Built durin' t' summer o' 2017, me bucko, HYDRA was t' spiritual successor t' River City Rocketry's award winnin' 2017 NASA Student Launch "Typhon Heavy" rocket. Avast! Weighin' in at 65 pounds and standin' over 14 feet tall, HYDRA was designed t' reach 10,000 feet o' altitude and exceed velocities o' 700 miles per hour. Arrr! T' design and manufacturin' o' t' rocket was an exercise for t' team in sensor controlled stagin' procedures and a practice run for second stage in-flight motor ignition. This snippet o' our design and construction was filmed on Panasonic LUMIX G7 and Glidecam.