Rocket Video Cam

6 responses to “Rocket Video Cam”

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   jurvetson

   Sep 29, 2005 at 7:05 pm

   Typical view from the camera:
   

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   boring fact

   Sep 29, 2005 at 7:07 pm

   nothing like a big kid, playing in a sandbox with his rocket! lol Good one (just please don’t point them north eh)

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   JKaljundi

   Sep 29, 2005 at 8:19 pm

   Do you have to account for the air friction caused by the camera outside the body, or does it have no effect on the aerodynamics?

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   jurvetson

   Sep 29, 2005 at 8:36 pm

   at subsonic speeds, the irregularity does not make a big difference. The camera is held on with Scotch Tape!

   From other photos, I have seen very ungainly shapes launched… Including a Porta-Potty (portable outdoor single toilet "building")

   It took two M1419 engines…. 200 lbs at liftoff !

   With a big enough motor and some fins, anything can fly… a little bit…

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   Vanita

   Sep 29, 2005 at 10:35 pm

   I have seen very ungainly shapes launched… Including a Porta-Potty (portable outdoor single toilet "building")

   It took two M1419 engines…. 200 lbs at liftoff !

   With a big enough motor and some fins, anything can fly… a little bit…

   *Rolling with laughter*

   I see it all clearly in my head…

   Out of actual rockets, Encyclopedia Brown and his buddies make the most of the remains of the campsite. Unfettered by the knowledge that they were on the way home, the rocketeers began launching coolers, lawn chairs, Albert’s thermos, and finally the piece de resistance – an unsuspecting porta-potty.

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   jurvetson

   Apr 28, 2006 at 4:07 pm

   great visual there Vanita…. That’s kinda how it happens… (Bowling balls make good cannon balls too)

   

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