Monday, August 22, 2005

Sony DCR-HC90 vs. Panasonic PV-GS250

Hi Everyone,

I am selling my camera on ebay and I am going to buy a new one. I have been looking at the Sony DCR-HC90 and Panasonic PV-GS250. My camera that I am selling is a Sony DCR-HC43E PAL. I like the camera and the image is great. I like the touch-screen and the ability to record in 16:9 widescreen. The Sony DCR-HC90 has similar features to this camera and seems like an improved version of the camera that I have. I don't know much about Panasonic cameras and I am wondering if I should think about buying the Panasonic instead. I want to use the camera to record my water rocket launchs and movies that I decided to make. I want the camera to be able to focus on a rocket while it is taking off and coming down. Also which camera would be the best at recording a high speed water rocket lift off? If anyone has an opions please make comments.

Water Rocket and RC Plane

Hi everyone. I haven't made a vlog post for a while. Yesturday my friend from Canada, my dad, and I went to our water rocket launch site and launched off our water rocket, and flew a remote control plane. We fly the remote control plane first. The wing had been previously damaged and we had tried to fix it with duc tape. Unfortunatly this didn't work and when I tried turning the plane the force on the wing was too much and the plane lost control. After this we decided to try the water rocket. At first the water rocket didn't work. The rocket bound on the launch tube and couldn't take off. We decided that my dad should go home and get some oil so the rocket wouldn't bind on the launch tube and buy a new wing from the hobby shop for the rc plane. When he got back we launched the rocket. We were having trouble pumping up the rocket and were only able to get it to about 40 psi. The rocket launch and went about 200ft. in the air and backglided. Backgliding is when the rocket floats slowly down on it's side. After launching we figured out that one of the fittings on our launcher wasn't screwd in all the way and that's why we could get a very high pressure. On our second launch we fixed this problem and took the rocket to 60 psi. The rocket fly about 300ft. The rocket took off at an angle and began to backglide. Then when it was about 100ft off the ground it nose-dived into the earth. The rocket was damaged from the impact, however we put the rocket on the launcher and popped out the nose-cone, which had been crushed. We decided to do one more launch with only air and this time the rocket backglided. After this my friend and I took turns flying the rc plane. I flew it once then gave the controls to my friend. He flew the rocket with full throttle into the ground and the wing broke in two. On the way home we purchased a new wing. A video will be coming soon.

Monday, August 15, 2005

Bay Area Vlog Map

Hi,

I just got this vlog map showing the vloggers in the Bay Area. Click here to view the map. To see more maps click here.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Problem Resolved

If you are having problems playing my vlog post you probably need to download the latest version of Quicktime Player. You can download Quicktime Player 7 for Windows from Apple's Quicktime website. Click here to go to the site. When the webpage opens there will a button that says "Free Download". Below it will be another link that says "New Quicktime 7 for Windows public preview now availble". Click on this link to download Quicktime 7. Then follow the on screen instructions. Once you have downloaded Quicktime 7 you should be able to play my vidoes. I hope this works.

Saturday, August 13, 2005

Video Achieves



Video

Monday, August 01, 2005

Red Barron


This is a short video of me shooting off our water rocket the Red Barron. We start at low pressure and gradually increase the pressure. I even try to catch the rocket when it is comming down. Click here to play video

Mac Mini Promotion


This is a promotion for apple Mac Minia G4 1.25Ghz 40gig Hard Drive $499. "Most affordable mac ever" (apple.com)

click here to play video.

Devils Peak

This is a video panorama taken from the top of devels peak. Click here to play the video

Anti-Gravity Effect

Watch this video and learn the secret of anti-gravity
Click here to view video