Congrats on the L3. Nice rocket. Love the color scheme!
L3 - really?? Tekcub 3L
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Sorry again for letting this languish. For an explanation please see this thread https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/life-sorry-not-really-rocketry-related.146782/
So anyway, I got my rocket and nosecone back. Due to the main coming out at apogee the rocket landed nearly 3 miles away. The nose cone had a slightly faster descent rate and landed a little closer. I would not have found the pieces if a farmer out haying his field had not seen the landing and called it in.
I didn't take a shot of the main rocket in the field, but here is the cone once I got it out of the tree
So anyway, I got my rocket and nosecone back. Due to the main coming out at apogee the rocket landed nearly 3 miles away. The nose cone had a slightly faster descent rate and landed a little closer. I would not have found the pieces if a farmer out haying his field had not seen the landing and called it in.
I didn't take a shot of the main rocket in the field, but here is the cone once I got it out of the tree
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The FIP file shows it took 10 min to land! I can't get the actual FIPa file to load. Here is a shot of the results
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Here is an abbreviate flight video.
I was actually surprised - 6 fins, 3 added pods, 9 added strakes, camera shroud - and almost no spin!
I was actually surprised - 6 fins, 3 added pods, 9 added strakes, camera shroud - and almost no spin!
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Nytrunner
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Umm wow. Both a great flight and Reeeally wacked out video
What camera did you use? Youtube is defaulting to a "3D" mode which looks terrible, but when I turn it off, I still get only the left half of the screen
What camera did you use? Youtube is defaulting to a "3D" mode which looks terrible, but when I turn it off, I still get only the left half of the screen
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The camera is a Firefly. My first video came up whacky on youtube. I changed to a different version that works better. Try again.
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Great flight
cool vid Les..
Teddy
cool vid Les..
Teddy
woferry
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It shows it at the bottom, the Firefly Q6. I personally really like this camera also, it's 1080p/60 (also does 4k/24 and 2.5k/30) and roughly the same size as a Mobius (and cheaper).
Though I'm curious how you had it mounted, seems like it moved around quite a bit, and not just during the burn. At first I thought it was YouTube's smoothing stuff, but the timestamp stayed well-planted at the bottom of the video, so I guess it was really the camera moving around on the rocket?
Though I'm curious how you had it mounted, seems like it moved around quite a bit, and not just during the burn. At first I thought it was YouTube's smoothing stuff, but the timestamp stayed well-planted at the bottom of the video, so I guess it was really the camera moving around on the rocket?
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A friend 3D printed a shroud for me. I'll have to try adding some 2 sided tape or foam to help secure it
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Would you mind showing a picture of the shroud? I've been meaning to design one for my Q6's for a while, in fact this thread got me thinking about it yesterday and I finished a basic one like the Landru-style Mobius case, but there's a different direction I'd like to go that will take more design work. And if the distraction to cameras/shrouds is inappropriate for this thread I'd be happy to move to PM as well.
