Ultra Slow Motion Rocket Footage (Patreon)

Hey folks, time for something a little different!

My friend, Trevor Mahlmann, is a fantastic photographer. He was recently down in Florida to film SpaceX's In Flight Abort test launch. Vision Research, the company that builds the Phantom High Speed cameras, really generously lent him one! They sent this insane piece of gear his way with instructions to get some shots of the Falcon 9 booster undergoing a rapid scheduled disassembly mid-air.

https://www.phantomhighspeed.com/products/cameras/ultrahighspeed/v2640

As you might know, things didn't work so well for anyone shooting video/photos of the launch from near the Vehicle Assembly Building...
https://youtu.be/VrPq8vC7C4E?t=6203

With this insane camera, Trevor was only able to get video of clouds :(

On his way back from Florida, he stopped by me in Nashville, TN and we decided to put the camera to good use and film some relatively controlled explosions in slow motion. Couldn't send it back to the company without some kind of rocket footage :)

This video is a 3+ hour, 4K compilation of that! We fired 3 pyro charges(the devices which deploy the parachutes on my rockets), 4 rocket motors, and got a bit of popcorn popping at the end. Enjoy!

Based on what we were able to get, I actually think there's a non-zero chance we could work with this camera again at some point in the future. No idea when that would be, but fingers crossed that we could get a launch or two filmed at insanely slow speeds at some point.

Otherwise, Sprite will be making its first verrrrry tiny hop, almost certainly before Feb 1. Stay tuned, I'll do my best to get a few more testing live streams up as we work toward that!

Thanks as always,

Joe