Maiden Flight of the Supreme Endeavour

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15 жыл бұрын

Ground-based video of the first flight of my Supreme Endeavour, a scratch-built 7.7 inch diameter 12.5 feet long rocket built for my Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA) Level 3 Certification. The motor load for the flight was a central Aerotech L2200G and two Loki Research J320R's which were airstarted. The flight occured on June 6, 2009 at the METRA range in Pine Island, NY. On board video is also posted.

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@GooglFascists 12 жыл бұрын

WOW! So proud of you on this terrific launch & recovery! Did this with little rockets when my boys were small back in the 1970s and it was educational and fun. This large rocket takes it to a whole new level.

@Folma7 12 жыл бұрын

It was priviledge the watch this well planned operation. Excellent execution! The flight profile put the craft down---safely----only a few hundred feet away!! Outstanding!

@ryanjofre 8 жыл бұрын

Fukin beautiful!!! We're all mighty impressed(apparently) with the launchpad/ trailer.

@maxlolo1411 10 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! You made the best launch I've ever seen, well done

@marksullivan4 12 жыл бұрын

This video is very inspiring. The attention to detail is obvious and the perfect flight shows that. Good Job RocketMan!!!

@noneya8418 9 жыл бұрын

I don't know what's more impressive, the rocket, or that rig they're launching from.

@scrammy 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, totally was diggin' on the rig. Video editor should be shot though.

@kevinbrislawn5918 6 жыл бұрын

Noneya I think

@sanwinhtookohtoo4013 5 жыл бұрын

@@scrammy း . းား ,ဒးူ းးးးး းး ဒားဒးးူ,,းးးး,,ခါ်ခါ်ခါ်,, ,ြူ ခါခါ်ခါ

@ZZ430T56 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Stanlik from Precision Welding built that hydraulic beast.

@dannz2603 8 жыл бұрын

WOW, that was awesome!!! Such a nice build and the fins are amazing :-)

@kebo57 4 жыл бұрын

Well done sir. Beautiful rocket, and beautiful flight!

@agreen9813 12 жыл бұрын

Beautiful launch and smooth touch down. Good job guys.

@superjezz 14 жыл бұрын

I love the way it hung there for a second before the chute popped.

@crobulari2328 10 жыл бұрын

Great rocket and flight boys. Well Done.

@fignutron 8 жыл бұрын

This is a work of art.

@mascollwinston8092 8 жыл бұрын

movie cinema

@rock3tcatU233 6 жыл бұрын

Nein, das ist ENGINEERING!

@jiyarulhoque1634 6 жыл бұрын

fignutron well as done

@artamerican2069 7 жыл бұрын

could not have been more perfect ,,,, amazing,,,, hats off rocketeer

@timjones3686 10 жыл бұрын

I don't know how these guys made their fuel, but in the late fifties we used powered zinc and sulfur for small five foot rockets. They would obtain thousands of feet. We did this under the Pacific Rocket society. Others used liquid oxygen and thiokol, a rubber like substance which theoretically would go 100 miles. I never saw it launch. We built small, six inch, jobs that went 2 thousand feet with potassium permanganate and powdered aluminum.

@eggaweb9127 9 жыл бұрын

Today most amateurs use potassium nitrate and sugar. Lower performance but cheaper to make. A group called sugar shot to space is attempting to make a sugar rocket that reaches an altitude of above 100km.

@Leutchik 6 жыл бұрын

I'm familiar with the zinc-sulfur rockets. Most were copies of Capt. Bertrand R. Brinley's "Beta" from his "Rocket Manual for Amateurs", a paperback published in 1960. George Dosa of the southern CA RRS (Reaction Research Society, founded in the 1940s) was particularly devoted to these. Zn+S rockets were used as end burners and had a burn rate of 90 in/sec. The rockets jackrabbited off the pad with a BOOM that sounded like a train crash. I thought it was kind of the upscaled equivalent of putting a firecracker under a tin can.

@codetech5598 5 жыл бұрын

The rocket motors were purchased and the manufacturers names and models are listed in the author's comments above.

@ryanjofre 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful trajectory.......gosh darn.

@daddysix3731 7 жыл бұрын

Pretty impressive, Fred!

@Ishmael3261 8 жыл бұрын

Nice launch Fred!

@Darthbelal 12 жыл бұрын

Sweet job, Fred.

@johncronin9540 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful flight.

@prochyer 12 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of that trailer when lifting up.

@charcoal386 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful job

@billyost1479 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome timing.

