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Here's a directory of images and videos from a fellow who hacked a CVS cam and put it -in- a rocket. The launch video is amazing, from pad to sky to a lovely decent, until it lands in a tree- but it was later retrived. Excellent use of the CVS disposable digital video camera! Thanks Doug! Link.
CVS camera in a rocket...
Here's a directory of images and videos from a fellow who hacked a CVS cam and put it -in- a rocket. The launch video is amazing, from pad to sky to a lovely decent, until it lands in a tree- but it was later retrived. Excellent use of the CVS disposable digital video camera! Thanks Doug! Link.
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Aug 27, 2005 03:19 AM
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Okay great videos but. What kit was modified for this. It looks like a v2 of some kind. What size body tube do you need? What size motor was it flow on? will it fit in a BT-80?
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I am pretty sure that the model shown is the "X PRIZE CANADIAN ARROW" by Estes.
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/est/est2188.htm
This is indeed a BT-80 model. You might fit it in the nose of a "Big Daddy" and certainly the "Executioner."
The image quality and sound delivered by this CVS camera are excellent!
I bought an Estes "Oracle." A nice, simple to use toy, but the resolution and (especially) the frame rate leave a lot to be desired.
In any case, a big failing, if you can call it that, of the CVS roc images is the shortness of the boost phase footage. What's needed is a much more streamlined model that will coast longer, requiring a longer delay.
I'm working on an alternate Oracle booster that will take an E9-8. This will deliver nearly eleven seconds of "vertical" footage.
Stefan
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Plastic chute...gotta be Estes. HOWEVER...some of us use bigger stuff. Very nice hack.
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This is an experiment.
To see if line feeds
work.
And so they do.
To bring this back on topic:
http://home.comcast.net/~stefan_jones/hustler_pose.jpg
Stefan
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