Sending my new Canon camera 100 000 feet into orbit

[dtmcnamara]

free fall will be around 20-45 minutes, all depending on the balloons we use. If we go with something bigger than the other student we might be able to get a longer fall, but once the unit starts to fall there is no ensuring that the camera will be able to get clear pictures so we are just really trying to slow the decent down more than anything.

As far as a heater goes, we arent really worried about the camera surviving at all. yea its going to be a $200 ish camera but split between the people that are working on this we are all throwing in like $50 and it will pay for more than everything (you got to pay to play).

I have also posted a few pictures of some shots done before. Hopefully we will get the same results.

[Doppelgänger]

free fall will be around 20-45 minutes, all depending on the balloons we use. If we go with something bigger than the other student we might be able to get a longer fall, but once the unit starts to fall there is no ensuring that the camera will be able to get clear pictures so we are just really trying to slow the decent down more than anything.

As far as a heater goes, we arent really worried about the camera surviving at all. yea its going to be a $200 ish camera but split between the people that are working on this we are all throwing in like $50 and it will pay for more than everything (you got to pay to play).

I have also posted a few pictures of some shots done before. Hopefully we will get the same results.

Let me say this again...

The MIT team had a parachute on theirs..which is why it took 40+minutes to come back down and land safely. Are you really planning on just letting it fall to the ground with nothing to slow it down?

[quickdodge®]

Let me say this again...

The MIT team had a parachute on theirs..which is why it took 40+minutes to come back down and land safely. Are you really planning on just letting it fall to the ground with nothing to slow it down?

He's not worried about the camera itself. And I don't think the SD card is going to bust into pieces on impact. The camera itself will break the fall and provide a sort of comfort zone for the SD card. Later, QD.

[Tarzanman]

He's not worried about the camera itself. And I don't think the SD card is going to bust into pieces on impact. The camera itself will break the fall and provide a sort of comfort zone for the SD card. Later, QD.

Keep thinking that.

It doesn't take much to destroy an SD card. If there is enough shock to crack it anywhere then all the data will be gone.

I've seen SD cards go bad just from being bent a bit too much. A big enough drop while *inside* a heavy camera stands a pretty good chance of damaging the card enough to make it unreadable.

[quickdodge®]

Keep thinking that.

I will. Later, QD.