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2.4GHz Wireless Video from Model Rocket

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the expendable dept.

ExidyBoy writes "While the Gates Brothers fly entire camcorders in their rockets to record onboard footage, a cheaper alternative is to use off-the-shelf 2.4GHz wireless video senders. The Aussie RocketCam site has Windows Media and QuickTime clips of the spectacular results that can be obtained."

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  1. Cool, but nothing new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While this is kinda cool, it is nothing new. Putting a cam in a rocket is the next best thing to being in the rocket itself.

    The thing that I would like to see is for them to have some degree of control over the rocket. Unfortunately (here in the US), and RC rocket is classified as a "missile" and is a big no-no.

    It's also good to see this hobby being kept alive,

  2. I toyed with this idea once... by TWX · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... with my cheap X-10 camera, but batteries, rather than the camera, seemed to be the problem. It wouldn't have been terribly hard to launch them, it just would have been difficult to recover the rocket intact with all of that weight.

    A radio controlled car ended up being a much better, and more fun choice. It's probably good that this technology didn't exist at a feasible price point for me when I was in junior high school, for I'd likely have gotten into a lot of trouble...

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    1. Re:I toyed with this idea once... by cbreaker · · Score: 5, Funny

      You purchased an X-10? So you're that guy!! I was wondering who their customer was.

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  3. 2.4GHz Wireless Video from Pet Kitty, Mittens by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay. I'll admit it. I'm the one who attached the wireless camera to the cat.

    But it didn't do any harm! Ran around. Chased something. Probably the antenna. The cat was perfectly fine!

    Well.

    Until I affixed the cat to a model rocket. But wow! That cat went higher than Armadillo Aerospace using a rocket jump.

  4. Is slashdot 2nd grade? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    a cheaper alternative is to use off-the-shelf 2.4GHz wireless video senders.

    And, to save money on the receiver side, just use off-the-shelf wireless video getters.

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  5. BitTorrent to the rescue! by Jaeger · · Score: 5, Informative

    In an experimental attempt to turn the Slashdot effect back on itself using BitTorrent, and exploit my subscriber access, I hereby offer a zip file of the website itself and all of the movies (three of them) I could get off the site before it was slashdotted into oblivion.

  6. I've done similar by GigsVT · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I launched a tethered balloon with a 450Mhz transmitter to transmit video. The 450Mhz stuff is better in some ways, it's less directional, and you can receive it on a regular VCR or TV card tuner.

    Some Pictures

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