Keychain Rocket CamCorder

I have wanted to do this for years, Many have been built in my mind, but either $ time or something came up to prevent building like this, I have always wanted an ariel view of my home (green pool ,junk cars and all), I have built rockets, helicopters, blimps in my mind, but alas no further. My daughter got my first rocket cam with the 110 camera, but it gets costly to shoot a rocket 24 times, running to find it then $ to develop, (I have to admit that the original 110 film with several pictures are still in original nose cone, undeveloped.

Step 1 Little more on Why

A little introduction, Photography has been one of NASA's goals in nearly every mission, Photos, take a snapshot in history, Something every person can ogle at. Cameras on spy satellites to see what is going on at the other side of the world and now the Galaxy and much further, I was watching the shuttle activity's on satellite one night, when the astronaut got his camera out while in earth orbit, I do not remember the location, but the screen went to what the camera was taking pictures of, first they zoomed... Wow, then they zoomed some more... Then some more then more yet, I was awe struck by the clarity of the photography, and just the ability of what I saw... don't ever look up...Smile you could be on camera. This makes one really think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg  and look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj18UQjPpGA 

Comments

[Matrix-technician]

(Update) So I went and bought myself one of those micro keychain camcorders off of ebay. Cost me $8.00 usd with 1080x948p high def video. I fabricated a small blister on the side of my rocket that it fits in. Now I can record launches and the plummet back to earth. To get an idea of this check it out on youtube. So many videos of this that you can reference.

[jmorey]

FYI a Newton is a 1KG about 2.25Lb unit of force

[nuclear12321]

Update: We were both wrong. It is the force required to accelerate 1 kilogram at 1 meter per second per second

[nuclear12321]

I could be wrong but I thought 1 newton=100grams.

[Matrix-technician]

This is an amazing project! I have been in rocketry for 15 years now and with all this new technology things are being made that we only dreamed of back in the early days. :) I too have the snapshot and never use it much because of the trouble and work involved in devoloping the pictures. This is a great idea and has given me a few of my own. Keep up the good work!