Looks like "Check SD card is in camera" needs adding to a check list...

George is the hero we needed. Hope he was generously compensated with drinks at the pub afterward😆

These kids are extra ordinary!! Especially, calculating the projected landing area was awesome!!

It must fly again ! What a great call to get from your friends ! George is a true hero !

8:28 I got teary eyed that one of your friends read two academic papers in the mere hope that he would find the rocket, only then to be successful! You've got some awesome friends dude. Bright and intelligent.

Liked for some sweet onboard footage

george is the real mvp for doing the math and mounting a solo search mission based on his faith in science

Nice! As someone who has flow rockets at over 900km/h, we manufacture a Full-J-class rocket motor. Burn time of 4,5 seconds. I know the feeling of both seeing your rocket shoot up at increadible velocities, and not finding it afterwards. I use entacor AIM USB altimeters, and they also sell the AIM Extra, a transmitting, GPS coordinate transmitting flight computer. I fly on a Civil Aviation Association approved land, that is also a RC club. Keeping things legal and safe is number 1. So happy to see you keeping up in that regard. Using PVC pipe is a bit risky as we have had them shatter on crash landing, then we have also seen them bounce.... Just a note. Seems you are still in your twenties, I have been flying rockets since 1998... When I was already 26...

Thats a fast boy James...JESUS!

Definitely recommend a suffix for designation e.g. XR-1 with R being rocket. Then you can do C for car, B for Boat and P for plane

Nice work George. Above and beyond.

Excellent launch, love the storytelling! Got to check out the open rocket simulator! Thank you, looking forward to more! :)

Next video: We started working on a new cruise missle with the military! Amazing as usual, can't wait for the X-15!

Seems like your efforts have yielded vehicles that should be equipped with a GPS tracker so you can find them. Damn impressive.

OUTSTANDING! Great video, reminds me of my Estes rockets with A through D engines way back in my younger days (1960s and 70s). Very glad to see the X1 was recovered and looking forward to it's next flight with the onboard cam!

I’d love to see more high speed, high altitude stuff. Really cool.

Thanks for watching! This video was brought to you by my wonderful Patreon supporters. 🤗 What's the X2 going to be? Thoughts? 🤔 Edit: Thanks for the 15k likes! Will be launching again soon.

That has to be amongst the straightest flights I've seen for that size of rocket, especially at that speed, they tend go a bit squirly.

We launched model rockets in 6th grade. I got into it that summer, making a few of my my own. Fired one on not a perfectly calm day. Thought we had lost it, but found a couple weeks later in one of our farm fields a half mile away

Good on George for working out where the rocket went & finding it (these are a group of very clever young people!). Always like these project videos & the multiple footage of the launch (just like NASA!).

We all need more friends like George. Dude reads 2 papers just to find your rocket, please buy that man a beer or a burger he's earned it

Had to step outside to make sure the ground wasn't cold. Since you actually completed a project, I was worried hell froze over. Haha

Wow... Talk about a home-made HIMARS!!! Very impressive speed!!

its streamlined shape and crown design is top notch.

A circular disc made from metal (blast deflector) can be placed between the rocket and the boxes of electronics. It will protect the tripod and gear from the rush of propellant. Also a small GPS cell phone tracker might be a good investment. Don't feel so bad about the uSD card, we have all been there. LOL keep up the good work Allen

The little touches are always appreciated--that paint can edit, the backlit and hazy glamor shots. Also, well done George!

Wow that thing moves, Great work....

North Korea has found a new hobby

Love the video- Brings back memories of model rocketry when I was younger. Looks like you need an inexpensive GPS tracker or a Key tracker of some sort for your next one.... (inexpensive in case of total failure [explosion])

George Totally had an "October Sky" moment in this one LMAoo

This is awesome! That was so fast. Glad you got the rocket back.

what makes your videos interesting...it that you tell the story what was involved in the project

your videos are truly entertaining keep up bro!!

You find out who your true friends are when you need to find a lost model like that, lol.

This was a great video, keep doing what you love James

I have enjoyed your videos and thank you for sharing them. Great job.

My favorite thing about this channel is the editing!! Great job James!!

Many years ago when I was flying model rockets, we would sometimes use streamers to slow the recovery fall when a chute would likely allow too much drift.

That is amazing to have found it! Way to go.

How good. Brings back memories of Grandpa and I

We all need a friend like George. What a legend.

Absolutely beautiful flight, I really want to see the X-1 fly again ! Keep up the good work! Also, I think it would be interesting to maybe build a tiny flight computer to record basic flight data like speed, acceleration, and GPS position (that would help the recovery lol, and help understand if it fails)

That was a cool video. Glad your friends can enjoy this with you too.

I have to tell you from my extensive experience watching many, many British detective shows, that a search party MUST use sticks with which to beat the ground in order to have a chance of success. Just kidding - it was brilliant. I very much enjoyed it, and kudos to George for finding it.

Numeric designators are a great idea. Perhaps expand on it? For example XR for rockets, XP for planes, XB for boats.

Would a gps module + sim card be a viable option to avoid losing rockets?

Just came across this channel, what a gem! Much love from Canada bud! 🇨🇦

OMG its amazing seeing a rocket success! I thought you might be cursed with rockets. Can't wait to see you do this again

This rocket needs to be renamed to George in his honour :D

Hey James you know what mate you should make a rocket with two of those engines and make the second rocket fire as soon as the first one dies(It's just a idea)

George is the kind of friend u keep for life. Protect him at all costs!

well done! Liked. love ur content!

This channel probs gonna be a space agency in like 2 years

your rocket 🚀 and aerospace skill is wild

I currently launch homemade rochets with D-class commercial solid motors. I have wanted to launch big ones for a while. Thanks for showing me it's possible!

