Estes Snapshot Flight Report

Allen, good luck with your Snapshot.

I do want to add a couple of updates to my earlier report.

The best photo we received was taken during our last round of launches. For this launch, I the launch rod was inclined a few degrees against the direction of the wind. This may have allowed the rocket to turn farther back towards the ground prior to exposure. In it quite intersting that the photo appears to have been taken quite some distance from our launch point. You may want to consider this is you use the C6-5's recommended by Estes.

Yesterday when I was cleaning the nosecones (removing old scotch tape), I noticed one of the camera's had a sticky shutter release. When the button was allowed to extend outwards, as when leaving the body tube, the shutter release did not occur until the nosecone was jarred. This can be tested by pulling back the shutter c*ck and releasing it, the release should be immediate. I wonder if this can be lubricated?

Any recommendations how to adapt this camera to a larger body? I now have three cameras and only one Snapshot body (one body damaged, one body left in tree). The nosecone fits in a BT-55 (I think?). Does anyone make a "hollow" adapter that can be permanently attached to the larger body tube?

Dan

I think it might be a BT-56 which is the equivalent of the old Centuri ST-13 tube. It is a tiny bit larger than a BT-55 and therefore nose cones and tail units that fit in a BT-56 are extremely tight in a BT-55.

If I'm wrong, someone will correct me....

-Fred Shecter NAR 20117

Pigs in Spaaaaaaaaaace!!!!! Awesome.

Don't you mean aweFUL?

Their full of it alright....but not with awe!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

:-)

John