From Above

Kitsune · 01-25-2004, 08:49 PM

What happens when you give me a tank of helium, a cheap digital camera, and some timing components? I do really stupid stuff.

After three days of work on some simple circuitry and design, I was able to get a digital camera in the air and taking pictures every sixteen seconds. Had the afternoon not been so breezy, we might have gotten it higher up. Still, it was a lot of fun!

The Sub Orbital Camera Kit -- or "SOCK"

SOCK finally takes flight after using an amazing thirteen balloons to achieve positive buoyancy. It beeps every time it takes a picture, making it a mysterious sputnik over campus.

Higher!

A second attach point on top and a third flight allowed us to grab some side-views. Sadly, most of them were blinded by the sun.

The problem with cheap digitals -- bright light means dead spots.

01-25-2004, 08:49 PM	#1
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	From Above What happens when you give me a tank of helium, a cheap digital camera, and some timing components? I do really stupid stuff. After three days of work on some simple circuitry and design, I was able to get a digital camera in the air and taking pictures every sixteen seconds. Had the afternoon not been so breezy, we might have gotten it higher up. Still, it was a lot of fun! The Sub Orbital Camera Kit -- or "SOCK" SOCK finally takes flight after using an amazing thirteen balloons to achieve positive buoyancy. It beeps every time it takes a picture, making it a mysterious sputnik over campus. Higher! A second attach point on top and a third flight allowed us to grab some side-views. Sadly, most of them were blinded by the sun. The problem with cheap digitals -- bright light means dead spots.

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