I was thinking "oh, that's really good for graduate school" and then you mentioned this and I was like "hold the fuck up"

@@albertsun3393 hahaha

Yup as an electronic engineering student it’s pretty expressive he made that PCB on his own in high school congrats

​@@joshuanavarro2734you mean impressive?

did you make it in by now

Seriously his parents must be awesome.

What, do most parents prevent their kids from doing cool projects? "No Timmy, we won't allow you to do this cool project that would impress colleges"

Most parents don't have the money, time or proclivity to support their children early-on so that they may grow into someone as amazing as this

Yeah ok, cope how you will. Bottom line is people that do things can always find a way, and people that don't just make excuses for why it's so.

Fr The resources especially

Thank you! I plan on posting several more interesting projects I want to continue throughout this semester and at MIT on this channel in the coming months, so stay tuned :))

I mean it helps a lot if your school has a robotics team and your parents can financially support you to do this

@@dardanm3544 Sure, but many people have these resources and dont want to do anything other spend time watching videos and pleasuring themselves

"fel dumb" .. you should

@@mahavakyas002 get a hobby and leave your house

@@mr.erikchun5863 kind of feels like none of what you said is incompatible or goes against with the other commenter's comment. Is it true that it helps a lot if your school has a robotics team and your parents can pay for your projects? Yes. Then... even if there are rich lazy people out there, does that mean that having money doesnt help you with your projects or what kind of logic were you following there? cause it clearly does not add up.

I think the reason they don't is because it is an ethics issue. When something goes wrong they don't want to be accused of negligence. Also just general reputation protection. Regardless of if they know they have the best man for the job their business affiliates only really see credentials.

He could definitely get hired but MIT is no joke. Great school - I’d want to go even if I already had multi-6-figure jobs lined up. But that’s just me personally!

@@connorkraft3315 Same. Gaining the best foundation for knowledge and wisdom is much more valuable and gratifying anyway, esp. in the long run. To know and understand the world around us. And reach whatever dreams you have. If money would be a goal, 7-figure or higher amounts are actually attainable for these people. These brains in these thirteen-figure sectors are most sought after ;).

You get really good connections through higher education.

You do realize that it's more than just a piece of paper, right? It's an ABET credential that's proof he's hirable as an engineer. I don't doubt that this kid is far more advanced than I and most others were in engineering school, but that proof can only be applicable once he's gone through the program. It's just setting a baseline, nothing more than that. He's definitely going to do some amazing shit in his time.

Ikrrrr, everything seemed normal till the dude mentioned that he designed that shit on his own-

lmao I went a full 180 too

Great ambition

Crazy coincidence! Glad to hear from you FRC was a great experience for me :)

Yup! The key to doing well at a good engineering school is to already know engineering

First knowledge in electronics then you take programming courses in microcontrollers anci c then electronic design course altium designer

I wonder the same thing lol

Right, where the hell are these high schoolers doing their learning, online?

@@invictuz4803 The FIRST robotics team he is on is objectively one the best programs a STEM minded highschool student can get involved in.

I did a lot of FIRST robotics as @Josh Young mentioned: FLL, FTC and FRC. I also did a bunch of home projects for a number of years before this one, which gave me the experience and tools I needed to complete this project.

If you want to read about more of my projects in depth you can check out my build blog: ambecker.com

Hahah yes! Wild to get it all started with you, hope you’re doing well!

Most importantly, you need somewhere safe to launch - for a project as potentially dangerous as this, I drove out to a desert in Nevada to test it completely away from other people/property. Using the NAR guidelines for motor size vs launch area to find a safe space is a good starting point (www.nar.org/safety-information/model-rocket-safety-code/). Then, I’d say just experiment - maybe start with some ground tests using a simple TVC mount and an Arduino which just tried to keep the motor in place during the launch. Then, working your way up from there in both guidance computer and vehicle complexity you’ll eventually get to a full launch vehicle, much the same as Joe has done! Finally, finding a technical mentor to help you as well, like from a robotics team could be a huge help. Hope that helps!

@@aaron-becker im captain of my vex robotics team which isnt as advanced as frc so i dont think i can get a mentor, but thanks for the info🙏

@@difficult.to.underestimate It’s definitely doable but it’s easier if you have some prior experience with model rocketry so that when you’re testing your system, your rocket doesn’t decrease in performance due to build issues. Additionally, you need to have a decent understanding of motors and how they work (I.e, burn time and and impulse). The building part isn’t terribly difficult (programming will take up most of your time) but having a mentor to help you out can go a long way.

@@youdontknowwhoiam4349 ive built multiple model rockets and i do a lot of building, programming, and design for other personal projects

@@difficult.to.underestimate Sorry thought you meant you were completely new lol. By the way, I was wondering if you have any advice starting out with programming/arduino. I have experience with 3D printing and design but I’d like to get into Arduino in the near future.

Actually a very good guess! The errors can be handled via a PID controller. The 'I' (integral) part keeps track of the errors over time and adjusts the inputs to compensate, theoretically making the steady state (error after a long time) error to be 0.

@@hasaniqbal233 ah nice :D ty for the info ;)

No idea! When I did it, it was two minutes of video total (so only one video allowed) but it’s entirely possible that the requirements have changed. You should definitely take a look at the information on any portals/email MIT directly if you can’t find what your looking for.

@@aaron-becker Thank you for your response! Can I get your general opinion on this? The guidelines are kinda vague it said I'm able to "submit video totalling no more than 120 seconds and up to one PDF of technical documentation." It didn't specifically say if the PDF should be about the same project as the video. So I'm talking about one of my programming projects in the video, and for the PDF I'm gonna write about two physics projects that I had done. Do you think they will accept it?

@@marshalguo457 well it's understood that the PDF is supposed to be about the same project. Good Luck 😃

what team were you on? That’s awesome haha

@@aaron-becker 3674 lol I was on the drive team as well

@Luca Mantova Sponsoring someone else would be really awesome :) The total cost is a bit hard to pin down, but I would estimate around $1250 to build three full rockets (and buy motors), two guidance computers and two ground computers for redundancy, not including launch costs or travel costs. Since I only had one chance to launch the vehicle I wanted to give it a maximal possible shot of some sort of launch. This also included the use of borrowed/shared resources, so if you’re starting from scratch it may be a bit more. Contact me at the email listed on my portfolio website, ambecker.com (don’t want to list email in plaintext on youtube), if you want me to send you my full bill of materials.

It do be like that sometimes