World Record 2-Stage Water Rocket - 5,313 feet (1.62km)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @TomStantonEngineering
    @TomStantonEngineering 3 месяца назад +195

    Wow!!! Huge congratulations George and the team! After following the whole build series, I can't imagine how happy you are with that launch!! It looked perfect

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +19

      Thanks for following along Tom, much appreciated! I was so relieved to finally get it in the air, but definitely very happy with how it went. We also had nearly perfect weather which helped a lot.

    • @rexg76
      @rexg76 3 месяца назад +3

      When's the next video TOM ? I've been waiting

    • @dodaexploda
      @dodaexploda 3 месяца назад +2

      I love it that Tom is also a subscriber.

    • @dimplick
      @dimplick 3 месяца назад

      ​@@AirCommandRocketsi really wanna know the acceleration of that thing, and at which altitude you start crusing!

  • @aqimjulayhi8798
    @aqimjulayhi8798 3 месяца назад +60

    I've been watching you guys since I was 11. Now I'm a week shy of being 29, and I'm still amazed at what you guys do. Love to see you guys going strong after all these years. Congrats George and crew!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +9

      Ha ha, now that makes me feel old. :) Thank you for following us for all these years, really appreciate it!

    • @letsgocamping88
      @letsgocamping88 3 месяца назад +2

      I first started watching in sixth form age 17, 36 now!

    • @tryphontournesol427
      @tryphontournesol427 3 месяца назад +2

      Been watching for 10 years only :) a month shy of 50. Congratulations for the world record !

  • @PracticalEngineeringChannel
    @PracticalEngineeringChannel 3 месяца назад +34

    Wooooooo! Nailed it.

  • @lukealization
    @lukealization 3 месяца назад +24

    What an engineering marvel. Perfect flight. The countless hours you all have put into this project paid off amazingly well. Congratulations on the record.

  • @jasonsaj.3
    @jasonsaj.3 3 месяца назад +24

    Been watching for all these years in the making, amazing flight. Your perseverance and work has always been inspirational. Congratulations 🎉

  • @peraltarockets
    @peraltarockets 3 месяца назад +20

    Congratulations. Wonderful to see all y'all's work over the past few years on this project come to fruition.

  • @BonesFPV
    @BonesFPV 3 месяца назад +17

    That second kick was something else. Congrats George.

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +4

      Thanks Darren. I was so happy to see the second stage go in the right direction!

  • @dman8734
    @dman8734 3 месяца назад +13

    I was a child when you guys started making these rockets. You inspired me to make my own water rockets, and a great memory of mine was building one, with a launch computer, that released a parachute and safely sailed back down! Now, almost 20 years later, and you're still making amazing rockets :)

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +2

      Thanks for the nice words! hee hee... I think we did become a little hooked on water rockets me thinks. It's been a great way to do a hobby together with my dad and the kids.

  • @str4tok4ster
    @str4tok4ster 3 месяца назад +18

    Insane !!!!! This is just incredible !!! GG from France, you're definitly the final boss of water rocketery !!!

  • @Briaaanz
    @Briaaanz 3 месяца назад +7

    I remember starting to follow you many years ago. My housemate's kid needed off the couch, so i did giant soap bubbles with her and then 2 liter water rockets. I progressed a bit farther using the wind up toy timers for example. That kid is now well into their college years.
    I think it's incredible and amazing how far you have pushed something like simple water rockets to the point of setting a world record.
    A mile+ high flight?!? I thought getting several hundred feet was impressive.
    You rock. Congrats again!

  • @AscensionRocketryHamburg
    @AscensionRocketryHamburg 3 месяца назад +5

    Congratulations, it has been a pleasure to follow the build, which took longer than anyone would expect. 6 years to make it to this moment is crazy. We only been building rockets for a third of that time. The achievement is mind-blowing. We are exited to see the way predictions and real flight data might differ and all that nice nerdy stuff.
    Thanks for sharing this with the world and for being the team which makes more people come into this hobby. Who knows? Last time when you broke a world record many new folks joined in. That would be something to look forward to in this hobby so few truly take far enough.
    Greetings from Hamburg Germany

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for the nice words! In terms of predictions that was quite difficult with this rocket. There were so many unknowns, and water rocket simulators don't have foam performance estimations. It was also hard to model an accurate drag coefficient for the booster. The estimate we came up with was somewhere between 4000-4500 feet so we were happy the rocket decided to perform a little better. But now at least we have a few new data points.

