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DrftSLowHomIe!! · 09-28-2009, 03:04 PM

A couple of guys attach a HD camera to a balloon and release it into the air, resulting in this video:

http://www.snotr.com/video/3064

*exitspeed* · 09-28-2009, 03:07 PM

Somebody should do that over Area 51.

HyperTek · 09-28-2009, 03:16 PM

thats cool, wonder how far it traveled , obiously it says they recovered it and got the video footage from it.

Matej · 09-28-2009, 03:38 PM

That is pretty cool. I too wonder how far it traveled. I am guessing they were tracking it using GPS or something similar.

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Originally Posted by exitspeed

Somebody should do that over Area 51.

They sell RC airplane cameras nowadays. Let's do it.

Touge Noob S13 · 09-28-2009, 03:38 PM

I didnt know ballons actually went up that high, cool vid.

S13E · 09-28-2009, 03:57 PM

thats crazy high... Joseph Kettinger jumped out of an air balloon in the 60's at pretty much the same height that balloon popped. I'd shart in my pants!

DrftSLowHomIe!! · 09-28-2009, 04:02 PM

i think the most crazy part is when the balloon blows up and the cam comes flyiin back down

*Agamemnon* · 09-28-2009, 04:34 PM

#6 "89 miles from the launch site after a 3 hr. & 56 min. flight" (from the webpage in the description of this video).

"The balloon and camera were launched at 7:44 AM, the balloon burst at 10:51 AM at 107,145 ft. and the camera landed via parachute at 11:40 AM, 89 miles from the launch site after a 3 hr. & 56 min. flight. The camera recorded a total of 4 hrs. & 22 min. of Hi-Def Video before it stopped recording 53 secs after landing, when its 32GB of memory was full. The only thing better would have been if the camera had recorded for several minutes more to captured the sound of us approaching and video of us opening its container."

Very cool!

longdy · 09-28-2009, 04:41 PM

that was a very interesting and cool ass film! good find

Sleepy240 · 09-28-2009, 04:43 PM

Coolest video I've seen in awhile!! The distance that it traveled is pretty remarkable if you ask me

zenki.life · 09-28-2009, 04:55 PM

i agree. great find

S14_Kouki · 09-28-2009, 04:56 PM

I wonder how the balloon actually popped ??

[email protected] · 09-28-2009, 04:59 PM

pressure maybe?

DrftSLowHomIe!! · 09-28-2009, 05:06 PM

^^ Thats my guess, i just like how everything looked from that up high coming down

S14_Kouki · 09-28-2009, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s13_kidd

pressure maybe?

Thats what I was thinking maybe it was close to a alien spaceship and they popped it.

karl wasabi · 09-28-2009, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14_Kouki

I wonder how the balloon actually popped ??

Balloon probably popped when it got that high up. Less pressure in the air caused the balloon to expand and burst. I think... Very cool video.

S14_Kouki · 09-28-2009, 05:28 PM

Next question how much farther did it have till it was actually in space????

HyperTek · 09-28-2009, 05:34 PM

vid made me dizzy lol

BustedS13 · 09-28-2009, 05:36 PM

leather cell phone holster.

this shit is engineered, homie.

Sleepy240 · 09-28-2009, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14_Kouki

Next question how much farther did it have till it was actually in space????

ALOT, from what I have learned and remember there is no "definite" height at which the atmosphere ends and outer space begins. However it is agreed upon that the Karman Line is pretty much the standard. And that is right around 62 miles high. Just doing a quick conversion the height of the balloon was only about 20 miles. So to answer you question, ALOT higher.

S14_Kouki · 09-28-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sleepy240

ALOT, from what I have learned and remember there is no "definite" height at which the atmosphere ends and outer space begins. However it is agreed upon that the Karman Line is pretty much the standard. And that is right around 62 miles high. Just doing a quick conversion the height of the balloon was only about 20 miles. So to answer you question, ALOT higher.

Hell yeah thanks for the info

Dalton918 · 09-28-2009, 05:50 PM

This vid makes me want to

.

deolio · 09-28-2009, 06:07 PM

should have somehow figured out how to make the camera keep from rotating. would have been much cooler and done a time lapse instead of just cutting to certain parts.

sleep · 09-28-2009, 10:40 PM

double friggin post

sleep · 09-28-2009, 10:41 PM

You need to be doing 25,200 miles/hr to leave earth's gravity and enter 'space'

Escape velocity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

believe me, if a friggin balloon was capable of doing it, why would nasa spend $1.7 billion dollars on a shuttle?

so technically, that balloon was still on earth.........

DrftSLowHomIe!! · 09-29-2009, 03:19 PM

^^ hater lol still perty dope vid IMO.

