will keep it flying after the plane comes off the bungee before it gets low and slow like your hand launches.

[@gnilogaming]

Bro is gonna break the sound barrier one of these days

[@RaynerGS]

One suggestion is to remove the fan and fan battery. In place of the engines, two rockets, one on each side. Use the drone or a balloon to raise it, and then a remote hook system makes it detach and fall, then turn on the rockets. Perhaps, lighter, it could reach 200 km/h. Salute from Brazil.

[@ADjasonTplayz]

The plane🔥 The neighbors reaction🗿

[@craighyattusa]

That video was the most (vicarious) fun I’ve had in a long time. Some excellent research and engineering skills on display. Look forward to the next project.

[@eliot_mrs]

always a good evening when project air drops a rocket plane video

[@Project-Air]

Thanks for watching!

[@CheezborgerMmm]

I dont know how you do it but you make videos with such high quality but in a timely manner!

[@zacharywalters8139]

Phenomenal channel man! Just stumbled onto it.

[@ernstgoldfinger1178]

You have just proved the principle of fly by wire. You're a great tuber and experimental engineer... So my question is why did you not 3d print a custom Nacelle to enclose the gyro? The gyro was the one key component to keep the flght im check. So I give you a B+ mark for your achievement. However with your workshop and experience the gyro should have been engineered back in. I am critical as I worked on F-4 Phantom Jets as an electrical technician and am so pleased that you are holding a fantasy job. Keep it up. The RAF should recruit you at Boscombe Down with IA. Minimum rank of Flt Lt with maximum seniority. Imagine their workshop and 3d printers. Recruit your Lady too... What a Dream Team! Respect.

[@nauhaania]

I love your videos! I am a Maldivian drone pilot and my drone pro E88 crashed recently. I really love RC vehicles

[@thewreakingpaul6347]

1:03 One of? na bro it is

[@glowsquidking]

Exactly

[@tamagaming8181]

Mig-41?

[@shamanshamheedh101]

Unfortunately for the Sr 71 the fastest (manned) plane ever was the x15 at mach 6.7

[@NoodleIDK13]

Fastest aircraft is NASA'S pancake thing. X-42 or smth idk

[@ap0900official]

for everyone wondering: this is about 6600km/h or 4100mph scale speed! The sr71 model is about 1 : 33. The original went about 3500km/h or 2170mph, therefor the model would need a scale speed of about 110km/h or 68mph

[@SgtMars]

4:00 that’s a gorgeous Mini Cooper!😮❤

[@adventuresforlife165]

I want to share my idea with everyone here. Currently i am building a popsicle stick airplane. It is painted red and costs roughly 40 dollers for parts it is almost complete! I really cant wait and i am able to build a second one but i am deciding how big and what model. This channel has helped a lot and these plane i plan to have no flaps because the motors have gyros. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@game-f-un-limitedgamer8958]

1:59 is when the black bird breaks the sound barrier :)

[@Fortnite-ClipsYT]

No

[@FarmerDrew]

14:30 kudos to you for maintaining a decent flight profile, that's a crazy acceleration for the scale

[@LJW12]

14:38 what did he thing say?

[@mikelverkruissen189]

It said: Telemetry lost!

[@LJW12]

@@mikelverkruissen189 oh 😅

[@chadmarkley]

The video and SR-71 were both so cool. But can we talk about how cool your vintage Mini is?? That car is just way too cool

[@intotheuniverse9170]

I appreciate your efforts 😊 For making these videos

[@adityaparam8736]

Would you consider trying a zero length launch system? Where the plane is mounted to a rail with a rocket attached to it. The rocket fires, getting the plane to takeoff speed where the motor takes over. The German Air Force experimented with this on their F-104s. I believe the US did this as well.

[@ameynaik5966]

4:01 nice car

[@TDC_gaming]

I about to comment that

[@ameynaik5966]

@@TDC_gaming too late. sikkkke. lol

[@Rose-E13]

Mr bean

[@ameynaik5966]

🗿

[@Silvera-Avian]

As others have mentioned, it's best to put the rocket motor inline in the tail because by mounting it on top of the fuselage, you are creating a high centre of thrust which will cause a pitch down moment on the aircraft. Thrust should always be in line with the centre of mass if at all possible - it's not so much of a deal when your aircraft has a lower thrust to weight ratio, as the aircraft's intertia through the air will counter that force better then, but this rocket has ridiculous thrust for the light body of the airframe so it's important in this instance.

[@anishgidh7583]

Your car looks cute lol

[@Computeraidedautomation]

The attention to detail and the way you explained each step was great.

