{"id":17125,"date":"2018-11-22T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17125"},"modified":"2018-11-22T12:19:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:19:01","slug":"video-first-flight-of-bps-spaces-falcon-heavy-model-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17125","title":{"rendered":"Video: First flight of BPS Space&#8217;s Falcon Heavy model rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?s=Joe+barnard\">posted a few times<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/bps.space\/\">Joe Barnard<\/a>&#8216;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/bps.space\/falcon-heavy\">Falcon Heavy model<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QQt-9SSJ51c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17126\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FalconHeavyModelLaunch-BPS_Space.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1017\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joe Barnard&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1542394273&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;508-505-1966\\rBarnard.joe@gmail.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Falcon Heavy Model Launch-BPS_Space\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FalconHeavyModelLaunch-BPS_Space-1024x694.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17126\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FalconHeavyModelLaunch-BPS_Space-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FalconHeavyModelLaunch-BPS_Space-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FalconHeavyModelLaunch-BPS_Space-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FalconHeavyModelLaunch-BPS_Space-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FalconHeavyModelLaunch-BPS_Space.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find more about Joe&#8217;s projects at <a title=\"BPS.space\" href=\"https:\/\/bps.space\/\">BPS.space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also support his efforts at <a title=\"BPS.space is creating Rockets | Patreon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bps_space\">BPS.space is creating Rockets | Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062850210\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0062850210&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=afa393befe03f9f12c11935fa3c22582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062850210\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0062850210&amp;asins=0062850210&amp;linkId=63a1421da22219f51d739da44cd40b9d&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve posted a few times about Joe Barnard&#8216;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&#8217;s projects at BPS.space. You can also support his efforts at BPS.space is creating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17125\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: First flight of BPS Space&#8217;s Falcon Heavy model rocket<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rocketry","category-rockets","category-space-models"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4sd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16236,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16236","url_meta":{"origin":17125,"position":0},"title":"Video: BPS.space flies Falcon Heavy scale model rocket","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently posted about Joe Barnard\u00a0adding thrust vector control and other advanced features to model rockets.\u00a0 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rocketry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rocketry","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/-jB1Cqm2_nQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15934,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15934","url_meta":{"origin":17125,"position":1},"title":"Videos: BPS.space pushing scale model rocketry capabilities to new heights","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Barnard\u00a0founded the company\u00a0BPS.space to push scale model rocketry to new levels of sophistication: Barnard Propulsion Systems develops model rocketry components, aimed at closely matching the pace of advancement in the space-launch industry. Learning by experimentation is the most effective way to gain a deep understanding of new concepts, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rocketry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rocketry","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Thrust-Vector-Controller-v1-CROP-.04s-1s1.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17726,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17726","url_meta":{"origin":17125,"position":2},"title":"TMRO Orbit 12.05 &#8211; &#8220;How to launch and land a model Falcon Heavy&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/8JAmtd5uo2I\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17317,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17317","url_meta":{"origin":17125,"position":3},"title":"Videos: DIY rocketeer profile, Retrieving a big wet rocket, Blue Origin&#8217;s giant lifter, &#038; More about Virgin Galactic&#8217;s SS2","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rocketry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rocketry","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xvtzKox3QYg\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16781,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16781","url_meta":{"origin":17125,"position":4},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Landing Model Rockets&#8221; &#8211; Barnard Propulsion Systems","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've posted a couple of times about\u00a0Joe Barnard's development of model rockets that can land vertically like a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage. 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