Flying a thrust-vectoring rocket can be a challenge, and even more so if you stack multiple stages and a minimalist flight computer on top of it all. But [Joe Barnard] is not one to shy away from ...

[Joe Barnard] is working on a model rocket that can land vertically under ... but instead have thrust vectoring motor mounts and reaction wheels for active stabilization during launch and flight.

Past tense, that's right. At the beginning of August 2022, he posted a video about his successful attempt to launch a model rocket and safely land it, SpaceX-style. It took him about seven years ...

including a custom thrust vectoring mechanism for model rocket engines. Relying on a pair of servo motors that are geared down to improve the accuracy of their movements, the thrust from the ...