  • @jacquev6
    @jacquev6 3 месяца назад +3

    This is an amazing reward for your persistence and dedication to this project. I'm so glad you're documenting this with your videos. A million congratulations and a million thanks !

  • @not-clement
    @not-clement 3 месяца назад +6

    Congrats George! I've been following your work since 2014 and it's absolutely amazing!

  • @kingboospaceeft-1
    @kingboospaceeft-1 3 месяца назад +3

    I've watched Aircommand Rockets since 2019 and seeing this rocket finally launch after all these years is unbelievable. Congratulations!

  • @randominternet5586
    @randominternet5586 3 месяца назад +3

    Wow, that went MUCH better than I expected even though the care was obvious in the build, there are normally kinks to work out with any new rocket. What a flight - amazing it's water - very very cool. The staging on the way up, stability on way up and recovery etc all looked good! Huge congrats - been fun to follow along and finally see it fly.

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you. We were glad to finally get this thing in the air after so long.

  • @arro_rockets
    @arro_rockets 3 месяца назад +5

    OH YES!! Congrats George and everyone who made this project happen! Unfortunately couldn't make it to this Mullaley event but I had a colleague witness it!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks, it was definitely a fun one to launch. I had a brief chat with Will at the launch.

    • @arro_rockets
      @arro_rockets 3 месяца назад

      @@AirCommandRockets He told me it was pretty spectacular! Do you have plans to fly it again any time soon? Looking forward to the analysis video

  • @sips3812
    @sips3812 2 месяца назад +1

    this is SUPER awesome! Loved the entire process of construction, and the end result is amazing. I wish you the very best, Air Command!!!

  • @abcdefg4570
    @abcdefg4570 2 месяца назад +1

    That is absolutely insane!! Congrats!! In around 2012, when I was just 7 or 8 years old, my brother showed me the video of the two-stage water rocket you built, and we decided to build our own water rockets, which worked, but weren't that good. Since then, I've been watching your videos, and fast forward 8 years, and I was building my own rockets with flight computers and everything. Now, 12 years later, I no longer build water rockets, and focus on other projects, but your channel was probably one of the main reasons I got interested in this stuff, and went to study aerospace engineering. Keep up the good work!!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  2 месяца назад +1

      Cheers! Thanks for that. :) Glad to hear that you went on to study engineering!

  • @RobertMcGeachy
    @RobertMcGeachy 3 месяца назад +1

    Amazing! It's been a joy to watch this project come to fruition. Looking forward to hearing more details! Congratulations!

  • @trefferbild
    @trefferbild 3 месяца назад +1

    Really wonderful! Congratulations and Kind Regards from Germany!

  • @istvanfrank9201
    @istvanfrank9201 2 месяца назад +1

    Thats just awesome achivement ! Gratulation From Hungary Bánfalva Isu. I love the fact you work with your Family

  • @Alterscapes
    @Alterscapes 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations from a long-time viewer! Looks like a great launch, happy to see you got a record out of it!

  • @mircotaraborelli696
    @mircotaraborelli696 3 месяца назад +2

    Wow!! We are all waiting this moment for a long time!
    You inspired me for my little rocketry project, next level we would like to see a thrust nozzle managed to coming back the rocket vertically! :D

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Thanks! Propulsive landing would sure be a challenge. There have been a few teams that have attempted this with various degrees of success.

  • @samhenderson2947
    @samhenderson2947 3 месяца назад +2

    Been waiting did not disappoint. Incredible. Next space.

  • @pj23nl
    @pj23nl 3 месяца назад +2

    grats on the record break. that said, pretty sure she can go a lot higher still! let the record streak begin!

  • @alectrospace
    @alectrospace 3 месяца назад +1

    Huge congratulations!!! That is the coolest water rocket launch I have ever seen! Fantastic work - you all rock(et)!

  • @stratos2
    @stratos2 3 месяца назад +1

    After years and years of work, it finally flew! Amazing to see. Also that music... Flashbacks to when I was many years younger, some of the first videos I ever saw on RUclips were of your channel, I remember the original two stage rocket as if it was yesterday.

