Rocket launch photography video camera Aerotech M motors Sony DV
sjurvetson | June 5, 2009Looking Outward
With a big enough airframe, the camera can be inside looking out, or bouncing off a 45° mirror, or both. For my Level 3 Certification, I buily a 7.5" diameter GLR Sledgehammer and fiberglassed it for strength:
I simulate the flights before launch, and compare the actual performance recorded by two on-board flight computers:
For her second flight, I switched to a red propellant (Aerotech M1550 motor) and added a video bay (making the rocket taller). I could fit a Sony PC-1 DV tape recorder which has the benefit of recording tape up through a destructive event, were there…