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NEXT MEETING Date to be announced shortly. Watch this space. [more info] CROCK VENDOR CROCK LINKS		MEDIA ID: 1033 | Pete's Rebel Buccaneer with onboard video [9.82Mb] | [CROCK-2005_10_09] Pete has been experimenting with a budget digital video (DV) camera that uses a standard memory card to record footage onboard. The advantage of this is that you do not need to worry about a telemetry link although both methods have their advantages and disadvantages. Pete has modified a Rebel Buccaneer to carry the DV camera in the payload bay looking down the side of the airframe, a classic onboard video angle which gives great results. The first few attempts failed due to quirks in the budget DV camera e.g. you have to press stop or a full memory card to actually save the footage in memory, this was a problem when the battery cover popped open on a hard landing. Anyway after a few payload bay modifications Pete filmed this flight powered by a Pro38 J285 motor. You can see a great horizon shot looking over the Marshland and then out too sea. You can also see the great quality of this military (drogue) parachute. [ THUMBNAIL ]  [ MEDIA DATE : 15:20 SUNDAY 9TH OCTOBER 2005 ] IMAGE BRIEF Pete's Rebel Buccaneer with onboard video captured by: PETE WILLIAMS rocketeer: PETE WILLIAMS category: ROCKET - ONBOARD [STANDRARD SEARCH] | [ADVANCED SEARCH]
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