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Old 07-05-2011, 04:36 PM
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Default Key chain camera/size of rocket

What is the smallest rocket you would mount one of these key chain cameras to?
I Don't want to throw a rocket so out of balance that it arcs bad.

Where would you mount the camera, just under the nose cone, middle, or way down low between the fins?
My guess would be up top.
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Old 07-05-2011, 04:40 PM
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I'm thinking BT-55 or BT-60 would be the smallest I'd try. So far, I've always mounted my camera just under the nose cone. It's the spot where a payload section would be, so I figure someone who actually understood the forces at work already did the figuring for me.
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Old 07-05-2011, 04:41 PM
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Something like the Chrome Dome, and use an B6-4?
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Old 07-05-2011, 04:42 PM
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Not sure how well this camera will work, as I tried it and walked around with it and it comes out very shaky/blurry.
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Old 07-05-2011, 04:44 PM
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Something like the Chrome Dome, and use an B6-4?

That seems like it would be perfect. Stocky and stable, and best of all, almost disposable.
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Old 07-05-2011, 04:45 PM
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Not sure how well this camera will work, as I tried it and walked around with it and it comes out very shaky/blurry.

How does it look when it shoots from a stable surface? Try it from a table.
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Old 07-05-2011, 05:04 PM
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How does it look when it shoots from a stable surface? Try it from a table.

I will have to try that.
I hope it is clear, like yours, when I launch it.
I do have some spare unbuilt Chrome domes in the attic just in case.
But then I would have to get another camera and memory card.
Which vendor did you get yours from?
Mine came from ecshop_us
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Old 07-05-2011, 05:21 PM
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I will have to try that.
I hope it is clear, like yours, when I launch it.
I do have some spare unbuilt Chrome domes in the attic just in case.
But then I would have to get another camera and memory card.
Which vendor did you get yours from?
Mine came from ecshop_us

Both of mine came from Hong Kong via Ebay. Gotta check for the name of the place.
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Old 07-05-2011, 05:35 PM
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Mine came from ecmonster. This is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...em=170652067953
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Leo has flown his on one of the little ARTF Army Patriots. That's the kit that's based on the old ARTF Dagger and Bandit kits from the mid 90's. IIRC they are about 1" in diameter.

I'd put it at least a little in front of the CG.



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