There is a lot of really cool stuff in these videos. I am a hardware guy, devoted to HARDWARE Defined Radios. But these videos are a reminder of the importance of software, of the things we could never do with our older, analog technology.
Watching him build his rockets, I even get ideas for my comparatively low-tech workshop: that small jig-saw that he used to cut the rocket fins looks like something I really need.
This fellow is a professional rocket scientist who likes the work enough to take it home as a hobby. It looks like he is working in Florida.
Watching the videos and hearing him discuss the joys and frustrations of his endeavors reminds me a lot of what goes on in ham radio homebrewing. He often seems to have the same kind of haunted, obsessed look in his eyes that we are so familiar with. That is what Jean Shepherd must have looked like when he couldn't get his Heising Modulator to work properly. Oh, the humanity!
Here it the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TZeroSystems
Here are some videos and stills of our 2017 rocket launches from Virginia's Shenandoah valley:
Go WERRS!
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