Showing the views from a FlipHD and a GoPro side by side you get a first hand view of what it is like to fly to 121,000 feet. These cameras flew on September 30, 2011 at 11:08am on Derek Deville's Qu8k (pronounced "Quake") launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada before returning safely to earth.
A plastic cover that was protecting the protruding portion of the GoPro began to melt due to aerodynamic heating and can be seen as streaks passing by the lens. A small bit of this molten plastic re-solidifies over a portion of the lens.
Being above 99% of the atmosphere, the sky turns black in the middle of the day and the curvature of the earth is clearly visible. The rocket motor produced 4,000 lbs of thrust for 8 seconds accelerating the vehicle to over Mach 3.
Full Length Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDqoxMUroA
More Pictures and Info -- http://ddeville.com/derek/Qu8k.html
Sponsors:
http://www.mayback.com/
http://www.syntheon.com/
Learn more about the hobby of High Power Rocketry:
http://www.tripoli.org/
Cosmic Ray Project:
http://symbiosis-foundation.org/background.html
Was this a single deployment design? My current project to 35k involves a drogue at apogee, and a main at around 4,000ft. It would be awesome to use a single deployment, but I worry that it would drift outside of the range of our radio equipment. How did you relocate the rocket?
TahomaSCAR 4 days ago
holy shit
TwistedPixelVideo 1 week ago
Omg, that is awesome!
socksareweird101 3 months ago
Amazing footage! Looks like allot of hard work went into this! I hear a noise that almost sounds like birds chirping as the rocket nears the apex! What is that sound I wonder?
Scrubasteveable 3 months ago
nexttime show landing as well
Noelie1990 4 months ago
Extra !!!
gregorestherm 4 months ago
awesomeeeeeee !
leoprisionero 4 months ago
отличные кадры, молодцы америкосы!
TheGurul 4 months ago
Great!!!!
gookoo67 4 months ago
@shaderharan thanks
blexarady 4 months ago