Octoberfest Interests!!!!!

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Man, those break away clean! 8)

[Doug GerrardParticipant]

Yes, but in slow motion they are staggered very slightly. It took 5 frames from first to last at 400 frames per second so about 12 msec but i’m not complaining. Hell, I’m happy if they come off period. I forgot to mention the boosters are just over 5 pounds each. I’ll show the high speed camera footage at Oktoberfest as well, sort of “preview of coming attractions”.

Doug

[Conway StevensParticipant]

Doug I am just starting to get into the whole video/photgraphy rocketry thing myself. I look foreward to getting the chance to see your work and maybe learning a few tricks. Inherantly I am terrible at personally running a video camera or even a still pic camera. but I figure on board video cant be all that hard cause my shakey hands aint holding it. LOL. But for my L3 project I will have my first attempt at on board video. I did it probably the easy way using a small digital camera that records to a SD memory card in Mpeg4 format wich I will convert later. I have plans to eventually do 2 of these with one upward facing and one facing down. Im pretty stoked about it and cant wait to see my results from my cert flight at Octoberfest when i fly it on the N2020. I know its not like to cool video you do but its a start…

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

5 pounds each? And I was worried about my whole rocket aft end being 10 pounds! Your camera must be heavy enough to keep it stable. Hey, it’s 12.5 ms, not 12. 🙂 With those healthy fins, a VERY slight stagger won’t affect anything, even at the speed they’ll be traveling at breakaway. That’s a definite clean separation; in fact, a precise one. It’s NASA good. I really can’t wait to see it fly.

[Doug GerrardParticipant]

I know its not like to cool video you do but its a start…

technically its not video.

5 pounds each? And I was worried about my whole rocket aft end being 10 pounds! Your camera must be heavy enough to keep it stable.

The camera/payload section is about 20 pounds and its 11 feet tall.

Hey, it’s 12.5 ms, not 12.

I did say “about” 😉

With those healthy fins, a VERY slight stagger won’t affect anything, even at the speed they’ll be traveling at breakaway.

The rocket will be about 60 to 70 pounds, I’m not worried if they don’t come off at the same time. I’m more concerned about overall stability. It is heavy back aft, but I’ll make sure before flying.

Doug

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Conway, Doug uses film. Far superior in resolution and quality than video. Check out what he does on his site: http://www.rocketryphotography.com/index.html

Doug, my L3 project is the first relatively large rocket I’ve built (building), 30-40 pounds, 5″ x 12′, like your Freeze Frame and Conway’s L3 (going off at Oktoberfest) all fiberglass. I’m having the time of my life, and I pay particular attention to your contruction techniques shown on your site. Thanks again for the direct and indirect help. 🙂

[Conway StevensParticipant]

Sorry. I do remember hearing you do actual film….not video… correct? Thats pretty cool stuff. I sure would like to check out your set up. I look forward to seing it fly. Anyhow getting the chance to have actual (i will use the term) Moving picture data on board is something that now attracts me a ton and I cant wait to see the images from the flight…

[denverdoc]

Photo posted of my Balls project. Was hoping to fly the beast today but weather at Hartsell looked marginal for a 12,000′ flight. Stay tuned. If I get it back in Nevada, hoping to set the field altitude record during Octoberfest.
John S

[Greg Freeberg]

Hey guys, I thought we should start talking about Ocktoberfest again. High Tension will be flying again Saturday at Ocktoberfest. This time it will be flying on (2) AMW M-3000 Super Tigers, then airstarting (2) AMW K-1000 Skidmarks. The flight should go about 11,000ft high.

[Conway StevensParticipant]

Very Nice flight with high tension.. What time do you plan to let it roar to the sky?.. I know I had set my time to do my L3 cert flight at about 10:30am.. Dang. I still have to come up with a rocket name… LOL.

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