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Cheers! ... The original rocket is still sitting downstairs. Now it will have a companion. :)

  • @big0medium
    @big0medium 3 месяца назад +1

    I got goosebumps from that launch! Congratulations that looked perfect.

  • @phansert
    @phansert 2 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations! You are great and deserve the record!
    Your videos are inspiring and it's great to see three generations building rockets together. And it's infectious: my four-year-old son and I only have water rockets on the brain. Not only do we watch your videos every day, but for months we have been launching rockets at least one day a week. It's even gone so far that we no longer buy drinks at the drinks store, but only the empty returnable bottles. :D
    To reduce wear and tear, we are currently printing your Nova nose. But my son really wants the Horizon version. So we're looking forward to the release of your models.
    Keep up the good work and best wishes from the other side of the planet.

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for following along! Glad to hear you and your son are having fun with water rockets as well! :)

  • @ComradeJehannum
    @ComradeJehannum 3 месяца назад +2

    Look forward to the deep dive video! Congratulations on the successful launch.

  • @excellenceinanimation960
    @excellenceinanimation960 3 месяца назад +1

    You guys are the best! I have loved your videos since I was little!

  • @gelvy-q2f
    @gelvy-q2f 3 месяца назад +1

    What an amazing launch, that second stage was spectacular! Hearty congratulations for the incredible result of your hard work and passion.

  • @peterhudson4027
    @peterhudson4027 3 месяца назад +1

    I've been following this since episode 1 - congratulations - what an amazing flight!!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Thank you for following along all these years, it's been nearly 7!

  • @antigravityresearch
    @antigravityresearch 3 месяца назад +2

    A beautiful rocket! Congratulations!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Thanks very much! :) More than 15 years ago you guys were a great inspiration to us when we were starting in the hobby. We've been using foam in our high performance rockets since then based on your pioneering work in that field. Good to see antigravityresearch still going after all these years!

  • @diegogoncalves5852
    @diegogoncalves5852 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations! Hugs from Brazil!

  • @codemonkey2k5
    @codemonkey2k5 3 месяца назад +1

    Perfect flight! Congrats George and crew!

  • @betterthanoakhurst4799
    @betterthanoakhurst4799 3 месяца назад +2

    Was unbelievable to see in person so happy it worked so well it was extremely impressive!

  • @KnowArt
    @KnowArt 3 месяца назад +1

    awesome stuff! congrats

  • @Mourkain
    @Mourkain 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations guys... what a beautiful launch... so much work you have put into building this amazing rocket. Must have been an absolutely exiciting day for you!

  • @MrHuggaga
    @MrHuggaga 3 месяца назад +1

    Holy moly, huge congrats to the launch! Looked insane, the acceleration, just mindblowing! Excited for the deep dive coming up!

  • @flare2000x
    @flare2000x 3 месяца назад +1

    Well done. So cool to see this finally fly, with a picture perfect launch and recovery. Congrats!

  • @AstroCharlie
    @AstroCharlie 3 месяца назад +1

    Way to go George! What a spectacular flight! Well deserved success with great video to boot!

  • @RaketfuedrocketsDeutschland
    @RaketfuedrocketsDeutschland 3 месяца назад +2

    Congratulations! 🎉 This is an amazing achievement, unbelievable!

  • @aleksjenner677
    @aleksjenner677 3 месяца назад +3

    Holy hell, that second stage took off like a rocket

  •  3 месяца назад

    Congratulations! As part of the international community of water rockets I'm very proud of you guys. It's incredible the effort that you made and the accomplishment. Enjoy!

  • @mccanlessdesign
    @mccanlessdesign 3 месяца назад +1

    Man, what a stunning achievement! 62-yr-old M.E. gives you all possible credit for this!

  • @danlawford
    @danlawford 3 месяца назад +1

    I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time! What an incredible flight - well done George and the team. My kids will be delighted to see this flight. (having just been launching their single 2 litre bottle in the local park)

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for that. A 2L bottle rocket sounds pretty good right now, a lot less stress and just as much fun.

  • @stephanbaumegger1505
    @stephanbaumegger1505 3 месяца назад

    That's so stunning! Congratulations 🎉. All the hard work ends up with a record. Well deserved!

