LDRS 41: The World's Largest High Power Rocket Launch Event (2023) | Part 2

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[@leokimvideo]

I love the slowmo action of the launch

[@sebdapleb1523]

You’re one of my three goats of the genre, between Joe Barnard and Xyla Foxlin

[@MichaelOfRohan]

dont think girls like "xyla" are the future of female stem. but im sure alot of lonely male engineers do!

[@xploration1437]

I don’t think you know what goat means. 🤦‍♂️

[@sebdapleb1523]

@@xploration1437 its lowercase so the acronym doesn't count

[@xploration1437]

@@sebdapleb1523 🐐💨

[@davidbraatz5502]

LOVE the Rockets Magazine style interviews!! I grew up on those DVDs and its great to see the same spirit in your channel. Would love to see more interviews if you can make it happen!

[@dylanz5598]

HOLLY COW, A FEW OF THOSE ROCKETS HAD A DELAYED SOUND WHEN THEY TOOK OFF. THAT WAS F'ING COOL AS HELL😂 I REMEMBER BUILDING LITTLE ROCKETS WITH MY POP'S BACK WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL. I MISS DOING THAT STUFF. IT WAS DEFINITELY FUN, THAT'S FOR SURE.

[@hamiltonburger4574]

This takes me back to the late 60's and my Estes rocket days. Who remembers the Mars Snooper?

[@craigw.scribner6490]

I remember the Estes "Mars Snooper" and, later, the "Mars Lander" back in the early seventies.

[@judet2992]

7:33 That's the clearest exhaust I've ever seen of an SRB.

[@omarflores3150]

Went to LDRS! The even was awesome! I was the last rocket to launch but tbh it wasn't good last one tho lol, was really nice meeting alot of people, was really hoping to meet you but maybe next time! Keep up the great work man!

[@TimLukeAnderson]

I love watching these!

[@wbehrens62]

So juiced to see the AQM 37C...Used to build these in Andover Ks. at the Raytheon plant (long time ago) the original ran on INFRA / Hydrazene through a Harley Davidson motor :). This was after they built them in Boulder CO.....Again thanks for the video...juiced to see one of these launch verticle instead of slung off a F4Fantom in the horizontal.

[@allen480]

* F-4 Phantom

[@hadleymanmusic]

Perfect launches perfect deploy and perfect recoverys

[@sammylacks4937]

Engines are throttling back to 80 % as vehicle reaches maximum aerodynamic pressure. Max Q.

[@sleeve8651]

The solid rocket fueled guys, used to make their way through Danville, Illinois area, back in the late 1990's ! It was fascinating to see everything connected to that scale of rocketry ! Sadly, it seemed things changed after 911, and I don't believe they traveled this way any longer ! Too, I'm guessing through attrition, many of those same rocketeers are no longer with us ? Thanks for posting ! A friend of mine, made at least one video, we called the, " John Deere 's ", and another named, " Yard Darts " ! Those rockets that ended up traveling sideways, for whatever reason, and ended up plowing the ground, and those that returned to Earth nearly as fast as they were launched ! Of course with no chute deployed ! Made for some exciting times ! ∆ [ ] ✓l l\ 💥 ☁️☁️☁️

[@RocketVlogs]

There's an awesome launch site in Princeton, Illinois

[@RicoKen2000]

Braden: host of Rocket Vlogs, Motor Biscuit & Drag Queens :)

[@mikec1096]

Great video! Great coverage. Thank you

[@thinkingthing4851]

Who is combining my hobbies! Disc Golf and Rocketry!!!!🎉 I'm speechless😮

[@Dude8718]

220 pounds? Jeez I just realized you could launch a literal 6 foot dude with those forces, not including the aerodynamics. But just that thrust is crazy, to accelerate the mass of an adult like that. I just visualized a human taking off like that and it's insane.

[@jakerazmataz852]

What's the difference between the black smoke engines and the others? 3:48 I love the crackling sound it makes.

[@RocketVlogs]

That one is a sparky. It's got chunks of titanium in the propellant specifically for the sound and visual effects!

[@fullgas1413]

The first one is a V2 gay!

[@bylandfamily6918]

You mean guy right?

[@zzzxxzzz3248]

Gay for sure

[@bryandraughn9830]

Flaming

[@ilikelegoandstuff]

It looks awesome tho

[@dadvssoncocopuffs9187]

It looks like the gay dildo replica

[@Dinkledorpher]

Cool, great engineering.

