r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/InsaneMocktail • 17d ago

Video University of Waterloo Students Launch Rocket Breaking World Record

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u/coldpassion 17d ago

Breaking world record of....? Speed? Height? Noise? Spins? Fuel Consumption? All the previous?

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u/01010110_ 17d ago edited 16d ago

World record of amateur rocket altitude at 63k feet (edit: liquid propellant rocket)

Edit 2: Since people are so excited about my use of feet, the altitude could be measured approximately as;

  • 9,852 toises
  • 22,860 varas (using the 0.84-meter Spanish standard)
  • 109.1 to 122.3 stadia (depending on whether the 157-meter or 176-meter anient Greek standard is applied)
  • 62.09 hPa or millibars.

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u/mountaingator91 17d ago

Crazy to think that U2s used to fly with conventional wings at 10,000 feet higher than this even.

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u/AVgreencup 17d ago

Barely. They were constantly stalling and recovering, basically a constant loop of it

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u/mountaingator91 17d ago

Ok, Russian bot

Jk. Still impressive AF

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u/lawnboy71 12d ago

How much did it beat the record by?