[@willjhcave]

You’re going to find that high speed aircraft have poor low speed performance. And “low speed” is going to get commensurately faster. You may need to look at non-hand launched options.

[@sarapiper2978]

Please make a flying bullet😮😅 Hahaha 🎉

[@spiralsun1]

This gripping drama was a heart wrenching saga and testament to the human spirit 😊❤🙏🏻

[@Am_Photography13709]

i think you saw my last comment on your rc battle tank ship and made it 🤔🤔

[@oakah6373]

Very smart idea using a longer burn time rocket motor with less initial impulse. The acceleration that some of the short burn time rocket motors provide stresses structural integrity too much in a short period of time, leading to spontaneous disassembly.

[@даниилпрохоров-о4е]

You really should try to launch your next rocketplane from another airplane

[@Dragontamer7866]

Yes please

[@vonknorring09]

X-15

[@mikexkennedy]

Lookup the M-21. This was a variant of the A-12 (the CIAs single seat precursor to the SR-71). This carried a drone D-21 which was a single engine drone that could fly higher and faster than it's mothership.

[@Rockmedal277]

I love that you used the SR-71 as it is the fastest plane ever made and flew in NEAR ORBIT.

[@YusufMOV]

Imagine if there was giveaways 💀

[@thesupremesai6385]

i wish

[@gflorey1975]

Love your videos - I know it's not about this but you should use a flight controler and ELRS - the recievers are tiny and have huge range - also give you upto 16 channels!

[@Cartoonicus]

That little plane flew it's little heart out. It deserves a medal.

[@RomeoJoshMonleon]

Remake the jet engine powered RC car please c:

[@EbonSan910]

11:52 Love the fact that Emma is working on the Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga in the background

[@nakul3424]

Hey man! Try using a very stable platform for your rocket plane.. I think you are selecting Jets with very tiny wings span and the smaller they are the twichier they are. Try the multiplex Funjet ultra 2, this is small for high speed but highly stable! It has a cult follwing in rc community for cheap speed. People have flown this over 200mph with 6s electric motors. It flies straight like an arrow and easy to manoeuvre. It needs very tiny single quad motor on even a 4s to go very fast, go far away and choose a very straight full throttle pass, once your plane is locked in and wings are steady fire up the rocket, i promise you wont regret!

[@robertstark3326]

Great project. That was a spectacular flight. The way you led up to the rocket engine flight was just so impressive and all the work you did to pull it off. You had a well-deserved success. Keep up the great work.

[@JCtheMusicMan_]

I would love to see you 3D scan the A/C and scale it up! Give yourself enough room to cram in more rockets into the form factor. Love this project!❤

[@somestarman892]

As others have said, the center of thrust has to be in line with the center of mass, fix that and you’re set

[@stephanheastie4742]

I like your car 4:28 😊

[@MazdaSpeedBee]

Cleetus Mcfarland threw actual jet engines on the foam B2 bomber... pretty cool man. hit some wind and snapped in two lol. still worked really well for a couple of days flying.

[@darreno9874]

Back in the 80s there was a rc plane called the bullet it easily reached 100mph according to the manufacturer and having seen it fly it was so much faster than anything else. Great job😁✈️

[@zzz-i9e]

This toy would be my childhood dream, I can still get exited when I see him unboxing it.

[@brianlink391]

0:32 Bro that's hard core!! Wow, nice job!

[@Sapphire1568]

At some point, I think you need to make a plane that needs a heat shield, like the Darkstar.

[@TheFatVeganOne]

Just a quick message, even if you're doing rudimentary smoke tests you want to have the smoke flowing as slow as possible, so that you can see the true impact the fans are having. Having the flow rate that high ruins your ability to actually see what's going on because the air is already accelerated near the speed of the exiting air.

[@svrwthr]

I guild the actual rocket version years ago. Fairly expensive model rocket and took some time building. The day of launch was slightly windy so I aimed the launch rod more into the wind. Fired that bad boy and it leveled out and I never saw it again.

[@BassMatt1972]

5:30 Sound works in a similar way. If you have one "Marshall Amp" on stage, you need 4 "Marshall Amps", to be TWICE as loud.

[@marth922]

Bro, your Mini is WICKED COOL!! So jealous!! and what a cool project! These speed record videos always have me on the edge of my seat!

[@JonathanTamm]

Put the spikes from the intakes on the flat backs of the fan motors to streamline them and put the rocket motor in the tail of the fuselage rather than a pod on top far less drag and the thrust on the centre line + far better looking. Oh and then you stick the servos out the bottom rather than recess them. Launch from a couple of 2 x 4 on saw horses for rails the hand launch looks all over the place.

