Downward facing camera at center of motor cluster?

[RocketSquirrel]

Sometimes the ideas that pop in my head are terrible, sometimes not. Ive never seen a camera from this pov, and wanted to get some thoughts.

The idea is a camera between the motor mount(s) on the aft centering ring. A hole cut for the camera. Mounting it however needed.

I just think it'd be a cool shot with someone waving to the camera as they stand it up, so shot tilts to the ground and then you see the thrust as the earth gets smaller.

Has anyone tied streamers to the botttom at liftoff? See thats a bad idea...maybe haha

 

[tsmith1315]

Sometimes the ideas that pop in my head are terrible, sometimes not. Ive never seen a camera from this pov, and wanted to get some thoughts.

The idea is a camera between the motor mount(s) on the aft centering ring. A hole cut for the camera. Mounting it however needed.

Yep, check out @Rocketjunkie 's upscale deuce video, super cool! No time for hand waving here...

 

[Daddyisabar]

Any canted tractor motored oddroc abomination would do. Super easy to pull up a camera in back.

 

[DigBaddy]

Yep, check out @Rocketjunkie 's upscale deuce video, super cool! No time for hand waving here...

That was really cool!

 

[Rocketjunkie]

Yep, check out @Rocketjunkie 's upscale deuce video, super cool! No time for hand waving here...

Here's the camera mount on my 54 mm Deuce. Charging the camera as I'm sending this.

 

[Handeman]

Any canted tractor motored oddroc abomination would do. Super easy to pull up a camera in back.View attachment 615843

What is the story on this one?!

 

[tsmith1315]

Charging the camera as I'm sending this.

Does that mean you’re bringing it?

 

[David_Stack]

What is the story on this one?!

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/xenomorph-host-transport-pod.167244/

 

[Daddyisabar]

Sometimes the ideas that pop in my head are terrible, sometimes not. Ive never seen a camera from this pov, and wanted to get some thoughts.

The idea is a camera between the motor mount(s) on the aft⁸ centering ring. A hole cut for the camera. Mounting it however needed.

I just think it'd be a cool shot with someone waving to the camera as they stand it up, so shot tilts to the ground and then you see the thrust as the earth gets smaller.

Has anyone tied streamers to the botttom at liftoff? See thats a bad idea...maybe haha

Tying streamers to the back of your tractor motored rocket could be considered unnatural or a bad idea.


Dragon tails?....Questionable.

Hauling up Skeletons? Scary.

Hauling up telescopic sections? Highly suspicious.


But hauling up a camera in the hind end? No way. Cameras are meant to be mounted up front or taped to the side of the body tube just under the nose cone, where they should be! A weighty camera on the rear end? Terrible for CG...what's that you say? Canted tractor motors in widely spaced pods solve your problems. Why that's just crazy talk. Cool smoke trails as the earth gets smaller...Balderdash! Must think traditional 3-4FNC!

 

[Crayok]

Sometimes the ideas that pop in my head are terrible, sometimes not. Ive never seen a camera from this pov, and wanted to get some thoughts.

The idea is a camera between the motor mount(s) on the aft centering ring. A hole cut for the camera. Mounting it however needed.

I did this a while ago, not between motors but low on the side looking down. The liftoff smoke immediately collected on the lens and then only shaded images were captured. Look at the bottom of any rocket it is full of smoke particles, that is going to be on the lens too.

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[Bruce]

Only a single motor flight, but the camera was in the aft portion of the rocket out to the side...

 

[Rocketjunkie]

Does that mean you’re bringing it?

Flew the Deuce yesterday but didn't have the camera on board. Glad I left it off as it would have had a bunch of on and off the pad due to altimeter issues. Would have either run out of card space or battery. (have to turn it on then mount it to the rocket.)

 

[tsmith1315]

Flew the Deuce yesterday but didn't have the camera on board

It sure looked good from our perspective!

 

[Rocketjunkie]

It sure looked good from our perspective!

Here's an onboard video with sparkys