Thunda 2019 High Power Rocket Launch

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These are some highlights from the Thunda Down Under 2019 High power Launch in Queensland. This event took place at Funny Farm on 18th-21st April 2019. If your rocket didn't appear in the video have a look in the photo album below:
Photo Album from the event is here with 320+ photos:
photos.app.goo.gl/UEvcvLWiTwX...
Here are some of the AURC team pages if you want to find out more about their projects:
AURC: aurc.ayaa.com.au/
RMIT HIVE: / rmithive
AIAA UNSW Rocketry Team: / unswrocketry
UQSpace: / uqspace
Monash HPR: / monashhpr
ANU Rocketry: / anurocketry
USYD Rocketry Team: / usydrocketry
UC Aerospace: / ucaerospace
UWA Aerospace: / uwaaerospace
There were also flyers from the following groups:
Australian Rocketry: ausrocketry.com.au
AMRS: rocketry.org.au
QRS: qldrocketry.com
MARS: rocket.org.au
WARS: wars.org.au
NSWRA: www.nswrocketry.org.au
NZRA: www.nzrocketry.org.nz
Air Command: www.aircommandrockets.com

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@AdrianHepburn-vz9yr 4 жыл бұрын

The government should encourage people to build their own rocket motors. Get the industry going here.

@saltysteel3996 4 жыл бұрын

That first rocket was amazing! Had the same look, sound, and attitude of a real one. And the V2 as well.

@dazzifoxking1560 5 жыл бұрын

Always nice when you upload a video. It makes my day so much better!

@whgordon6109 4 жыл бұрын

I built a lot of model rockets when I was young, and then moved on with my life... work and kids, then grandkids! I don't know why this video shows up on my watch recommendations, but WOW!!!!! Absolutely Mesmerizing

@Thompsonje 5 жыл бұрын

I was happy to have watched this last night. Australia has a good group 🚀

@SirDeanosity 4 жыл бұрын

That Bucky ball rocket was refreshingly unique among all the flying knitting needles. Marvin Martian came to mind as the designer.

@mistenfury 4 жыл бұрын

It's made by one of the New Zealand Rocketry Association members: www.nzrocketry.org.nz/ full carbon fibre

@mistenfury 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video! That's me and my son at 5:34

@X4r1X 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@964cuplove 4 жыл бұрын

My son and me ?

@christsrevenge8030 4 жыл бұрын

Jo Gr. my son and I.

@inex4431 4 жыл бұрын

Awww.

@donnieporter7890 4 жыл бұрын

Real cool he was so happy he ran out to watch his rocket he can look at this video in 10yrs what a memory

@aymericgoupil2138 5 жыл бұрын

The youtube channel i was longing for

@Ralph2 5 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Very VERY good camera work, excellent stills and some amazing rockets. Well edited, this deserves views in the millions.

@wazza33racer 5 жыл бұрын

the V2 was cool........nice slow burn

@colegilliam2379 3 жыл бұрын

pretty sure it was slowed down but its still very very cool

@MiscRocketVideos 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and a great launch! Yet one more reason to visit Australia!

@ImpHalla66 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. That's how you put on a rocket event.

@Joeteck 4 жыл бұрын

By far the most realistic and coolest launch by far! 6:30

@RME76048 5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Congrats from the other side of the pond!

@TrilhasAzuis 4 жыл бұрын

Magnifico! que gostoso participar num lugar desses! show!!!

@Sadiquecat 5 жыл бұрын

Always up with the nice work :D Thanks for the vid

@dleland71 5 жыл бұрын

Most excellent video editing! Fantastic event.

@scotthettel949 5 жыл бұрын

That V-2 launch was spectacular! I'm currently building 3 versions, 13mm, 18mm & 24mm. I hope mine fly as good as that one. Bravo!

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! :) The V2 shown in this video was built by the same guys that flew the 1:1 scale V2 at the same event 4 years ago.

@davidlovel9551 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks. Sorry I could not make it this year.

