[xbmcuser]

If you are interested in rockets I would recommend this youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/Integza

It is a great resource to learn about all different kind of rockets and rocket engines. And quite amazing to see how 3d printing can allowto build so many of miniature versions.

[speedylight]

Integza is one of my favorite channels of all time, his videos are always really informative and fun to watch. The only problem is he’s completely careless about safety—mainly by not wearing any protective gear for the exhaust fumes which include burned plastic.

[showerst]

I’m really torn on Integza. It’s a great channel and I love his spirit, but guys like that (and the teenagers that follow them) end up getting hurt or burning down their houses, which makes the news and gets new restrictions passed on all of us.

Just a _little_ more nodding to safety would make him an awesome resource.

Maybe safety culture in Portugal is different, but in the US he does tons of stuff that violates the model rocket safety code, or is outright stupid.

[numpad0]

There is something that separates Integza, colinfurze et al, and Applied Science, Huygens Optics et al, and another in guys making thesis/paper worthy developments like [0],[1]. They are technically all amateurs, in the sense that their performances do not involve organizational fundings or decisions, and I have to admit that entertainment value decreases in the order I mentioned these channels, but it seems to me as if there is a sloped ceiling for technical excellence of YouTubers, proportional to their popularity, and it isn't calming to think about it.

0: "My recreation for Yamanote line trains(E231-500/E235-Series) using self made VVVF inverter" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0B2bvd9rFQ

1: "I put a biped robot on a bicycle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqBw7XapJKk

[Robotbeat]

I wouldn’t consider the rocketry code itself a good argument. The model rocketry code, frankly, is biased hard against any kind of liquid (especially non-hybrid) rocket engines, so there’s not even really a way he could follow it with a liquid in any reasonable way.

(Which isn’t to say he couldn’t follow better safety common sense.)

[chipsa]

The model rocketry code is for model rockets, not high power amateur rocketry. Though the HPR safety code also isn't friendly to liquids, but partly because it still dictates commercially developed motors.

[speedylight]

You’re exactly right it would go a long way. Thankfully people in the comments do call him out on it so hopefully he’ll listen.

[kortex]

Likewise. I love his channel, but I'm kind of amazed he hasn't lit his dwelling on fire by now.

[SCNP]

+1 for Integza. You should probably include a disclaimer that it is backyard engineering at its finest. He doesn't really do a lot of hard science in his videos. He has great ideas and the persistence to get them at least semi-functional.