a wee bit of turbulence…

(Circular “bike helmet” mirror on right captures the view down the shaft of the top half of the rocket and reflects it into the video camera inside the rocket. Wireless signal beams to a ground base station which outputs the video feed to a mobile MPEG encoder. The small image on left is looking out, 90 degrees from the mirror on right. This is from a LUNAR Rocketry event, with Erik’s rocket and novel video capture design)

4 responses to “Parachute deployment”

  1. The Rocketeer Avatar
    The Rocketeer

    Have you tried putting a GPS unit in one of those rockets to see what altitude you get?

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  2. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    I find that a digital altimeter is lighter and more accurate. I use them on different rockets.

    With these mid-power rockets, we generally get from 800ft. up to a mile high, depending on rocket and stage.

    The BIG multi-stage rockets, with sophisticated on-board computer bays (with GPS, telemetry, and altitude-triggered events), going to insane heights, will be this weekend…. (see comment here)

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  3. Victor1 Avatar
    Victor1

    Rad!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    I just posted a video of this rocket launch on Revver. It’s a bit rough…

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