@joshguevara796 5 жыл бұрын

Hi george, always love watching your videos!

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh. :)

@agsukandar 4 жыл бұрын

That's so cool... Love all the stuff!

@Rickshaw881 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Cheers to Aussie!

@wilson4328 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid, never-ending music track.

3 жыл бұрын

Realmente hermoso! Felicitaciones!

@raildawg8338 5 жыл бұрын

Great job by all!

@Twin_Flyer 5 жыл бұрын

Very impressive, wish I was there!!

@mikeburch2998 5 жыл бұрын

That was a well produced video! Greetings from Arizona.

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, Hello from Sydney.

@markissboi3583 5 жыл бұрын

👨‍💻Australia has some cool rockets alway overseas were seeing . so this was great to see 🤵🔦Straya mate! 🐨👍👍👍

@lez7875 5 жыл бұрын

greetings from Brazil to all. this should be fun. the wind. the sun. the field. the rockets. fun for the whole family. very good. success.

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Sydney. It was definitely good fun, but also pretty windy. :)

@lez7875 5 жыл бұрын

@@AirCommandRockets . A Great Save The Australia.

@batchosaurus 5 жыл бұрын

nice work folks wish i'd been there

@Mithranos 5 жыл бұрын

Super awesome!

@RCLoversan 5 жыл бұрын

What a day it must have been! My #Rocket #Drone would have certainly hold its own. :-)

@jasebatey5468 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome edit mate well done 😎🚀👍

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jase :) It was a fun event.

@Teexplicocomolohago 5 жыл бұрын

Fantástico maravilloso muy bien

@lesismologueamateur 5 жыл бұрын

Bonjour, superbes images, bravo à tous. Cordialement Papy

@PRN4VY 5 жыл бұрын

Jean-pierre Lainé no french please

@junuhunuproductions 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff.

@spacemanmat 5 жыл бұрын

Great video George.

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers SpaceManMat :)

@miguel-spain1142 5 жыл бұрын

Minute 0:29 ; a perfect launch. Welcome to see PLD SPACE, Spain.

@jeffreyb8770 2 жыл бұрын

Love the sound!

@michailkulischov2820 Жыл бұрын

great work, bravooo to all teams super event more of them

@sendit2873 4 жыл бұрын

the 1/4 V2 was amazing

@timdick825 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see historic airraft and parachutists at a launch! (Doesn't happen in the U.S.)

@matthewroberts3442 3 жыл бұрын

I love the red and white checkerboard patterns on the rocket 🚀😎👍👍

@AirCommandRockets 3 жыл бұрын

The paint scheme is inspired by TinTin's Destination moon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Moon_(comics)#/media/File:The_Adventures_of_Tintin_-_16_-_Destination_Moon.jpg

@thesaltyanimator 4 жыл бұрын

The V2 rocket from Tintin was overall the best

@readmycomment4696 3 жыл бұрын

I was searching for this comment

@livenhfree 3 жыл бұрын

At 6:25, folks. Thanks for nuthin' salty.

@davidhicks6824 5 жыл бұрын

Man! That Red Checkered V-2 Was A BEAUTIFUL Launch! It Looked like the Real Thing That the Germans Launched!

@messupfreq550 4 жыл бұрын

This is really great footage! With the upcoming season would it be possible to caption altitude, max speed, g-force, and time to climb info? They are all great Rocketeers but a little more info would a fantastic (helpful?) addition to understand the performance.

@AirCommandRockets 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers. While it would be great to include the extra information, most of the time it is really difficult to obtain simply because you don't have access to it. Either you don't know who the rocket belongs to, as at events like this there are 100's of rocketeers and 100's of rockets going up. Often you don't know the results of a flight until it is recovered which could be hours or even days later. Sometimes the flights are not instrumented. Ultimately it is just the level of effort required to get the info for a hobbyist with limited amount of time to edit a video.

@SteelBuckeye 5 жыл бұрын

A bit larger than my drugstore Estes kits.

