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Cool little dad/son project.
Very cool!
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Totally awesome. The kid will probably go on to invent warp drive or something. One thing did cross my mind that is a little disturbing. If the parachute failed to open properly, the camera and iphone falling back to earth over a populated area may not have been the best idea.
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Thanks for sharing!!
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I'm totally amazed that it only ended up 30 miles away. I figured it would have drifted alot farther than that.
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10-27-2010, 01:44 PM
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What a ride!
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10-27-2010, 01:54 PM
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Cool video! Amazing how far tech as come, to be able to do this relatively inexpensively.
But, isn't the claim that it went to "space" stretching the truth a bit? This went 100,000 feet, which is around 18 miles. Very high, but I thought the edge between the earth's atmosphere and space was quite a bit higher than that. |
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10-27-2010, 02:11 PM
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30,000 feet higher than the U-2 plane!! That's amazing.
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What a cool father and son project/accomplishment!
Now let them try it again with a lizard on board!
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That is flat out impressive. I thought the potato cannon my boy and I made was cool. Not even in the same league!
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Very cool! I bet with a little mods he could make, market and sell DIY kits. Wow.
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Very cool! I had read a few months back, about 2 kids from MIT that did this under a budget of $150
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10-28-2010, 06:05 AM
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I remember the first Estes model rocket I built and launched. It came down on its chute, and ended tangled up high in a tree. I couldnt get to it. It stayed up there for yrs. It was a landmark in the neighborhood for a long time.
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I showed this to my Son. He thought they were supposed to get approval from NASA to do this. Thats a testimony on how our kids are starting to think. I guess its because of the bureaucracy and litigious nature of things. Maybe a fear of the Feds?
He did have an idea of how to stabilize the spinning - use a U joint, bearing and an offset weight.
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I think the FAA will be knocking on their door and maybe in not the most friendly way. Still, very cool for all. I hope any trouble they get into is minimal and leads to better things.
Balloon and Rocket Regs Seems they just may have skimmed past the regs, but I don't see the FAA condoning such activity. At least I don't want to be on the airliner that swallows the balloon bag. |
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