hey everyone, this is my 3rd rocket question/thread. so far i've tried my camera 2 liter bottle rocket, and both times they have impacted and popped out the sd card(the second time broke the screen a bit). This time i've been working on the parachute design, and i've already built a really nice parachute and camera system. now, all i''m working on it is the delivery.
i was wondering if
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will be good enough to fly in the air as it already has. the lip in the middle could be a problem, but i'm not sure. I can inverse the lip, but it will be lower down.
where should i put this? it's basically going to trigger a break in the rocket and the parachute slides out of the bottle itself, and unfolds, ect.
thanks for all you opinions in the previous posts, and these in advanced =D
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And questions are for fast threads.
[QUOTE=Scoooooby;21622913][b][U]Facepunch is not your personal army[/U][/b]
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ho ho, fresh take on that phrase.
Also, I believe there is not just one answer to his question, more a discussion on the best design.
How does this system eject itself to deploy the parachute? On rockets with engines, they have a charge that 'blows' the nose off.
I'm thinking of a hook on the side, to which the camera is attached to. The propulsion force would keep the camera from going over the top and when the rocket begins to slow down, inertia would keep the camera going over the hook. Parachute w/ camera should be tethered to the rocket maybe as well?
[QUOTE=Trainguyxx;21622870]so far i've tried my camera 2 liter bottle rocket, and both times they have impacted and popped out the sd card(the second time broke the screen a bit).[/QUOTE]
You put your camera on the side of a crappy rocket?
Smart guy is smart.
Try something better, go down to a hobby store and BUY some rocket-making equipment, and make a GOOD rocket before even thinking about putting a perfectly good camera on it. Oh and make sure the parachute actually works, and is big enough to safely drop the camera as well.
[QUOTE=lolnubs;21623100]You put your camera on the side of a crappy rocket?
Smart guy is smart.
Try something better, go down to a hobby store and BUY some rocket-making equipment, and make a GOOD rocket before even thinking about putting a perfectly good camera on it. Oh and make sure the parachute actually works, and is big enough to safely drop the camera as well.[/QUOTE]
no actually the past few times i have put them in this small chamber inside the rocket, and then i put an "airbag" kinda thing on top of it to cushion the impact. it worked with flying (or should i say falling XD) colors, and the second time just failed cause i used the same parts a second time.
the parachute works, i just did a release test a few hours ago.
oh and this is a school project, so we have to use 2 liter soda bottle rockets =/
here's my rocket schematics in text:
motor = the 2 liter bottle that provides propulsion, 2nd = the bottle I used for placing the camera in, but is now just space, add = the new piece i put in to accommodate the parachute above (has that lip on it), and Para = the original "airbag" that stopped the rocket, but now holds the Parachute.
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-->| Motor )2nd>add|Para)>
/ |/
Estes (the biggest model rocket company) make rockets with little photographic and digital cameras in them. You could possibly buy one and use the camera in your rocket. It would cost a bit though, and it's only and idea it might not actually work.
Probably need a bigger chute.
We are not specialists in aerodynamics
[QUOTE=Poodle;21625667]We are not specialists in aerodynamics[/QUOTE]
wow thanks for this very helpful and useful post
[QUOTE=SBD;21623770]Estes (the biggest model rocket company) make rockets with little photographic and digital cameras in them. You could possibly buy one and use the camera in your rocket. It would cost a bit though, and it's only and idea it might not actually work.[/QUOTE]
-_- yeah i tried to get one, but it was too expensive for me right now...just kinda spent all my money on reserving halo reach XD
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