[@CheekyMonkey1776]

Shew…… I thought Somebody forgot their lighter there for a second… All joking aside, very cool!

[@briar9997]

Rip to the jayhawk I hope it gets fixed and back to flying soon

[@AapkePapaAyeHain]

My kids love watching your videos

[@ivobrazgodinho4878]

Don't forget to wet the grass before the experiments, the capoeira is a little dry, a remote control is good and lowering the rocket standing on the ground in reverse is better, thanks, thanks

[@lipstick318]

Sweet... Now, that's what I'm talking about...

[@westcoloradoan]

Growing up in Colorado. This looks like Estes Rockets on steroids.

[@misliahbasiran7044]

Greeting from Malaysia

[@drchan5893]

I'm surprised some of these Rockets didn't end up in space, or back to the Future. 🤔😲

[@jeffhall4228]

Worlds largest? I thought they had something bigger in Cape Canaveril

[@mwales2112]

Not the estes rockets we flew as kids in the 60s & 70s... This is very cool...

[@WarbirdPylonRacer]

9:58 what motors were in that AMW? Great video!!!!

[@mercdragons]

One thing I love about this hobby. Every loves a good crash but everyone tries to will all parachutes out when they fail.

[@waitandsee8175]

19:26 bursts of blue flames, is this Rocket Candy, does anyone know of this mixture?.....is very beatiful

[@ROCKETKNIGHT-ph7xp]

Beautiful

[@T34zac]

19:26 that flame is VERY BLUE

[@perryrush6563]

I agree. Just got to that part after seeing your comment. Yes indeed it was

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Anybody know if the booster section's parachute ever fully deployed?

[@CrazyCranker]

MLR-Major League Rockets/ Very Impressive!

[@kennethbransford820]

=== These guys are crazy and awesome ===

[@andyman8630]

reminds me of my teens in the 70's! hand crafted my rockets (cast a nicely shaped egg shell for the nose cone, chunky cardboard tube, hand crafted & mounted tri-fins and a plastic solder-wire core for the engine mount), built my engine (using fuel from fireworks, a chunky cardboard tube and the nozzel was a hacked off brass garden hose nozzle epoxied into the bottom end) built my launch pad using dads wooden tripod telescope mount, with a metal deflection plate and a solid piece of music wire and built the ignition system using a car battery, chunky speaker wires and a thin piece of house fuse wire inserted into the engine - managed several successful launches approx 1500 feet with a 3-5 second burn it all ended abruptly when i broke the golden rule and used a hardened steel seltzer cartridge as an engine - packed the fuel using spirits and repeatedly dropped it down a long tube for compaction, let it dry out then set it in my test bed, 90% buried in sand with the engine inverted so i could observe hid partially behind a brick wall and connected the wires to the battery, ignition, burn,,, flame and burn rates looked good,,,, got out of hand and i knew the schidt was gonna hit the fan so i brought my hands up to my face and turned side on for protection - it went BANG, and i mean big time! (3 level double brick house built into a hillside where the top floor was at street level - i was outside the front, brother was downstairs on the phone to his GF and the bang scared the flock out of her) - the sand was propelled with such force every bit that hit me penetrated my skin and left me pockmarked and bloody on the entire right side of my face, arms and legs the cartridge itself had split open and kinda looked like a boiled octopus (all the legs curled up), it bounced off the brick wall leaving a nice dent and sailed across the front of my stomach leaving a 1 foot long welt about 1/4 inch high - thankfully the smooth and undamaged part of the cartidge skinned me, had it been the twisted side i would have been disemboweled (dad kept the cartridge until he passed in 2016, now mum has it) dad and uncle came outside to see what caused the bang! dad had a furious look on his face as he opened the door, which instantly went pale when he saw me i never played with rockets again! though i did progress onto lasers! (Rhodamine 6G liquid laser) which with the assistance of my school i completed at age 15 (year 10) mammaries! llight the corners of my mind! milky water colored mammaries,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@chriswalker8378]

You need to watch an old episode of uk top gear they built a rocket that would put them ahead

[@johnnydiamondsmusic1673]

They don’t burn very long considering their size. Looks great though

[@DEELIZABETHVanderbiltCecil]

Great rocket.

[@samuelrich88]

Where is this done? I see a bunch of Seattle submissions and would love to take kids if it’s close.

[@JB-jn9kb]

You couldn't pay me to launch some of my rockets with all those trees around in some of these clips!

[@meattroller8853]

We have poles to get them out of trees, it’s the ponds that really eat our rockets at the Bong.

