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Re: A few questions...
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:48:37 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, James Powell writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, Alex Wetmore writes:
> > From: "Dan Novy" <nutw4dlj@idt.net>
> > > And, 2. Has anybody built a cam-bot that can be loaded onto an Estes
> > > rocket, lauched, survive impact, deploy, and begin taking pics?
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> > Estes used to sell a rocket that did this mechanically and had its own
> > camera.
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> They still do, called ASTROCAM. They used to make one that shot on 16mm film,
> called a CINIROC (I've had one in my hands, never launched one though...they
> are a heavy beast!). Why try to make one out of lego when there is a good
> lightweight alternatve availabe?
I have a picture I shot with one of these when they first came out. Since then
a friend has done a small module on the same rocket, using a PIC, and a
barometric sensor, and 'logged' the pressure readings over a flight. However
the weight of the Mindstorm type system, is really rather impractical for this
type of system. One of the things that is critical for 'real' applications of
this type, is weight...
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| (...) They still do, called ASTROCAM. They used to make one that shot on 16mm film, called a CINIROC (I've had one in my hands, never launched one though...they are a heavy beast!). Why try to make one out of lego when there is a good lightweight (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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