The Best Rocket Day Ever

I took my L3 Rocket down to Friends of Amateur Rocketry to escape the snow for a weekend!

00:00 Artemis Launch Preparation
4:04 360 Camera Launch
4:20 Cascade Static Fire
5:10 Artemis Launch
9:04 MIT Rocket Team's Project Phoenix
10:02 UCI Rocket Project Static Fire

Lots of Other Awesome Rocketeers!
Andrew Adams: @andrewadams6473
Joe Barnard: @BPSspace
UCI Rocket Project @ucirocketproject2616
MIT Rocket Team @MITRocketTeam

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[doco]

Glad to see you back enjoying your hobby! Looking forward to more videos. If you would ever like help, let me know. I don't live that far away.

[justspace]

Hell of a sprint out there brother, thanks for turning your telemetrum off 😂

Seriously dude, it was great to see you at the launch that defined my time on the team. Hope to be back in Durango soon :)

[sshelby]

Missed you Charlie. Glad to see you back making videos.

[ArsenioDev]

Charlie's back! Glad to see you back on the posting game.

[mojaverockets]

Nice video Charlie, you're always welcome to launch at FAR...even to space

[anthonystownsend]

Just some observations from my FPV quad and wing hobby, those split style cameras, like the RunCam have had a significant impact on time to get a GPS lock and the number of satellites in my quadcopters and wings. What we do is use a little ViFly GPS mate so it powers up the GPS first and gets a good lock before powering on the camera and other electronics.

[MrHichammohsen]

That was an amazing video! Thank you for bringing us along the journey.

[maxwolf]

Awesome video, always exciting to get a new upload from you!

[quentinkasriel]

I'm very excited to see you uploading a new video! I am researching on designing my own rocket engine, and I was wondering where I could find documentation about how to calculate the size, shape and other parameters of the model? I haven't been able to find a clear answer yet. Also, I'm loving your videos! They have been super helpful.

[mychanel]

Curious, are those launch procedures available somewere?

[peterschulze]

Nice Video. How many calibers is your center of pressure behind your center of mass? Is 1.4 enough?

[IhorW]

All these rapid solid-fuel "firecrackers" are of course wonderful, but???
Who launches liquid rockets on Rocket Day?

A lot of time has passed since the time of the Aerobee 150, and materials science has advanced significantly.
The dry weight of launched rockets can be 10-15% of the launch weight, or even better.
For high-test peroxide and isopropanol 98%, ultralight carbon-carbon composite tanks with a (inert to 98% peroxide) liner are quite possible.
Guidance systems with active (program) stabilization are also not something incredible.
Interested in your opinion?