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I Landed A Rocket Like SpaceX - Scout F

Name: I Landed A Rocket Like SpaceX - Scout F
Description: Joe Barnard of BPS.space shows his model rocket Scout F landing vertically like a SpaceX booster after seven years of attempts. The video documents the successful landing and the build-up to it.

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1 HN user recommended this demo in 1 different month between 2022 and 2025.

2007–2026

1 recommendation 3 citations HackerTube score 1

HN cites it as the landmark example of a hobbyist landing a rocket, and recommends the channel for following that progress.

Joe Barnard of BPS.space shows his model rocket Scout F landing vertically like a SpaceX booster after seven years of attempts. The video documents the successful landing and the build-up to it.

Pull quote: “Would recommend, it’s been very cool to follow his progress over the years.” (HN, 2022)

Also tagged: model rocket landing, bps.space, thrust vector control, rocketry, reusable rockets, hobby engineering

What Hacker News said

4 labeled comments from the HN archive; up to 20 are kept per video, favoring different commenters. Each one links back to the original thread.

Recommends chrisdalke August 2022 under I Landed a (Model) Rocket Like SpaceX. It Took 7 Years

Primary source channel with many videos on landing model rockets.

Linking to the primary source, Joe Barnard’s YouTube channel, BPSspace: [this video] . He’s got many videos on this. Would recommend, it’s been very cool to follow his progress over the years.

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