@jayraskel6824 10 жыл бұрын

that was a beautiful flight

@jmar1371 12 жыл бұрын

Sweet. Gotta love it when it works.

@theutahbuck 11 жыл бұрын

That is an awesome launch rail!

@karim1485 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice, thank you!

@youngsooyao 12 жыл бұрын

it is wonderfully impressive

@SpacekatTommy 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@ioaircraft 12 жыл бұрын

that was a beautiful launch

@scarz1951 12 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC! On my birthday at that!

@xfactor441 12 жыл бұрын

beautiful rocket

@mohd_ayub.ansari 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderful job i love this video..

@stephenhowlett6345 6 жыл бұрын

Well I got a lump in my throat, I just love eccentric people who do this stuff, they make it look simple but it's months of hard work with little or no backing. Captain Cook would have been proud to see the name. Just a pity there was no onboard cameras.

@tjj300 5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure there was an onboard camera. Check out the bump out on the rocket where he unscrewed that access hatch. I don't think he posted it, though.

@jetmanflyhigh 13 жыл бұрын

Nice project!

@anitawarunkshe9263 8 жыл бұрын

so beautiful

@tylerhell 12 жыл бұрын

that was so cool!

@Dangerwiggles 12 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@michaelwni 10 жыл бұрын

altitude?

@drwmink 12 жыл бұрын

I've got four simple words for you: "Job well done. Wow!"

@haljohnson6947 3 жыл бұрын

also a good camera man.... rare to find in the rocket world

@XalfonsoXonXfire 11 жыл бұрын

you're so knowledgeable : )

@RocketMechanic1 11 жыл бұрын

Pretty good, rocket was very stable

@arboristo4407 5 жыл бұрын

Great flight wish you had go pros on it❤️❤️❤️

@n3kkb 11 жыл бұрын

You do DO need to get an FAA waiver to launch a rocket like this. It's size and maximum altitude put it outside the range of what you can launch without notifying the FAA. It's not hard to get a waiver, you just need to understand the paperwork. If you are part of a club launch, like here, the club can get a blanket waiver for a certain altitude and you don't have to worry about getting one yourself.

@varfulinfinbarb7534 11 жыл бұрын

I miss you Fred.

@1954mikel 8 жыл бұрын

As weighs?

@mukundvs7635 11 жыл бұрын

lovely

@neomuttley 12 жыл бұрын

Real pretty :-). In Pine Island? All I remember about there is black dirt...

@XalfonsoXonXfire 11 жыл бұрын

everybody lets have a round of applause for Fred... well done Fred... Yeah great job Fred (clap clap clap)

@chenz089 9 жыл бұрын

4:30 for the actual launch

@ShamblerDK 9 жыл бұрын

You don't do much foreplay, do you? xD

@chenz089 9 жыл бұрын

i dont have the stamina for that shit

@ShamblerDK 8 жыл бұрын

DAZERDAZE Really? I bet girls just love that "quality" about you xD

@user-hl6ml4ie2e 5 жыл бұрын

Я знаю дьнюшки (0.).

@joemcmurry7768 6 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@BinaryOrchestra 12 жыл бұрын

Nice vid

@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy 10 жыл бұрын

I've got one like this at home, just a few feet shorter and a 7 engine cluster. I've never finished it though.

@desertmorning102 9 жыл бұрын

nice!

@gus23a 14 жыл бұрын

wow! stunning! how high did it go?

@blueprinceVSbushi 11 жыл бұрын

It very cool!!!!

@DrDiff952 6 жыл бұрын

I did my successful TRA/NAR level 2 flight on a PLM Small Endevor

@wolfgangamadeusmozart4569 11 жыл бұрын

I must know how u made it/ bought it!

@hank9tube 10 жыл бұрын

Were you able to determine max altitude?

@waterchildtera 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@7wt 5 жыл бұрын

I miss Metra so bad.

@slavasandsglam 10 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!! Next time install onboard camera!

@bestamerica 12 жыл бұрын

' very nice and pretty rocket,,, nice home make a trailer

@cobraray1 9 жыл бұрын

yes!!

@Interceptor1970 11 жыл бұрын

Very nice rocket !! Congratulations... Where did you lunched this rocket ? I wish I could see one of those one day .

@VivalaPhelan 12 жыл бұрын

Amazing, where can i buy a motor that will go half this high?

@Capt_Killingfield 6 жыл бұрын

Nice you built a mobile SAM!!

