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Clem takes a selfie of himself from as far away as he can possibly do. He’s planning on putting a Raspberry Pi and a camera onto a rocket and film himself from up in the air. The steeper the angle, the better he looks. |
To take a selfie from a hundred meters away he’ll make his own camera using a Raspberry Pi, the camera module, some additional electronics, and a laptop that will be the ground station to control the whole contraption. B4-4 rockets will be used to push the contraption. B4-4 means class B rocket with 4 seconds of thrust and 4 seconds delay until the secondary charge fires. To push the rocket 100 meters in the air he’ll need to calculate the force needed to be exerted by the rocket motor in relation to the weight of his final rocket. You can simulate the flight with dedicated software like “openrocket” on Linux. Clem 3D prints a rocket design from Thingiverse using PLA.
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Great episode.
Brings back lots of memories when I played with rockets back in the 1960's.
Back then we used a film camera and a two stage rocket.
Our science teacher wanted to get a picture of the school…
Geesh Clem, It's not rocket science!
I think you can drop the second parachute 'engine' to reduce weight. You can design it so that as soon as the rocket is high enough to catch the downward wind drag…
Thanks DAB!
Well there was a strap between sections..but it ripped....
the altitude and thus motor selection was determined by legal requirements.
If i have the chance to launch it in a less restrictive Area…