  • @joesf1026
    @joesf1026 3 месяца назад +1

    This is so wild. I have been watching for years and built a couple 2L bottle rockets but have always wanted to hit the 1000ft mark. What you're doing is wild. Keep the content coming. Also you should start offering parts

  • @andymuzzo8568
    @andymuzzo8568 3 месяца назад +1

    Man that’s amazing. Great job. The final build looks awesome

  • @ASTRONAUTICO
    @ASTRONAUTICO 3 месяца назад

    Ooooooo my god after thousand of hours working on it you did it‼️ I'm witness the huge job that this guys showed for years in this project.... I'm so proud of you, and I'm sure that you keep this record for YEARS‼️

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Thank you. We were sure glad we finally got it finished and up the air. :)

  • @dodaexploda
    @dodaexploda 3 месяца назад +1

    Congrats on the launch! That stage seperation looked like it worked beautifully. I'm super impressed like always.

  • @g.j.647
    @g.j.647 3 месяца назад +2

    Congratulations. What a great success.👍
    Greetings from the "real north" of Germany.

  • @EvanKenobi
    @EvanKenobi 3 месяца назад +1

    I do remember rockets made of PET bottles with garden hose nozzles. I've even copied one of your designs many years ago. Super happy about you still being passionate about water rockets.

  • @kayboku7281
    @kayboku7281 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations George and team, that was truly spectacular!

  • @gregebert5544
    @gregebert5544 2 месяца назад +1

    Astonishing. We could get 2-liter soda bottles to launch about 150 feet with up to 175 PSI (they burst just under 200 PSI), and got a 5-gallon water bottle about 75 feet up. Never thought it was possible to get 1000 feet, not to mention over 5000 feet, with air+water. Our launches were very erratic despite attempts to use the same amount of water and air-pressure.
    Congratulations on the second-stage; that is not easy to do.

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  2 месяца назад

      Thanks! That's exactly how we started as well with 2L bottles, then over time things got slightly out of hand :)

  • @clemenslangenberger4791
    @clemenslangenberger4791 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow! Congratulations, this flight looked so amazing!

  • @universalrockets
    @universalrockets 3 месяца назад +1

    truly outstanding, This is by far one of the coolest projects I have ever seen! great job guys, and keep up the amazing work!!!

  • @heky2222
    @heky2222 3 месяца назад +1

    Unbelievable, congrats to the whole team. Amazing how you started with building rockets from bottles and inspiring generations through your videos :D

  • @r0llinguphill483
    @r0llinguphill483 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow. I guessed what it was from the title and was not expecting to be this impressed. That is a great accomplishment. Being able to launch a vehicle to those heights with out the need of hazardous materials might be beneficial from a defense perspective.

  • @TheRamiRocketMan
    @TheRamiRocketMan 3 месяца назад +1

    That staging looked stunning, massive congratulations everyone, well earned record!

  • @morphles
    @morphles 3 месяца назад +1

    Congrats! Such an amazing project!

  • @timharris3292
    @timharris3292 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow that's so exciting.
    Congratulations on a great flight.

  • @windman001
    @windman001 3 месяца назад

    Incredible! Congratulations to you, all that hard work really paid off. Started my water rocket journey this year thanks to creators like you. This really motivates me to continue building and have fun :)

  • @AscenderRockets
    @AscenderRockets 3 месяца назад +1

    That is impressive performance! It looked amazing going up, then the 2nd stage released!!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Thanks! We were so glad both stages went in the right direction. :)

  • @iugoeswest
    @iugoeswest 3 месяца назад +2

    Amazing. Thank you for sharing!

  • @christianthomsen3855
    @christianthomsen3855 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations on joining The Mile High Club. That was the incredible!

  • @matambale
    @matambale 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow excellent outstanding congratulations! Beautiful!!!

  • @legrandse
    @legrandse 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow so many years waiting this performance. I’m very happy for your (family) team 🤩 So many hours of huge works. Incredible result. Congratulations 👏👏👏

  • @christianeb8494
    @christianeb8494 3 месяца назад +1

    Amazing!! Hello from France.

  • @MMM_MADness
    @MMM_MADness 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow! That is damn impressive, congratulations to the whole team!

  • @woytas41
    @woytas41 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations George! Impressive! Admire your effort and time engagement. Looks that everything worked perfectly 😎

  • @AndreBandarra1
    @AndreBandarra1 3 месяца назад

    That's amazing, huge congratulations George and team! Seen that you've spent so much time and effort to plan, build, test etc this whole project, super happy to see that it has worked so well!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Andre! We were so happy to finally get it in the air and back all in one ... well I guess two pieces. :)

  • @berendbeumer9204
    @berendbeumer9204 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations, your rocket designs are great fun!