[@michaelmickoberhaus8009]

I've seen 4th of July fireworks go higher

[@deepdiver51]

Damn, did I miss Mr. Kim Jong-Un’s effort?

[@RockymountainRobert]

I wonder if these guys make there rocket fuel with powdered sugar and potassium nitrate, they probably mix 5 gallon buckets full, several of them to make the amount of powder needed for the boost/thrust.

[@valdomiroribeiro6005]

Excelente trabalho... parabéns

[@jonsayler3317]

Hoping to make it LDRS someday. Are there plenty of places to stay near the launch site?

[@RocketVlogs]

Typically, yes! This year there were lots, and next year is pretty good from what I understand

[@fredvrijhof3870]

Are the rockets subject to a maximum propulsion time? I always see the engine on for 3 to 4 seconds.

[@flymachine]

That bizarre colour scheme on Sasquatch is odd. I would have loved to be at that brainstorm meeting. Interesting design too with the nose tapering right back to beyond CG - great launch though. Interesting to see HPR launches in a wooded area 😮

[@realdestr0yer]

Yeah, you know they're groomers when they use that color scheme.

[@MrElapid]

I thought the same...​@@realdestr0yer

[@bryanwalkerCT7729]

Brilliant ❤❤❤ Definitely needs to be a part of mental health treatment Definitely #TechIntoMentalHealth

[@rickolson3114]

Fun video but it wouldn't hurt to have better cameras and maybe some drones placed at different heights...

[@samandersn]

Good video. Needs much tighter editing. Lots of waiting for launch!!!

[@rezzer7918]

Last guy on mic: bringing uncoolness to amateur rocketry 🤪

[@AUDUMDECH]

สุดยอดเลยครับ#ที่บ้านผมเทศกาลแบบนี้จะถูกจัดขึ้นในช่วงเดือนพฤษภาคม👍👏🙏❤️

[@Cristoterestaura]

omg so beautiful

[@kenschmidt6522]

I would assume the FAA clears the airspace in the area.

[@BKD70]

No, but they do issue a NOTAM for these events.

[@puakagrinder2766]

Wow...they should build missile with nuclear warhead next

[@peterszar]

With hobbyists like these folks the Ruski's and Shcina need to watch out, ha ha.

[@davidalexander4043]

clean air space on aircraft

[@dirkpitt5468]

Love the rocket…HATE the paint job….lol

[@thomasbell7033]

Lol, it's dreadful. Great rocket, though. Would live to see it powered up more. Sure coasted nicely at the top.

[@chetmyers7041]

21:05 Are those people at a minimum safe distance from that launch? How many feet away? Seemed like a powerful motor.

[@RocketVlogs]

Yes. Lens compression and if was a M. The pads were spaced for simultaneous launch and loading

[@Glaciershark]

Yay!

[@jimmydingo7138]

Great drinking sport-hobby!

[@lifesabrick5104]

All that time just to see that Archer get loaded and not launched, lol. Great stuff anyway!

[@RocketVlogs]

I'm sorry! I missed a lot of stuff while running around.

[@lifesabrick5104]

@@RocketVlogs This is David Seter btw from the Swan Falls launch site. I'm sure we've talked there before. I gave someone my 4 inch fiberglass Big Bertha a few years ago at Swan Falls. getting back into mid-power again and having a blast.

[@oldmech619]

As a pilot, just wondering, how much TFR airspace restrictions does the FAA give you guys. I love these rockets.

[@williampaulo8719]

Did any of these rockets has ever made supersonic boom?

[@CP-ex9ce]

What type of fuel they’re using to fuel those rockets ?

[@dks13827]

how did you unreef that nice parachute ?

[@davidalexander4043]

did you get the Airforce involved airspace

[@numbersabcdefg]

Just curious, is there a range of prices? 3k, 30k, 150k for some?

[@cycotico1387]

The propelants may get up to 3k for some of them but rockets rarely get even near 10k unless they have a goal of going to space, the reason they are generally under 10k is due to the fact that they aren't metal instead they are cardboard/paper, fiberglass or carbon fiber

[@Kaldoon73]

I think that the video will be better without music

[@seanc.cooper4669]

Go Washington!!!!!

[@colorfullife9355]

I want to learn about Rocket

[@BIGGGJOHN171]

Cover it in plasma and will go all the way to space.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Can cluster of 3 estes D engines break the sound barrier?????

[@mikemarley2389]

Sona tubes?😊

[@user-ey3st2qs5u]

Ja Werner Gut

[@000001willy]

Didn't turn my crank.

