Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,293
How many gun stores will have someone come in and try to buy some Bullet Cam cartridges? And argue when told they don't exist.
If they ever solve the problem of developing a camera small and tough enough to sit in a bullet, electronic image stabilization is going to be required.
It will also require a high speed camera if the flight path is to be visualized. At a nominal 2000 ft/sec, covering 100 yards takes .15 secs. A standard 30 fps camera will capture 4-5 frames from firing to impact, not particularly useful.
A 240 fps "slow motion" camera will produce about a second of video at normal speed.
A 1000 fps camera, about five seconds. This is about the speed they show in the video.
Serious technical challenge indeed!
The problem is the spin put on by the rifling. A 69 gr .223 round with a muzzle velocity of 3200 FPS when shot from a 1 in 9 twist barrel is rotating at a speed of 256,000 RPM. So in 100 yards your image will rotate 24,000 times which just might make you dizzy. YMMV
You've asked - "Where is the Bullet-Cam?". After much weekend consideration, we have decided the Bullet-Cam is a source of unspeakable power, and it has to be researched further. Rest assured, we have top experts working on it right now. Until further notice - Happy April (Fools), Vortex Nation!