09-28-2009, 03:04 PM	#1
DrftSLowHomIe!! Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Long Beach Age: 35 Posts: 726 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Balloon Flight! A couple of guys attach a HD camera to a balloon and release it into the air, resulting in this video: http://www.snotr.com/video/3064 __________________

09-28-2009, 03:07 PM	#2
exitspeed aWingThing.com Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 41 Posts: 20,898 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Somebody should do that over Area 51. __________________ What I do for a living...www.mhrussell.com

09-28-2009, 03:16 PM	#3
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,222 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	thats cool, wonder how far it traveled , obiously it says they recovered it and got the video footage from it. __________________ Keep it Classy

09-28-2009, 04:02 PM	#7
DrftSLowHomIe!! Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Long Beach Age: 35 Posts: 726 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i think the most crazy part is when the balloon blows up and the cam comes flyiin back down __________________

09-28-2009, 04:41 PM	#9
longdy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Long Beach Posts: 747 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	that was a very interesting and cool ass film! good find __________________ Summer project: Rx-7 Vert

09-28-2009, 03:57 PM	#6
S13E Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 198 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	thats crazy high... Joseph Kettinger jumped out of an air balloon in the 60's at pretty much the same height that balloon popped. I'd shart in my pants!

09-28-2009, 04:34 PM	#8
Agamemnon Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lake Stevens, WA Age: 38 Posts: 2,585 Trader Rating: (20) Feedback Score: 20 reviews	#6 "89 miles from the launch site after a 3 hr. & 56 min. flight" (from the webpage in the description of this video). "The balloon and camera were launched at 7:44 AM, the balloon burst at 10:51 AM at 107,145 ft. and the camera landed via parachute at 11:40 AM, 89 miles from the launch site after a 3 hr. & 56 min. flight. The camera recorded a total of 4 hrs. & 22 min. of Hi-Def Video before it stopped recording 53 secs after landing, when its 32GB of memory was full. The only thing better would have been if the camera had recorded for several minutes more to captured the sound of us approaching and video of us opening its container." Very cool!

09-28-2009, 04:43 PM	#10
Sleepy240 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reading, PA Age: 35 Posts: 780 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Coolest video I've seen in awhile!! The distance that it traveled is pretty remarkable if you ask me __________________ Been awhile...

09-28-2009, 04:56 PM	#12
S14_Kouki Nissanaholic! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TPA Posts: 1,947 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	I wonder how the balloon actually popped ?? __________________ http://www.fabthis.com http://www.childhoodproductions.com/dbfab/store.html

09-28-2009, 04:59 PM	#13
[email protected] Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Zacatecas, Mx; Paramount, Ca Age: 31 Posts: 1,626 Trader Rating: (32) Feedback Score: 32 reviews	pressure maybe?

09-28-2009, 05:06 PM	#14
DrftSLowHomIe!! Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Long Beach Age: 35 Posts: 726 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	^^ Thats my guess, i just like how everything looked from that up high coming down __________________

09-28-2009, 05:28 PM	#17
S14_Kouki Nissanaholic! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TPA Posts: 1,947 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Next question how much farther did it have till it was actually in space???? __________________ http://www.fabthis.com http://www.childhoodproductions.com/dbfab/store.html

09-28-2009, 05:34 PM	#18
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,222 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	vid made me dizzy lol __________________ Keep it Classy

09-28-2009, 05:36 PM	#19
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	leather cell phone holster. this shit is engineered, homie. __________________

09-28-2009, 05:50 PM	#22
Dalton918 Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tulsa, OK (soon Charlotte, NC) Age: 32 Posts: 55 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	This vid makes me want to.

09-28-2009, 06:07 PM	#23
deolio Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 32 Posts: 4,573 Trader Rating: (13) Rides Gallery: deolio Feedback Score: 13 reviews	should have somehow figured out how to make the camera keep from rotating. would have been much cooler and done a time lapse instead of just cutting to certain parts. __________________

09-28-2009, 10:40 PM	#24
sleep Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Tan Valley, AZ Age: 38 Posts: 776 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	double friggin post

09-28-2009, 10:41 PM	#25
sleep Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Tan Valley, AZ Age: 38 Posts: 776 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You need to be doing 25,200 miles/hr to leave earth's gravity and enter 'space' Escape velocity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia believe me, if a friggin balloon was capable of doing it, why would nasa spend $1.7 billion dollars on a shuttle? so technically, that balloon was still on earth.........

09-29-2009, 03:19 PM	#26
DrftSLowHomIe!! Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Long Beach Age: 35 Posts: 726 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	^^ hater lol still perty dope vid IMO. __________________

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