Tough Little Camera- Falls 10,000 Feet and Keeps Recording: A Swedish skydiver with a GoPro on his helmet jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet, and after less than a minute, the GoPro...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

A Swedish skydiver with a GoPro on his helmet jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet, and after less than a minute, the GoPro broke free and fell to the ground. Fascinating video.

http://petapixel.com/2015/04/05/gopro-captures-its-fall-from-10000-feet-found-four-years-later-and-returned/

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

The next time I'm on a plane, I hope it'll be made out of whatever it is that they make GoPros out of!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

James Slick wrote:

The next time I'm on a plane, I hope it'll be made out of whatever it is that they make GoPros out of!

You want a plane with no moving parts? :D

bibobe Loc: NYC

jerryc41 wrote:

A Swedish skydiver with a GoPro on his helmet jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet, and after less than a minute, the GoPro broke free and fell to the ground. Fascinating video.

http://petapixel.com/2015/04/05/gopro-captures-its-fall-from-10000-feet-found-four-years-later-and-returned/

:thumbup:

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

jerryc41 wrote:

A Swedish skydiver with a GoPro on his helmet jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet, and after less than a minute, the GoPro broke free and fell to the ground. Fascinating video.

http://petapixel.com/2015/04/05/gopro-captures-its-fall-from-10000-feet-found-four-years-later-and-returned/

That's amazing.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

jerryc41 wrote:

A Swedish skydiver with a GoPro on his helmet jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet, and after less than a minute, the GoPro broke free and fell to the ground. Fascinating video.

http://petapixel.com/2015/04/05/gopro-captures-its-fall-from-10000-feet-found-four-years-later-and-returned/

That's amazing.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

One tough little camera. It was spinning so fast that had it landed in a softer ground area, it would have screwed itself in about 2-3 feet.

rocketride Loc: Upstate NY

James Slick wrote:

The next time I'm on a plane, I hope it'll be made out of whatever it is that they make GoPros out of!

It wouldn't help. It's like the difference between dropping a mouse down a mine shaft and dropping you* down it. (One of you isn't going to be walking away.)

* No, I'm not suggesting dropping you, in particular, down a shaft.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

joehel2 wrote:

One tough little camera. It was spinning so fast that had it landed in a softer ground area, it would have screwed itself in about 2-3 feet.

They should build in some sort of stabilization so it could provide a more steady video. :D

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

jerryc41 wrote:

They should build in some sort of stabilization so it could provide a more steady video. :D

For sure!!

:idea:

rocketride Loc: Upstate NY

jerryc41 wrote:

They should build in some sort of stabilization so it could provide a more steady video. :D

Something like a big badminton 'birdie' with the camera in the nose?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rocketride wrote:

Something like a big badminton 'birdie' with the camera in the nose?

That would need some study. I'd like to see data from an actinograph and use a goniometer to observe the vehicle in flight. The reflectance ratio of the yawing moment would determine synoptic correlation of angular momentum with inertial dispersion. To form a reliably accurate opinion, I would have to use the schlieren method to exclude divergent anomalies from the calculations. I know - easier said than done.

http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/menu.html

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

jerryc41 wrote:

That would need some study. I'd like to see data from an actinograph and use a goniometer to observe the vehicle in flight. The reflectance ratio of the yawing moment would determine synoptic correlation of angular momentum with inertial dispersion. To form a reliably accurate opinion, I would have to use the schlieren method to exclude divergent anomalies from the calculations. I know - easier said than done.

http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/menu.html

Jerry, I fear Sheldon (of Big Bang Theory fame) has somehow gotten your UHH id and password.
:-(

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

47greyfox wrote:

Jerry, I fear Sheldon (of Big Bang Theory fame) has somehow gotten your UHH id and password.
:-(

No, that's just me relying on that NASA site for terminology. :D

Fezz Loc: Whidbey Island Washington

jerryc41 wrote:

A Swedish skydiver with a GoPro on his helmet jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet, and after less than a minute, the GoPro broke free and fell to the ground. Fascinating video.

http://petapixel.com/2015/04/05/gopro-captures-its-fall-from-10000-feet-found-four-years-later-and-returned/

I saw that and didn't know at first that the camera had come off his head. Then, with all that spinning and dizziness that would follow, I fully expected him to just go splat!