Now THIS is one heckuva model rocket!

[Archae]

1/10 scale model Saturn 5 lauch and recovery! :woohoo:

http://www.wimp.com/saturnrocket/

[Dr Morbius]

1. Cool! (nt)

[HopeHoops]

2. Shit, and I thought my 6' Mean Machine with a D engine was big!

It was painted solid black and it disappeared from sight on launch. It could take 15 seconds or so after that before you could even spot it on the way down.

[Archae]

3. 30+ years ago, I saw a model Saturn 5 launch.

Estes made a model Saturn 5, that some guy brought to the launching field.

It did a perfect powered ballistic flight. :rofl:

[HopeHoops]

7. Yeah, I always wanted one of those. My rocket days were from about '76-'82

Finding a place to launch them without getting in trouble is much harder now.

[Blue_Tires]

4. NASA cutbacks have hit rock bottom, but they can still take joy in small achievements

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. wow. great footage.

cool.

[pokerfan]

6. While I was watching this

I was thinking that they should have had a high speed camera set up to record at 10X speed... Of course they did.

[HopeHoops]

8. If you haven't seen the movie "Rocket Men", do so.

It is about how Goddard got his start - building and launching his OWN model rockets as a kid.

[Deep13]

9. 1/10th? So that's--what--35 feet tall?

Wow.

[conscious evolution]

10. Cool!

I saw Skylab and an Apollo launches when I was a kid.Loadest sound I have ever heard.

[MilesColtrane]

11. I can't believe it landed upright.

This guy should be working for NASA.

[petronius]

12. Fantastic!

It looks like someone at the beginning of the clip was holding an umbrella - in case parts come raining down, perhaps? :)