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THE HEART OF THE CAMERA BAY
I TOOK A WEEK OFF WORK TO BUILD
AND TEST THIS ...WAS IT WORTH IT
OHH YEAH!!!!!!
THIS IS THE SAME BIGDAWG THAT I USED FOR MY LEVEL 2 CERT FLIGHT JUST A LITTLE BIGGER
THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT USING
ELECTRONICS SO OF COARSE I HAD TO GO OVERBOARD OR BETTER YET ONBOARD
FOR THIS FLIGHT AT THE GATOR 4 HOSTED BY TRIPOLI
WEST PALM (BY THE WAY THANKS TO ALL THE SOUTH FLORIDA FOLKS FOR ALL THEIR HELP) I USED MY BIGGEST MOTOR TO DATE AN AEROTEC
K-700
AND JUST FOR FUN I HAD TO FILL THOSE 4 OTHER HOLE'S IN THE BOTTOM SO.. I USED 2 H-128'S AND 2 G-64'S FOR AIRSTARTS
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT WAS THE K-700 PUT OUT SO MUCH SMOKE YOU COULDNT SEE THE AIRSTARTS COME ONLINE BUT THEY DID
ALL WORK........FOR ELECTONICS I USED 2 MISSLE WORKS RRC2 ALTIMETERS BOTH SET TO FIRE AT APOGEE AND THEN THE SECOND CHARGES
ONE SECOND LATER (I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE SKY ANGLES GOT OUT)BOTH ALTIMERTERS WORKED PERFECT AND WHERE READING OUT ALT.
WITHIN 3 FEET OF EACH OTHER.....
THE BIG JOB FOR THIS FLIGHT WAS THE VIDEO, I FOUND A BULLET CAMERA ON ONE OF THE SPY
CAM WEB SITES THAT WAS A SONY CCD WITH 400 LINES RES. WHICH IS THE SAME AS A HI-8 CAMECORDER,
I MOUNTED IT ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE CAMERA BAY AND USED A MICROPHONE ELEMENT FROM RADIOSHACK FOR SOUND (see detail pic)I MADE A TOWER THAT FIT INSIDE THE
BODY TUBE TO HOLD THE SONY HI8 CAMCORDER THAT THE BULLET CAM PLUGS INTO, IT ALSO HOLDS THE POWER SUPPLY THAT POWERS THE BULLET
CAM AND MICROPHONE. I USED BUBBLE WRAP ABOVE AND BELOW THE TOWER TO CUSION THE TOWER SO THAT IT AND THE CAMERA WHERE NOT MONTED
SOLID IN THE TUBE AND SO THAT WAY ON TOUCHDOWN IT WOULD HAVE SOME MOVEMENT AND TAKE THE SHOCK OFF THE CAMERA.
MUCH TO
MY SUPPRISE EVERYTHING WENT GREAT, ALL THE MOTORS LIT, THE ALTS WORKED AND GOT BOTH CHUTES OUT AND THE VIDEO CAME OUT GREAT,
THE PICS HERE ARE TAKEN FROM THE VIDEO USING A BELKIN COMPOSITE USB DEVICE THAT TAKE'S ANALOG VIDEO AND CONVERTS IT TO DIGITAL
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