Erik’s Big Bullpup Blastoff

4 responses to “Erik’s Big Bullpup Blastoff”

1. 

   TomiTapio

   Oct 3, 2009 at 12:16 am

   Whoo cool background and smoke!

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2. 

   TMLizzy Irwin

   Oct 3, 2009 at 8:19 am

   wow! what a great shot!!

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3. 

   obskura

   Oct 3, 2009 at 1:56 pm

   Very impressive rocketry photos in this series! I also enjoyed the videos.

   You recently mentioned your problem with digital camcorders losing their last recording when the battery power gets interrupted, i.e. due to a crash…
   For general benefit (we all want to see the spectacular on-board footage of the impact… 😉 ) there may be a solution:
   You may have noticed the new Apple iPod nano with video camera:
   http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/features/video-camera.html
   I don’t own one (yet…), and I don’t know how it handles file storage during forced power-down, but at least there may be a slight chance that it will survive the impact. After all it’s machined out of a solid slice of aluminium, it’s very light weight meaning a relatively low impulse, and the battery is flexibly wired to the main board. It’s certainly the thinnest and lightest video recording device I know of, and it could neatly slide into a narrow slot in the nose cone, reducing imbalance and drag…
   I might get one myself for my model airplanes – it’s so small that it can go onto almost anything that is able to fly… 🙂

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4. 

   Victor1

   Oct 7, 2009 at 7:29 am

   there’s the answer steve… apple to the rescue. nice.

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