TOP 10 Homemade Rockets -2-

Let's take a look at some of the best new amateur rockets!

Sources & Credits:
10. HyLight

9. Kronos E

8. Wooden Rocket

7. Nike

6. Space Oddity

5. Black Arrow

4. HydroGEN

3. Horizon

2. 3/4 Redstone

1. Traveler IV

Music:
"Abstract Electronic Background" & "Technological" From Envato

[willamcombs]

My favorite was the last one. the student built Rocket. The look of awe and wonder on their faces as launch control is calling out altitude was outstanding.

[markbartlett]

I loved the "Godspeed, John Glenn" from the announcer when the Mercury/Redstone rocket went up, especially since John Glenn never flew on a Redstone.

[vendright]

Loved it, thanks for putting this together.

[ddegn]

I missed this video when it first came out. It was a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for finding all these fun tech projects and sharing them.
I thought Peter Sripol's giant 4th of July rocket from a few years back was fun. It didn't go very high though.
Project Air also has some fun rocket projects.
While the projects I mentioned are fun, I don't think they would really belong on this list.

[agi]

Thanks for the informative video maybe small missiles fired from shoulder with the help of launchers are also kind of rockets including ICBMs

[DuckboyJiden]

The guy hollering who cuts off @5.36 cracks me up 😂

[jmwoods]

4:36 Can't wait for someone to build a full-scale flying model of the Mercury Redstone!

[WilliamDye-willdye]

Wouldn't the Copenhagen Suborbitals manned rocket qualify as amateur? They take (and need more) donations, but surely the college projects on this list also solicit donations.

[ezstopmotion]

my friend and I are building a model sugar rocket with a parachute and all. and we 3D printed most of the parts.

[Spetznatz]

There’s a guy whose built some water rockets out of 2 liter bottles and although they don’t go as high as most of these, they are massive and super complex. I believe he built one that has multiple stages.

[hadleymanmusic]

Made a 3 foot tall 3-D cluster with a 3-D booster and pop off launch lug sounded like it broke the sound barrier. Had a legs egg nosecone camerapod tapered back to a 2 inch rocket body. Never got any good photos cept the sky

[bcshelby]

...the 64' scale Mercury Redstone. was impressive.

Back when I was a teenager in the late 60s I built the Estes kit of the Mercury Redstone (the escape tower was made of small wood dowels) Granted it didn't go anywhere near as high (C6 series engine delivering 3# of thrust) Also had their Saturn V Kit which was a shopping 43" tall. (cost an "exorbitant" 19.95$ at the time) that used a triple cluster of C6 series engines with a total thrust of 9#

[qSBB]

I was at the Horizon 3100 foot launch.

[millrad]

How far from the launch point did if land? The video shows the beginning of space at around the 1:25 mark. Great stuff.

[julienhoffmeyer]

Speaker during Redstone launch : Godspeed John Glenn 😂 He flew an Atlas 🤣🤣

[rm]

the last one went high but spun like crazy.

[RogbodgeVideo]

The Space Oddity rocket looks like the ship from Pigs in Space!

[ruthdoyle]

Will rocket get more boost if they are fired out of a tube, rather than in the open air?

[digit]

Steve Eves built the large Saturn V . I have no idea who Steve Estes is.

[troyjanise]

If I remember correctly, #2 the Redstone landed perfectly an it's tail...standing vertical. Or maybe it was a huge Saturn 5 that did it.