[@robertbenzon6941]

You might be able to reduce the drag a bit by mounting the camera inside the fuselage and pointing the lens upward onto a little 45 degree mirror.

[@thewatersavior]

Check out the Seahawk foam.. No need to hand launch and you can turbo charge the rocket if you swap to metal blades 🙂

[@newtommy876]

you should paint the nose of the plane a very contrasting color to help with seeing the planes orientation even more

[@td23asus]

You should definitely try building a plane on your own from scratch. 3D printing has advanced a lot and can make som pretty strong, lightweight parts, and it'd allow you to start with a theoretical goal in mind of what speeds you want, and work backwards. It would also let you design in a spot for a camera (behind the windshield?), allow you to hide mechanical parts within the airframe, you could make it modular to test out different wingshapes, etc, build in a place inside the fuselage for the motor to sit so the thrust is inline, and you would probably get an overall better, sleeker exterior, especially since with all the hacks you made to the plane, the skin looked pretty beat up. Also, I'd imagine the aerodynamics the SR71 was designed for are probably different on the models scale. It would be a hell of a lot of work, but I personally would love to see your whole design process. Could make for a cool series! Anyway, awesome vid as always, this series of you trying to push for higher speeds is awesome and makes me think of what it must have been like for the engineers in real life whose job it was to do this stuff.

[@mikexkennedy]

16:15 Tom Stanton electromagnetic launcher collab when?

[@fooman2108]

Part of your problems is that the intake cones CONTRIBUTE the thrust of the SR-71. Which can contribute as much as 70% of thrust (depending on weight and altitude). The intake cones move in and out, AND tip up and down to shape the supersonic shockwave into/through the intakes.

[@SkyHigh_Aviation123]

I challenge you to create a plane from scratch! (Basically create a new plane)

[@robertarnold9815]

Its either ignition or launch. Saying "FIRE" on a launch site or flight line means there is a fire.

[@jb678901]

Interesting , the actual SR-71 Ramjets (once engaged at high speed) create a partial vacuum in front the aircraft. At speed, its tip and leading edges glow hot and the airframe expands. As a side note, when the aircraft is cool its leaks fuel...to get max range it's air frame is warmed up and the fuel then is topped off in mid-air before a mission.

[@cfeauto5938]

The plane didnt seem that unstable when you were flying it, at least from the camera if anything the lack of input from a gyro probably helped quite a bit. If you were to get a good FPV setup (one that can record relatively well) it would take up about as much space as that Insta360 setup and allow you to keep the aircraft as straight as possible for the entire length of the burn rather than needing to do orbits. What i would LOVE to see is this thing kinda turned into an X-15. Rocket motors in each of the engine pods, then you need no fans, no major cuts, lighter battery and a completely lighter airframe. Perhaps...launched from another plane? riding piggyback like the shuttle? I doubt with the shape that dropping it from a drone would do anything but lawn dart it. Definitely some room for improvement and the SR-71 platform would be quite Fun to see flying at Mach speeds!

[@johnwald1714]

You stumbled on gold with the rocket motor tester. Test different types of rocket motors that are consumer grade. Like esties and what not. I'm sure there many enthusiasts that would like to know thrust and time data.

[@inconsisstence]

You should look into racing drone cameras, a first veiw from the rocket itself would be super helpful

[@FarmerFpv]

That little rocket engine produces lots of thrust. That is almost as powerful as me when I eat Burritos and Tacos! I can probably levitate if I clench tight enough before releasing the blast. I love your rocketry videos.

[@seshansmith7690]

Pretty athletic toss there

[@RandomStuffIDecideToPublicise]

I can only imagine how the birds react to your creations

[@MyCreatorSpace]

This is awesome. wathced the whole thing. feel like it would've been turned into a 5 pt build. first rocket powered test could've been a whole episode on its own.

[@baudouindesaintroman6337]

If you can't integrate the booster inside the plane, the best option is to put it under it (at least under the wings level since they are the place where the lift is applied). You really need to think about how you modify the balance of the plane with each weight, weight distribution, force application point.

[@F.WilliamBird]

Can you try an F-22 or a F-35

[@HeWhoHasRisen3500]

All that gray fog that belongs in a Steven King novel is from geoengineering projects where microwaves are focused on aerosols & fog is magically produced. The white lines in the sky are from airplanes that spray sulfates and nano aluminum.