Mutant Cineroc Project

Mutant Cineroc Project

Post by CV1 » Wed, 31 Jul 1996 04:00:00



Hello

     Well as if I'm not putting enough money into rocketry I came up with
another project idea, but this one is remarkbly cheep.  To put it in a nut
shell I plan to launch an 8mm home movie camera.  (Had one laying around).
 I plan to build a 3 .5ft long 3.1" booster capable of using 29mm motors.
Without the camera pod the booster can fly with a simple 3.1" nose cone.
I plane to use a small section of 5.5" tubing to make a pod which will
house the camera, with the lense sticking out one side.  It will have it's
own nose cone and a transition to 3.1".  Upon liftoff an elastic is
allowed to clamp down onto the shutter key and start the camera, (very
simple idea).  The camera is a Kodak Brownie 8mm home movie camera.  It
will be cradled in foam *** or padding of some kind but restrained
enough so as not to move too much.  Some crude estimate show that in it's
HPR-lite form the rocket and camera should go to about 700ft on a G80-4.
Other smaller H motors could also be used as I just got certifed.  So this
leaves me with the question, where does one get 8mm film?  I know there
are still Cinerocs flying and this project is like a "mutant" Cineroc.  

 
 
 

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Post by MMcReynl » Thu, 01 Aug 1996 04:00:00


<< Where does one get 8mm film?

Camera stores, such as Ritz, still carry it. Last I checked it was about
$20 for a roll of Super 8, up considerably from the $2 I used to pay at
K-mart.  Processing is about another $6.  Find a used Super 8 camera a a
garage sale, etc -- it is much better than standard 8mm.  Don't bother
with activation at liftoff.  Just turn on the camera and step back.  This
gives time to know that all is running properly before committing to
liftoff, and makes a good "establishing shot".  Unless an arrangement of
(first surface) mirrors is used to look down the rocket, vs outward, the
movie will probably be overly blurry due to rocket rotation.

                                               Marc McReynolds

 
 
 

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Post by STyr » Thu, 01 Aug 1996 04:00:00


Quote:

>I plane to use a small section of 5.5" tubing to make a pod which will
>house the camera, with the lense sticking out one side.  It will have
it's
>own nose cone and a transition to 3.1".

Point the camera straight up, and use two mirrors, (one in a hood on the
outside of the tube) to shoot the ground for that great feeling of
acceleration on liftoff.  Then you can probably fit it into a 4" tube,
less drag.

 So this

Quote:
>leaves me with the question, where does one get 8mm film?  I know there
>are still Cinerocs flying and this project is like a "mutant" Cineroc.  

Are you sure its not super 8?  I have never seen regular 8mm sold
anywhere.  Super 8 can be found at "the camera shop" on the east coast.
You can still  find super 8 cameras at flea markets, etc.

J460 to a J135 two staged movie camera anyone?

Possibly Rats IV

Scott

 
 
 

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Post by Helen Rapo » Fri, 02 Aug 1996 04:00:00


Quote:

>simple idea).  The camera is a Kodak Brownie 8mm home movie camera.  It
>will be cradled in foam *** or padding of some kind but restrained

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Say isn't this the camera that you have crank it up manually before
you press the shutter?

Quote:
>Other smaller H motors could also be used as I just got certifed.  So this
>leaves me with the question, where does one get 8mm film?  I know there
>are still Cinerocs flying and this project is like a "mutant" Cineroc.  

The same place that sells AG-1 flashbulbs and can also process
such films.

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Post by Brian Reynol » Tue, 06 Aug 1996 04:00:00


Quote:

>Are you sure its not super 8?  I have never seen regular 8mm sold
>anywhere.  Super 8 can be found at "the camera shop" on the east coast.
>You can still  find super 8 cameras at flea markets, etc.

My Dad bought a Sanyo 8mm movie camera the week before Super8 was
announced.  He used it for years when I was a kid.  He also had a wind
up Kodak 8mm camera (sounds like the camera the original poster
describes) that I assume came with the Kodak 8mm projector he used.

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