@thesaltyanimator 4 жыл бұрын

John L way larger

@000009999912345 4 жыл бұрын

Try launching one of those at the local park, and see how quick the police arrive.

@itchypit6413 4 жыл бұрын

i wonder if it shows up on a radar

@robsin2810 5 жыл бұрын

Well one Karl.

@RidiculousRocketry 3 ай бұрын

Incredible.

@bradhilton2283 Жыл бұрын

Holly jump'n I've never seen model rocketry at this leavl . What amazing feats .

@alienbeef0421 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, my birthday was on the last day :)

@RedmanOutdoors366 4 жыл бұрын

Wow those are BadAss 💯⛏️💪😎💯👍💥💥🔥🔥🔥

@RCHeliJet 5 жыл бұрын

11,4KM wow I am impressed I have a small rocket to but only reach 450-meter Fantastic Video, thumb up. Ohh and a small tornado ooppss....

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers thanks for that RCHeliJet :)

@RCHeliJet 5 жыл бұрын

@@AirCommandRocketsI can't stop watching now on 10min. all this work and technic like it, from Switzerland greetings.

@multidiamanthunter 5 жыл бұрын

@RCHeliJet there are some pretty awsome rockets made by European erospace student. Like the HEROS 3 made by HyEnD in Germany. Got a peak altitude of over 32 kilometers. There a video on yt if you wanna take a look

@RCHeliJet 5 жыл бұрын

@@multidiamanthunter Fantastic Work.

@donnieporter7890 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff

@usydrocketryteam6053 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for including our launch. For those who are interested we've just uploaded the launch footage and a short video on the prototype test preparation and launch. Check out both clips on our channel.

@stevensons78 3 жыл бұрын

Now that’s a Day of Rockets n Fun..... Awesome Planes.....

@srvictorbatista 4 жыл бұрын

Very good! 👏👏👏

@erichaskell 5 жыл бұрын

Well done all.

@SterremanWillie 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing day! Interesting in what strong wind they still launched!

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

There were a lot of people that held off launching because of the strong wind, at times it was 20-25 km/h but still within limits of being allowed to launch. We too held off until the afternoons when the wind had died down to 10-15 km/h.

@jaimegarciatorres7711 2 жыл бұрын

Como. Puedo hacer Para comprar un cohete super

@jaimegarciatorres7711 2 жыл бұрын

Un promedio cuanto cuesta un cohete intercontinental

@altfactor 4 жыл бұрын

I fully expect that sometime in the next ten years (by 2030), an "amateur" racketeer will successfully launch a satellite into orbit.

@alittlelifeleft8232 4 жыл бұрын

Check out bps space he just might be the person that does it

@sirkamissk8962 11 ай бұрын

USA will say no, and call you terrorist.

@crxstalline_ 4 жыл бұрын

That hybrid was NOICE

@chriswesney 5 жыл бұрын

That is super cool

@Cult1022 5 жыл бұрын

crazy... anyone knows what the max G those rockets suffer?

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Drew's "Full Clip" rocket did around 61G. Our water rocket did close to 65G.

@BillAnt 5 жыл бұрын

"Bucky is unlocky" :D

@LFXMusicNoCopyright 5 жыл бұрын

süper yaa keşke bizim okulda da başlatabilsek böyle yarışmaları

@GlobalAviationFilming 5 жыл бұрын

great video#

@KrustyKlown 5 жыл бұрын

longer burning motors are entertaining to watch ... 1/4 scale V2 6:28 awesome show!!!

@jeffgorham8819 5 жыл бұрын

That flight reminds me of how Von Braun described the original V-2 -- a fiery sword.

@calvinf9218 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! By the way, what sort of fuel is it that burns with that brilliant blue colour? I have never seen that before.

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

That was probably an AeroTech Blue Thunder motor or a CTI Blue Streak.

@cut-- 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't see lil Kim Hung Ill's rocket launch.. :(

@chaosopher23 6 ай бұрын

The one flying C65 was the best - despite the rest of the lot being mighty ones. The C65 launch created a new rocketeer.

