Level 3 Certification Flight...Rufus Rocket
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2016
- Rocketry Warehouse Terminator kit, painted in Ohio University colors: Cesaroni M1101 Motor. Apogee Recorded at 7,897 feet AGL. Top speed: 518 MPH. Flown at NYPower 20, Geneseo NY.
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One of the best launches and recovery... great footage. Perfect landing off road.
Great shot going through the clouds. Awesome!
Incredibly impressive how little roll the rocket has on ascent! A lot of rocket cams I see for these high power rockets end up rotating several times per second, but this was incredibly smooth and only seemed to roll once or twice the whole flight! Well done
Thanks. This is a great flier. Subsequent flights have had very little roll as well.
Launching through the cloud was pretty epic
Congratulations sir!
Very nice! Liked the cameras stability also
To those of you who don't like the music ... tough cookies! The rocket was themed after my Alma Mater, Ohio University. It is n Hunter Green and White, Ohio's colors, and have all kinds of decals that show it is a themed rockets. The song is "Stand Up and Cheer," the Ohio Fight song, followed by their signature song, "Long Train Runnin'." Judging by the fact that the likes vastly outnumber the dislikes, I suggest that those who might be offended by one of the finest college marching bands in the US simply turn it down. The alumni who have seen it love it. I guess you can't please everyone.
I'm not an alum, assumed you were, and loved the fight song even though I've never heard it before.
Right off the side of the road too! Great landing.
Nice build and flight. The heavy cloud cover is a problem. Not sure NY Power wants to advertise globally on CZcams flying into heavy cloud cover...
Enjoyed the ride up, great footage. The music was a bit much, kind of overpowering.
Thanks for sharing!!
Nice camera action when it passes through the cloud....
awesome
I just wanted to give my 2 cents on the music. I did read your comment on why you chose to play it, and that makes sense. It would just be nice to either turn it down for the launch phase, or maybe at the end of the video play just the launch with the actual audio. (As a rocket enthusiast and homemade rocket motor builder as a kid, I love hearing the noise of the rocket as it screams up.) Again, just my 2 cents, not trying to bash your video. Great launch, and amazing straight and steady flight. Well done!
Super
Good music too
Is there any thing about HighPower other then the cost...that these rockets are used for? What I mean some body t
This is a hobby. There are some minor experiments done, and there are amateures who fly them into into space, but for the most part, we fly these for the fun of it.
Hello - Great video and excellent illustrations on how you built this! I have just started building a Terminator-5 and am using your video to guide me. About 6 seconds into your video I see 3 steel, threaded rods in the upper fin section. Are they there to assist in building the rocket or do you keep them installed to add strength / rigidity to the rocket? I've got several other questions as well -- for example whether I can use a thrust plate on this boat-tail rocket (I don't think so) and which motor retainer is best. Appreciate any comments. I was planning to fly this for my level-3 but for now will launch it at our Tripoli club in The Netherlands -- first with a 5 grain Pro54 and later with a 2 or 3 grain Pro75 -- Here's a link to a video of my MadCow Broken Arrow flight on 22 June 2022: czcams.com/video/CTvAVWgmj1I/video.html Again - great build & flight and hope to hear from you.
So am I correct in saying that all you need to get classification is to launch it and it be recovered without hurting anyone and still be able to fly?
The Q There is a detailed certification process that you must go through. The flight may only take place on a field that has a proper FAA waiver in place. Rockets of this size require redundant recovery systems. I suggest you visit the National Association of Rocketry or the Tripoli Rocketry Association and review their requirements and safety codes.
I wonder what software and programming was put into this rocket
The launch is controlled by an external launch control system. MARS uses a Wilson FX system that for large rockets like this, uses a wireless connection so that the launch can be controlled safely from 500 feet away.
Onboard the rocket are rededundant electronic altimeters that track barometric pressure and convert it to altitude. When the altimeters sense that the rocket is no longer going up, they fire the apogee deployment charge (4 grams of black powder) which separates the payload section from the booster section and deploys the drogue chute.
The altimeters now measure downward descent and are programmed to fire a second "main charge" when the rocket descends to 600 feet above the measured altitude at launch (600' AGL). This deploys the larger main parachute.
A rocket this large is required to have two separately switched and completely independent altimeter systems so that if one fails there is still one left. IN this case I used an Adept 22 altimeter along with an Adept DDC22 backup altimeter.
@@EeeebeeeE thank you so much for answering, they way you described everything in great details made my day. Felt like I was listening to a chef talking about a fancy dish.
why do people use music the launch and rocket were enough
Nice video, ruined by the music, I would rather have heard commentary on the rocket itself.
The rocket was themed to Ohio University, my Alma Mater. The music was the Ohio Fight song and one of the Marching 110's signature songs, "Long Train Runnin'." Sorry you don't like it, but it stays. Go Bobcats! There is a build review in the Rocketry Forum under the category of "Level 3 Certification Documents." Plenty of commentary there, which is a much better platform than CZcams.
@@EeeebeeeE Thanks for the info!