I’ve posted a couple of times about Joe Barnard‘s development of model rockets that can land vertically like a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage. (See posts here and here.) This article is about Barnard and his rockets: Meet the Amateur Rocketeer Building Self-Landing Replicas of SpaceX Rockets – Motherboard. Here is the first entry in an upcoming … Continue reading Videos: “Landing Model Rockets” – Barnard Propulsion Systems
The latest episode of TMRO.tv Space program is now available: How to launch and land a model Falcon Heavy – Orbit 12.05 Joe Barnard of BPS.space joins us to talk about his work in making model rockets emulate larger, liquid fueled vehicles such as Falcon and Electron. He has created many amazing models and has … Continue reading TMRO Orbit 12.05 – “How to launch and land a model Falcon Heavy”
Some miscellaneous rocket/space related videos: ** The DIY Rocketeer Building SpaceX Replicas of Self-Landing Rockets: A Motherboard profile of Joe Barnard, who is about developing model rockets with vectored thrust and landing capabilities (see posts here and here): Joe Barnard left his background in videography and music production to launch his life of amateur rocketry, … Continue reading Videos: DIY rocketeer profile, Retrieving a big wet rocket, Blue Origin’s giant lifter, & More about Virgin Galactic’s SS2
I’ve posted a few times about Joe Barnard‘s scale model rocket projects that seek to emulate realistically the takeoff and landing characteristics of SpaceX rockets. Here is a report on the first flight of the Falcon Heavy model: Find more about Joe’s projects at BPS.space. You can also support his efforts at BPS.space is creating … Continue reading Video: First flight of BPS Space’s Falcon Heavy model rocket
I recently posted about Joe Barnard adding thrust vector control and other advanced features to model rockets. The goal is to model not just the appearance of large rockets but how they take off and fly as well. This weekend, he successfully flew for the first time a model he built of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, … Continue reading Video: BPS.space flies Falcon Heavy scale model rocket