@josephmaluf1669 5 жыл бұрын

I love rocket channels

@da5thletter. 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ... I wish I was there

@perrygossman2373 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@lundysden6781 6 ай бұрын

you guys do it right!

@kskcreations2334 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent competition. And I really want to see an amateur rocket that enters space with an onboard camera

@RaketfuedrocketsDeutschland 5 жыл бұрын

Thunda is such an amazing event, I wish I could be there. Happy to see a part of Horizon finally took of! How much pressure did you use? We can't wait to see the next update! :) All the best! Julian

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Julian, yes it was a very good event. I was really impressed by the quality of the university entries in the competition. They had 2 competitions, nearest to 10,000 feet and nearest to 30,000 feet. They also flew some science payloads. The first comp winner got to 10,081 feet! One of the rockets even had active air breaks that monitored its flight and adjusted the breaks to try to hit the right altitude. The full Horizon update will be probably a couple of weeks with all the details. :) I am just putting together the Dark Shadow video which will be done next week. ;)

@AirCommandRockets 4 жыл бұрын

You'd probably want to talk to the organizers. I know it took a couple of years of planning. Contact the owners of Australian Rocketry: ausrocketry.com.au/contact/

@moskito5864 4 жыл бұрын

as a German, i liked the 1/4 V2 Rocket most :) ... nice Rocket ships ALL of them, well done Down Under Greetings to my Aussie EvE online friends and CoPilots

@abdelhakimoubraham2181 2 жыл бұрын

Duuude I didn't know "high power rockets" was a thing. These people are crazy ^^

@grandlotus1 5 жыл бұрын

Star Trek First Contact could happen...there is that many rocket scientists!

@grandlotus1 5 жыл бұрын

For my money, Australia and Texas should for a national union. We have SO much in common.

@grandlotus1 5 жыл бұрын

Australia looks a lot like home, including the weather, mate.

@thelongslowgoodbye 5 жыл бұрын

This was done in my home state of Queensland and it's often compared or referred to as the Texas of Australia.

@thethirdman225 4 жыл бұрын

@Roger Rarebit Everyone else.

@anakinskywalker5972 3 жыл бұрын

I wanna visit space one day in the future

@proberts34 4 жыл бұрын

The rockets I find most satisfying are the O3400 at 0:19 and the N2000 (1/4 scale V2) at 6:25 because they take a few moments to get going and seem fly more gracefully. For some reason, the rockets that go from zero to 500kph in 1 second don't appeal to me as much.

@jamieclay007 5 жыл бұрын

So what is the rockets @ 10:51 ? Looks like there are 4 camera pods? Went to their website but didn't find any info.

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

I could be wrong but I believe that is correct. I think they were getting 360 degreee views.

@unswrocketry8540 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, They were indeed camera pods. Unfortunately we had some undetected issues with wiring so we did not actually capture footage. We bled off quite a bit of altitude with those pods and in future are looking to downsize and improve those fairings.

@tommihommi1 5 жыл бұрын

what causes the blue exhaust on some of the rockets?

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

It all depends on the propellant formulation. There are different propellants depending on what you need the rocket to do. Some are fast burning and some slower burning. They can have additives to colour them say red or green, sometimes they add titanium particles that produce sparks, sometimes propellant mixtures produce white smoke, others produce black smoke.

@_mikolaj_ 4 жыл бұрын

It might be copper

@websitesthatneedanem 5 жыл бұрын

15:45 - Jim's L600 Rattworks Hybrid. - Very little smoke... what's the fuel?

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

This is a hybrid. It normally burns some kind of plastic like Polypropylene (not sure what Jim used) as the solid propellant, and then for the oxidizer it uses Liquid Nitrous Oxide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid-propellant_rocket

@rickcoona 4 жыл бұрын

in the spirit of Goddard...

