[Video] Silo Launcher

[smstachwick]

I din’t know if this has been posted here or if you’ll think this was as cool as I do, but I still thought it would be worth sharing.

Obviously there are still some improvements to be made but it’s clear that on a basic level, it works!

 

[mikekebert]

BPS Space does so many amazing things. Thoomp! was definitely a fun idea.

 

[cwbullet]

pretty cool but above my level.

 

[BABAR]

So rocket stability is an active gimballed motor (no fins)? That’s really cool, I didn’t think that existed at the model rocket level.

 

[smstachwick]

So rocket stability is an active gimballed motor (no fins)? That’s really cool, I didn’t think that existed at the model rocket level.

Well, given how the rocket went epically off-course, I’d hardly call that stability. But I do sense potential.

 

[neil_w]

Joe Barnard has been doing that for a few years now, and for a while he was selling the thrust vectoring units. Now he's just selling the files for 3D-printing. Go watch his older videos, it is time well spent (not only is the engineering fantastic, but he's really good at making videos).

https://bps.space/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg

 

[Bat-mite]

We had a guy do this at MDRA. His rocket was a scale model of a soviet missile. The fins were spring-locked in the rocket, and popped out once the airframe was free of the silo.

 

[bad_idea]

Joe's NARCON talks are particularly good, information-dense viewing:

2018:

2019:

2020:

2021:

 

[jrap330]

So rocket stability is an active gimballed motor (no fins)? That’s really cool, I didn’t think that existed at the model rocket level.

It was amazing.........I wonder if this is a graduate student's thesis?

 

[jrap330]

We had a guy do this at MDRA. His rocket was a scale model of a soviet missile. The fins were spring-locked in the rocket, and popped out once the airframe was free of the silo.

Or per the Movie October Sky...an Aeronautical Flare..........Hey Homer they are looking for you

 

[neil_w]

It was amazing.........I wonder if this is a graduate student's thesis?

No, as his videos make clear he's not a college student, he's doing it for the challenge. And in the process he morphed into a full-time youtuber, so he's both doing it for fun and as a career, for the moment.

 

[COSTransplant]

Joe Barnard has been doing that for a few years now, and for a while he was selling the thrust vectoring units. Now he's just selling the files for 3D-printing. Go watch his older videos, it is time well spent (not only is the engineering fantastic, but he's really good at making videos).

https://bps.space/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg

So why did he stop selling the board?

 

[neil_w]

So why did he stop selling the board?

Manufacturing, selling, and supporting electronics is a significant commitment. Evidently he chooses to focus his efforts elsewhere.

 

[COSTransplant]

So why not sell the rights to build the board to someone else? Wouldn't there have been a market for it?

 

[Titan II]

So why not sell the rights to build the board to someone else? Wouldn't there have been a market for it?

You know his website with contact information. Have you considered just asking?

 

[COSTransplant]

I have reached out a couple of times with no response. I figured since I just joined the group a short while back that someone here probably has more current info than I have been able to gleen.

 

[neil_w]

So why not sell the rights to build the board to someone else? Wouldn't there have been a market for it?

It is interesting to imagine that such a path would be free from effort or consequences. In any case, it would be pretty easy to make a list of all the reasons why not. Joe's main focus right now appears to be his Youtube channel.