Pics please.>>>>------------->
I wear a Belly Shirt just like this when I build rockets.
+1. I'm very pleased to see the enthusiasm for rocketry in the younger folk. The fact that they had a airbnb full of young rocket nerds working on their projects is awesome. Hotnozzlesummer is arguably the best hashtag of 2021, and jockets are now a thing. All of these things are good developments imo.Hey, what ever works! I'm glad the rocket community is more inclusive and we need more women, no matter what their sartorial choices are, in our sport. If you watch her videos, she is an awesome engineer, builder and rocketeer. This anthropology major is quite jealous.
Agreed. The woodwork was amazing, I've never even considered something like that. I've also never done a layup on a leading edge of a fin like she did but I guess if I flew with chonky wood fins I might consider it. I do wish they'd (the younger youtube rocketry folk) do more wet sanding though for their own sake. Seeing all of that dry FG hand sanding concerns me.Interesting build
CA your fingers together is one thing. CA your fingers to your chest hair is something entirely different. Don't ask me how I knowYou wear a shirt? I work topless…
You wear a shirt? I work topless…
So, she could have saved herself a lot of work with an fg tube?
FG tube would have cost considerably more, right?Yes.
She still gets to do that awesome wood veneer on it. That was some beautiful work.Yes but where's the fun and creativity in that?
Depends on how many layers of fiberglass you put on a cardboard tube I guess!!FG tube would have cost considerably more, right?
Good interview with Xyla on the latest episode of The Rocketry Show. Most of the obvious questions about this build are answered.
https://www.therocketryshow.com/110/
Crazy the attention this is getting
If it were a new-to-the-hobby 45yr old guy building this same rocket, with the same spunk, same enthusiasm, and same belly shirt, he would barely Get a second look
Well, you found one. And I’m about to start a new rocket this week. See my post above. Since she inspired me to take on fiberglassing, i will pay homage in the build thread pics and vids by wearing the exact same outfit while glassing. Stay tuned!True, but it's all good!
If you succeed in finding a 45yr old guy who can demonstrate the same spunk, enthusiasm (about rocketry!), and pull-off belly shirt look, do share!
Please spare us. If I want to see that I can just got to Walmart...Well, you found one. And I’m about to start a new rocket this week. See my post above. Since she inspired me to take on fiberglassing, i will pay homage in the build thread pics and vids by wearing the exact same outfit while glassing. Stay tuned!
Walmart is likely where you'll see it because that's where I'll be buying the shirt - which just got a size smaller and 2 inches shorter for the snark. Keep it up...Please spare us. If I want to see that I can just got to Walmart...
We certainly are, at least in comparison to Xyla. Look, the fact that she's a young attractive female in a hobby dominated by old men obviously draws disproportionate attention.I think the main reason she has gotten so much attention is because, well, the rest of us are pretty boring.
I laughed way too hard at this.* Long ago, I did an interview for Deadliest Catch (I do engineering work for the Alaska fishing fleet, among others), but they never aired it because I was too low key.
Xyla's rocket was named Fifi (the french maid duster from Beauty and the Beast) and Joe's was named Lumiere (the French candlabra from Beauty and the Beast) and they both launched at the same event. Joe's was his L3 and Xyla's was her L2. I don't know how many people picked up on that.We certainly are, at least in comparison to Xyla. Look, the fact that she's a young attractive female in a hobby dominated by old men obviously draws disproportionate attention.
But it's also an unusual and interesting build, and even more important is that she's also a Youtuber with connection to a young audience who knows how to make good videos. There are precious few equivalent examples of that out there in the rocketry community. Joe Barnard is another standout in this area, albeit with less than half as many subscribers. The Dude Perfect videos were notable in that regard as well.
So, as far as I'm concerned, that video is worth the attention. I hope she makes more rocketry videos in the future.
(BTW the recently posted "Final Cut" flight video posted by @Rocketjunkie was also extraordinarily well done, and worthy of a podcast interview IMHO.)
This is my perspective as well. There are very few (if any) videos on youtube that show an end-to-end HPR build that are as well presented and edited as Xyla's. Not to mention the unique methods she deploys in her build. I've not once seen anyone in the hobby wrap a rocket with a wood laminate veneer. I think she's deserving of the attention she's getting and I think in the long run the benefit of young people showing public enthusiasm for the hobby is critical for sustaining and expanding the hobby.But it's also an unusual and interesting build, and even more important is that she's also a Youtuber with connection to a young audience who knows how to make good videos. There are precious few equivalent examples of that out there in the rocketry community. Joe Barnard is another standout in this area, albeit with less than half as many subscribers. The Dude Perfect videos were notable in that regard as well.
So, as far as I'm concerned, that video is worth the attention. I hope she makes more rocketry videos in the future.
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