@komitadjie 5 жыл бұрын

That V2 would be *so* cool if it actually ran Alcohol / LOX. xD Stupidly impractical, buuuuuut...

@ASTRONAUTICO 5 жыл бұрын

Eeeeee air command return!

@ASTRONAUTICO 5 жыл бұрын

Which was the result of horizon? please

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

We are making another video for the Horizon series. We'll publish any results then. We are also making a video about a couple of Dark Shadow flights that set our new personal altitude record. That will probably be ready next week.

@atlantic_love 3 жыл бұрын

3:20 That bad boy took off fast :)

@WisdomVendor1 5 жыл бұрын

Some g-force and velocity charts would be awesome to see.

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

Some info on the first rocket: forum.ausrocketry.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5019

@sendit2873 4 жыл бұрын

would be cool to go there and watch except for all those people killing snakes lol nice video

@NoxmilesDe 4 жыл бұрын

V2, is it you?

@dineshthami6150 5 жыл бұрын

Nice 😍🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀☄

@SpenserRoger 5 жыл бұрын

How come the first launch achieved such a slow velocity as part of the 1st or even 2nd stage? What is the specific impulse of that mojtor supposed to be? Was the plume supposed to look like that? Does altitude scale with size 1:1? ie: 3X XXX feet for 1:2 scale means 6-7X XXX feet for 1:1? Also weren't Nike missiles meant as an ABM? So you'd need incredible velocity wouldn't you? With a Nike, modern Hypersonic missiles, and say just a regular or hobby rocket or missile...what's the difference in specific impulse, fuel, and way to achieve such a velocity? Also if your rocket is not going into LEO and doesn't sperate from stages, what's the point in having multiple stages?

@AirCommandRockets 5 жыл бұрын

A lot of interesting questions. The slow velocity is due to the rocket being filmed in slow motion. If you want to know the full details about this particular rocket have a look at the forum thread here: forum.ausrocketry.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5019 It is a very impressive build. Quick summary on the speed of this rocket: Booster reached mach 1.14 and the sustainer's peak velocity was mach 2.14 Just so that we are clear, this is a half scale model rocket. Just like people play with model trains, you can't really compare the power of a model train to a real train in a meaningful way. Multiple stages will help you achieve higher altitude in model rockets the same way they do for regular rockets whether you are trying to go orbital or sub-orbital. Was the plume supposed to look like that? Yes... for this particular motor used on the rocket.

@AstroX584 2 жыл бұрын

wow

@warrenosborne1539 4 жыл бұрын

I remember the Estes rockets, we launched a mouse in the 9th grade, made the paper,, and the mouse lived!

@chevy307sb 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, when’s the next event?

@AirCommandRockets 2 жыл бұрын

None planned as far as I am aware.

@nightrous3026 4 жыл бұрын

That one at 8:14 has a ridiculously high burn rate omg.

@giantossi 4 жыл бұрын

Nica Video. As a hobby photographer i'd like to know what camera do you use? Seems to be a faster one👍😉

@AirCommandRockets 4 жыл бұрын

For the stills we use a Nikon D3400 with the 70-300mm lens, and for video we use a number of cameras but mostly the Panasonic HC-WX985M 4K camera. Here is a video about some of the cameras we use: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edpopLGZndzQn5s.html , since the video we have upgraded the main camera to the Panasonic HC-WX985M, because the previous one met an unfortunate end when it was hit by a descending rocket (under parachute) when it was out near the pads on a tripod.

@giantossi 4 жыл бұрын

@@AirCommandRockets Thank you for your answer. The quality of the stills is indeed very good. To me the camera sounds like a Canon 5D Mk 3 or something similar. Not an entry level camera 😁. Me, i am using a Canon 700d,, also entry level with the same speed of 5Fps. Your pictures of the launching rockets are very sharp and impressive. I am from Germany and we do not have so much places were we are allowed to launch rockets as high as you are. For next summer i will check the internet and hopefully there will be a place nearby, so i can take my son and have an exciting day. For you and your family all the best wishes for the future.