Here's a different question: I just launched a two-stage 3" dia. Blue Tube rocket using a 38mm I225FJ Black Max for the upper stage motor. I had a keychain camcorder positioned on the booster section, looking up at the upper section. I was hoping to capture the moment of stage separation from the booster's perspective. The keychain camcorder was about 32" below the upper stage.
At the ignition of the upper stage, the thick black smoke of the exhaust instantly "blinded" the keychain camcorder's lens with grime. It cleaned off with a Q-tip and some alcohol, and the keychain camcorder still works fine, but the video from it was unsuable.
Which Aerotech reloads would give me a better chance of not depositing grime on the keychain camcorder lens? The Black Max was great from the standpoint of viewing the airstart from the ground, but not so good as far as keeping the keychain camcorder lens clean.
By the way, here's the video from the launch- from the upper stage camcorder. It has some neat vidcaps of the booster stage rotation/ separation over a 1/4 second period of time (the Aiptek Hi-Speed HD camcorder records at 60 fps):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuKGgre7GMo
Mike Momenee
TRA #12430, L3
At the ignition of the upper stage, the thick black smoke of the exhaust instantly "blinded" the keychain camcorder's lens with grime. It cleaned off with a Q-tip and some alcohol, and the keychain camcorder still works fine, but the video from it was unsuable.
Which Aerotech reloads would give me a better chance of not depositing grime on the keychain camcorder lens? The Black Max was great from the standpoint of viewing the airstart from the ground, but not so good as far as keeping the keychain camcorder lens clean.
By the way, here's the video from the launch- from the upper stage camcorder. It has some neat vidcaps of the booster stage rotation/ separation over a 1/4 second period of time (the Aiptek Hi-Speed HD camcorder records at 60 fps):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuKGgre7GMo
Mike Momenee
TRA #12430, L3