Great job

I bet that this can’t get more than 1 like

Wdym the "soviet" approach

So funny how George just went out on his own to find the rocket. Also cool how he researched how to best determine where it would have landed. Awesome channel

Glad to hear you recovered the rocket!

Now make a guided cruise missile wich can be launched from a rc plane. Nice video BTW

Finnaly he made a rocket again

your work is amazing

I think you should definitely continue this series, it sounds like a great idea

This might be a bit more complicated but I think you should expand your naming scheme X (experimental) A/L/S (air land Sea) and then the iteration and for an iteration smaller changes can be denoted by a decimal, example XA 1.2 just a thought. But that can just be a reference number and you can have a normal name as well Also love your videos BTW :)

Very interesting project. New Sub. Re: lost rocket. I don't know what frequency your tracking beacon is using, being quite a way from the UK, but it seems to me that it must be VHF or higher, just to keep it compact and able to fit in the fuselage. If your beacon is on VHF, UHF, or higher frequencies, it is very simple to construct a multi-element directional antenna, which could be swung to point you in the right direction. A 6-element Yagi on 146 MHz, with all elements removable and stored inside the boom, can be made using commonly available material that's inexpensive. If your beacon is on UHF (440 MHz for example) or higher, you can add additional elements which will make the directional "envelope" narrower. I've built many of these for amateur radio, and I also used similar handheld portable antennas when doing commercial radio work. I know the RSGB has a good archive of antenna articles. If you can't find one there, I can arrange to send you the layout & design, with simple calculations for antenna element length and spacing. Congratulations on the success of this project. I'll be looking forward to future designs. When you get to "X5" I hope you'll make a nod to Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, who created the iconic "Fireball XL5". For those of us who were space-mad in the 1960's, this was inspiration that hung in bedrooms beside the Saturn V rocket booster and Apollo spacecraft.

great job man keep up the good work

Just found this channel the other day, great channel I love all your experiments, I wasn’t able to do what you do until I was 30. I’m fifty two now. So much fun, didn’t have a lot of tiny tech back then, which I appreciate that you do. My first project was a rocket powered coutach that was remote controlled. Didn’t have camera phones, always had cameras but would be so amazed would forget to take pictures

Cant wait for X-ae

More of your blue speed boat please!

It was a really great video I really hope to see it fly again with on board footage and I also think it would be really interesting to put some kind of a little altimeter in the rocket to see how high it's going.

awesome turn of events towards the end !

Would be nice to add some sensors to the rocket. Not only to know it’s GPS location for better recovery but also a gyro sensor would be nice to measure its acceleration and trajectory!

How does this channel have only 100k subscribers?? This content is absolutely fascinating. EDIT: That checklist idea is AWESOME. Anyone who works around any sort of explosive or doing hotwork SHOULD have their own checklist to follow, including briefings for anyone around who joined in. I'm SOOO glad you showed this, as safety is insanely important, and you're leading by example here. THANK YOU. EDIT2: That launch was PERFECT! GREAT balance! I've always had issues trying to ensure the balance of the rocket was perfect. A bit more glue off one area and it goes all over which direction.

This is so awesome! Having studied weather as a bit of a hobby, I had wondered whether you guys had taken into account the winds at the higher altitudes. What makes a good team is having people who think of all the possible things that could go wrong so that you can avoid them when you run the experiment. This is why I always say that pessimism can be an asset in science. Also, it appears you've opted for the more amber beer at the pub, which I think is a fine choice. I've had some fine amber beers from over the pond there, Newcastle and Smithwick's being among my favorites. Cheers!

That was neat when George found the X1 in the field !!

Please add an GPS module to the rocket.

When I was a child (long time ago ☹️) we used to make rockets using chemicals that were easily available from chemists. If they achieved a flight without exploding on the launch pad they were a success. Quite a lot of laws prevent you doing that sort of thing these days, mainly due to all the accidents and injuries.

It's always amazing watching something go up like that. I'm not knowledgeable about rockets, but how hard is it to put small blinking led into the rocket to help prevent losing the rockets in the future.

Fantastic video... captivated from start to finish. Electronics is more my thing, never been interested in rockets or rocket propulsion but you made the subject so much fun..!!

Tbh it looks like an Exocet anti-ship missle

It looks like a missile

ngl this looks like a rocket MiG-21! I love it.

That is amazing I am inspired and amazed.

Find it amazing that we need to pass tests and get licences to fly a drone under 400ft , but firing a 450mph rocket to 3000ft is perfectly acceptable !! 😂😂😂😂

Who would have 2" PVC lying around the house? All jokes aside this video was amazing, good job and keep up the good work!

Awesome channel, thanks

… outstanding - keep up the great work ! 👍

I used to fly rockets as well. AND orange and black was my favorite color scheme. And I also lost a rocket that took off and I never found it. Cool to watch this....amazing how much the hobby has progressed! Good work! Maybe time for a GPS unit on those buggers.

We can see the advances in rocket technology by looking at this video. Now it became really easy to make sounding rockets!

Yay, George! Well done!

Thanks for helping me make a rocket for my high school project

Team work makes the dream work! ✨✅✨Good Job Mate.

Love the videos. Hoping to get my kids into some rocketeering. I think black is going to be the best color to track in the sky. Look forward to seeing more .

I actually love this 🌟

This guy is my idol, he's the reason I just got into this, I was testing out rocket fuel so I'm going to make a rocket for it now!

Mindblowing

Awesome as always, great content!

Great show. I need things like this in these days. Wish I could have been there with my Sony RX 100. A thousand fps video would have been an added touch.

I really, REALLY want to see that on-board footage! That velocity! You MAY want a GPS in there as well this time...