[@patrickmullane30]

Wow

[@hamxablouk6-es2cj]

مرحبا لقد جربتم مستحضرنا الجميل والطبيعي والرائع .كيف كانت النتيجة ؟

[@ncisstarbase2134]

Think I saw hyw 142

[@etherealswordsman3214]

You gonna head out to BALLS this year?

[@RocketVlogs]

That's the plan as of now!

[@etherealswordsman3214]

@@RocketVlogs Awesome! Can't wait to see the what people do with a ceiling that much higher!

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

Loved the one with the black smoke! Drag Queen? REALLY???

[@brettmoore3194]

Weak, nobody hit the firmament 🎉

[@galaxiedance3135]

Has there ever been an explosion and deaths at these events? I see Elon Musk rockets blow up and it's crazy. You've gotta have the BIGGEST rocket there! :) Make a killing on stocks and have space x build a ridiculous rocket for you!!!

[@CockMcBallsddd]

That black smoke with the golden sparks and fire the whole way was magnificent looking!!! Beautiful!!

[@juarezderrick9647]

2500 ft? Looks more like six or seven hundred

[@RocketVlogs]

Might want to get your visual altimeter recalibrated

[@superhungdwarf4016]

yeah we used to launch them everywhere kits we built ourselves. Then it all got outlawed. Now the only launches we get are from people like this.

[@rayodell8213]

I wonder which genius decided to launch rockets on dry grass 🤔

[@perryrush6563]

In some areas you can't get away from grass. Ha ha. It was green looking grass. They might have also wet it down some. Just saying.

[@corneliusblackwood9014]

Why doesn’t anyone shoot them really high up? Surely several large engines on a small’ish rocket would get you 10,000 feet? Aviation restrictions is my assumption?

[@smckay6438]

Think how big they would have to be ?ego's or balls To x ten these and then climb on board in 1950 !😂😂😂😂 Big time respect to apollo astronauts and NASA!

[@CrusaderSports250]

Don't forget the Russians, they did it first and didn't even have the limited knowledge that it was survivable, at least nasa had that, not denigrating the courage of the American astronauts, but when your the very first one you have to take what you do on pure faith at the end of the day.

[@smckay6438]

@@CrusaderSports250 the Russians are amatures compared to Americans! Your astronauts were forced to fly with no consideration of safety or success! AND THAT THE ONLY REASON THEY WERE FIRST !that disqualifies any race Russians think they were in ! Your country was not capable of space travel!

[@smckay6438]

@@CrusaderSports250 and your astronauts like ours had balls of steel !the countries are messed up, yes my country sucks also !

[@glyphs3]

Lots of trees. Why does the location have trees? Rockets do not like trees. Trees eat rockets. Rockets like open space. Please help 😮

[@michaelhband]

👍👍👍❤❤❤🚀🚀🚀

[@onesmallstep7046]

I've seen bigger at NASA.

[@ReddenOrvillebacher-ju4ep]

Project Squatsqwash

[@805gregg]

I saw an amiture rocket that went 375,000 ft, you guys fail

[@afterburner2869]

Here’s an idea, why don’t we launch our rockets right next to some dry grass, bushes and trees! We won’t even give the immediate area a good soaking with water. What could go wrong?

[@av8or971]

hey lets put the launcher on top of dry grass, because that makes sense.

[@truthandreality8465]

The most inappropriate name for a multicolored british rocket. Did queen janice make that herself? Sasquatch will kill it like an American rocket.

[@dereksevers9187]

You should you lose use your local fire department to come over and spray the ground with water

[@noahandcamsadventures1296]

Love the rockets Slight joke here but could very well be serious if they go above 500 feet i could be wrong but i believe you need to notify your local police department and get FAA approval as well as this is a good idea but probably not required I’d say if you are close to any sort of military installation you should definitely let them know because they are going to pick that up on radar and it’s identified as a threat on their radar you know because it’s a missile just probably a good idea to let them know before as well just to be on the safe side 👍👍 otherwise y’all did great great job on the rockets

[@RocketVlogs]

All of these flights are a LDRS, a sanctioned event that holds an FAA waiver.

[@flymachine]

You can see this is an organised event not just a bunch of guys playing with rockets, it’s obvious to assume they have all the i’s dotted and t’s crossed isn’t it? But it’s great that you know so much.

[@billdivine9501]

C’mon, man!

[@saito125]

Ok, Sherlock..... LOL