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SKYCAM
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Sky Cam is our newest three stage rocket. Each stage is
powered by one Estes D12 engine. The first stage also has
four Estes A10-0 engines as boosters. It has a small digital video camera
onboard, that records 30 seconds of color video at 320x240 resolution
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We used a small Bell&Howelll digital camera. It's very
small and light weight making it perfect for rocketry.
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All in all, Skycam and the camera works very well.
It flew over 2500 feet. The rocket is very stable for the first two
stages. However, the fins on the main rocket are too small and after
the second stage separation the rocket starts to spin. I will have
to add larger fins to the top stage to make it more stable.
Download skycam3stage.mpg
1.48MB
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