  • @casualbird7671
    @casualbird7671 3 месяца назад

    That second stage deploys so smoothly, it's wonderful

  • @VSIIIHoldenUte
    @VSIIIHoldenUte 3 месяца назад +1

    Great job George and Family!

  • @PieroAcme
    @PieroAcme 3 месяца назад +1

    Great achievement George ! Amazing.

  • @jpalmerico
    @jpalmerico 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations on your record flight!

  • @NickMoore
    @NickMoore 3 месяца назад +1

    That was awesome, great work!

  • @raffl_
    @raffl_ 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations from Germany!

  • @richardm.newlands2417
    @richardm.newlands2417 3 месяца назад

    Amazing! I started on 'aquajets' as a kid with the Paisley Rocketeers Society; never thought it could be taken this far (lit).

  •  3 месяца назад

    Absolutely impressive assumption ! 🤯 I watched the video at least 10 times.
    Can't wait for the longer video!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! We're currently editing the video, it make take perhaps a week to finish it.

  • @GrandadIsAnOldMan
    @GrandadIsAnOldMan 3 месяца назад +1

    Fantastic, great result 👍👍👍👍

  • @Ranger_Kevin
    @Ranger_Kevin 3 месяца назад +1

    Damn, that thing just vanished off the pad! Such a great achievement!
    Great to see that all the hard work paid off 🙂

  • @ozy1994
    @ozy1994 3 месяца назад +1

    have been waiting for this. congrats!

  • @brunom3478
    @brunom3478 3 месяца назад

    Amazing! Congratulations! The staging event looks amazing :D

  • @darreno9874
    @darreno9874 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations on your World record. God bless

  • @vicroc4
    @vicroc4 3 месяца назад

    All that work finally paid off. Congratulations! What an impressive launch.

  • @ptonpc
    @ptonpc 3 месяца назад +1

    That is amazing! Congratulations to all involved! :)

  • @grahammercer6630
    @grahammercer6630 3 месяца назад +1

    Well done George, thoroughly deserved :)

  • @anandabiswal3976
    @anandabiswal3976 3 месяца назад +1

    This guy is increasing his skill day by day ❤🎉

  • @lewismassie
    @lewismassie 3 месяца назад

    Been here since you guys announced the project. Really cool to see it fly!

  • @markg890
    @markg890 3 месяца назад

    Congratulations! That was pretty definitive. (breaking the mile barrier is a nice cherry on top)

  • @KofiAsare0
    @KofiAsare0 3 месяца назад +1

    Incredible flight, I'm looking forward to seeing the data!

  • @Mark199201
    @Mark199201 3 месяца назад +1

    What a launch, congratulations!

  • @herzigfrancois5444
    @herzigfrancois5444 3 месяца назад

    Magnificent project George, I hope there will be more!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Merci beaucoup Francois. :) We have a few projects lined up. A little smaller though. :)

  • @johncall4525
    @johncall4525 3 месяца назад +1

    Incredible! Congratulations!

  • @danielrosier7610
    @danielrosier7610 3 месяца назад +1

    Well done, great achievement. A just reward for all these years of research and development. Keep going, after all the Moon is not that far away.👍👍👍

  • @bvanderveen
    @bvanderveen 3 месяца назад

    Did this just happen!?!? You just drop this completely casually like it's no big deal. Congrats George and the whole team! Been following since the pop bottle days... Can't wait for the deep dive and more launches!

    • @AirCommandRockets
      @AirCommandRockets  3 месяца назад

      Thanks! I had been posting updates for the last couple of months on X / twitter. :) There is a backlog of build videos leading up to the launch that I still need to go back and edit. I just ran out of time and had to focus on actual rocket build.

    • @bvanderveen
      @bvanderveen 3 месяца назад +1

      @@AirCommandRockets Understandable! Can't recall anything on YT that's brought a bigger smile to my face in ages-your persistence and grit through this project is truly inspiring. Un chef d'oeuvre-Cheers!!

  • @ChervyakovTheodor
    @ChervyakovTheodor 3 месяца назад

    Wow! Congratulations! What an amazing achievement, you guys rock!