Blackfly
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Some time ago, there was some discussion about the survivability of barometric sensors & altimeters. A few comments were made suggesting that High G's will shred electronics, and high pressures will bust barometric sensors.
Though I'm sure it applies in some cases, it didn't in this one.
I'm happy to say that Entacore Aim USB altimeters successfully and repeatedly deployed the recovery system in a large projectile, which was fired from one of the worlds largest pneumatic cannons. This was very much a rocketry project, but with a little air pressure used instead of a commercial motor. Here's the rough details:
Project: the "SABOT-CAM"
Client: Discovery Channel, "Punkin Chunkin World Championship"
Objective: Capture the perspective of a pumpkin, in HD-Video, as if you were shot from the worlds biggest pumpkin cannon. No CG, but real footage from a camera carrying projectile. The projectile must travel the same distance as a competition pumpkin(4500' downrange), and capture both front and rear views, from muzzle to ground.
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking:
Though I'm sure it applies in some cases, it didn't in this one.
I'm happy to say that Entacore Aim USB altimeters successfully and repeatedly deployed the recovery system in a large projectile, which was fired from one of the worlds largest pneumatic cannons. This was very much a rocketry project, but with a little air pressure used instead of a commercial motor. Here's the rough details:
Project: the "SABOT-CAM"
Client: Discovery Channel, "Punkin Chunkin World Championship"
Objective: Capture the perspective of a pumpkin, in HD-Video, as if you were shot from the worlds biggest pumpkin cannon. No CG, but real footage from a camera carrying projectile. The projectile must travel the same distance as a competition pumpkin(4500' downrange), and capture both front and rear views, from muzzle to ground.
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking:
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