@snowboarddude117 12 жыл бұрын

How do you guys recover these things say if wind blows the entire thing off course on the trip down? Also when you guys meet and launch these things do you get control of the airspace? meaning no planes fly over?or is it a launch and hope no Cesnas are flying over? haha

@crazy3rdgen 6 жыл бұрын

2 stages lol, think ive seen little 3 foot rockets go higher on a single stage with a little off the shelf motor

@LIMBENATOR 11 жыл бұрын

yea, put 4-8 of these horizontally and up wards over to passenger seats like those epic old soviet Katyushas

@wallaguest1 12 жыл бұрын

where to buy the rocket holder

@varfulinfinbarb7534 11 жыл бұрын

If you fly a rocket like this horizontally - even at a 60 degree angle - it would hit the ground within 100' or less. Fins on an acceleration-stabilized rocket make zero lift and gravity overcomes its trajectory REAL fast.

@theangrybass3389 6 жыл бұрын

Damn, what a 'Surface to Air Missile'. I would hate for that to hit my airplane!

@nytrunner9009 5 жыл бұрын

Just listen for the NOTAMs and stay out of the waiver cylinder, you'll be fine

@trankt54155 7 жыл бұрын

How far can that go up?

@welshpete12 6 жыл бұрын

What height did it reach ?

@BayousParty 6 жыл бұрын

Still better than North Korea

@elliotamiel4896 11 жыл бұрын

the random parachuter that gets hit by one of those... "Holy fuck!!"

@laurencethornber5854 11 жыл бұрын

how high did it go and what speed?

@spencerboaz2385 6 жыл бұрын

Does the FAA jack with you over going over 400' ? Like they do for drones .

@tjj300 5 жыл бұрын

I believe they are cleared for altitudes up to 4500 feet by the FAA at this location.

@nytrunner9009 5 жыл бұрын

High Power Rocketry requires FAA waivers for vehicles over 1500 grams or with over 125 grams propellant. It is possible to acquire a waiver as an individual, but it helps to be part of a rocket club with the experience and contacts (plus you get to watch their rockets too!) www.nar.org or www.tripoli.org for more info!

@ozzzzy81 11 жыл бұрын

How do u get into that size of rocketry? Nice.

@tudosobreastros894 11 жыл бұрын

Yessssssssss

@whatiswhatlawl 8 жыл бұрын

sheeeet dawg

@ajinkya256 11 жыл бұрын

what is the speed of that rocket

@alexlacoudu36 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderfull!!!!!! but i've a question, so how expensive is it?

@chuckhamback7599 10 жыл бұрын

They Average Round $100 To $600.

@alexlacoudu36 10 жыл бұрын

ok thank you

@WheelDweller 8 жыл бұрын

Irony: a guy climbing up a tower, complaining, on a ship called "Supreme Endeavor".

@andyorwig 6 жыл бұрын

How do you get permission to even launch it? It is basically a SAM without the warhead right?

@lazarusmagellan2367 8 жыл бұрын

In 15 minutes I could drive to a golf course next to nasa. Would be funny if someone flew a rocket there XD

@kebo57 4 жыл бұрын

It would be funny until the FBI, US Marshall's, and sheriffs deputies all showed up with guns drawn.

@ahmetselimcalskan520 6 жыл бұрын

how many meters has it altitude?

@Direwolf56 12 жыл бұрын

What's the hull made out of? Fiberglass?

@cjc979 12 жыл бұрын

How much did the rocket weigh and what was the final alt?

@iamgangster 11 жыл бұрын

Do you need to get clearance from the authority? In case there is an aircraft nearby.

@scienceprojecthelper 11 жыл бұрын

wheres the onboad vid?

@TheRCTAddict 11 жыл бұрын

The description DOES say that he also uploaded an on-board video... -.-

@valedan1075 12 жыл бұрын

looks heavy

@ndavid5 12 жыл бұрын

u guys should've had an onboard cam

@chaosopher23 12 жыл бұрын

You build those. That's 1/2 the technological feat of sending a rocket up.

@erikacostacoronado8706 5 жыл бұрын

How many feets of high fly ur rocket?

@pcgeekish 11 жыл бұрын

Y U NO PUT ON BOARD CAM ??? D:

@zoup2nutz 12 жыл бұрын

How high did this go? Damnn, and I thought my little pewny estes went high. hahah. But for real, how high does this go?

@KVNG_MENTALITY_ 8 жыл бұрын

They make better missiles than the ones Hamas use