Slow motion analysis of Apollo 11 liftoff

[Parrot of Doom]

I thought some might appreciate this. Its an interesting technical commentary overlaid on slow-motion footage of the Apollo 11 liftoff.

http://vimeo.com/4366695?hd=1

[swanny71]

Brilliant, thank you

[kiteless]

Cheers for that. Very good.

It never ceases to amaze me how so many of those close-up cameras stayed intact during the launch, considering the fury being unleashed by those five engines.

[Mojocvh]

4:55 holddowns red hot!!

[jmorgan]

kiteless said:

Cheers for that. Very good.

It never ceases to amaze me how so many of those close-up cameras stayed intact during the launch, considering the fury being unleashed by those five engines.

Camera man was a tad thirsty after........



Anyway. Love these. Here is some more Saturn V stuff.
Scroll down the page for the films.


Edit, I some of the DVD from the author (or the company space craft films). Not been through them all yet

Edited by jmorgan on Tuesday 27th April 23:00

[Simpo Two]

That Werner von Braun was a clever geezer.

[scarebus]

Nice thank you for sharing that...

[DieselGriff]

Good find & thanks for sharing. I had noticed the tower equipment burning in previous seen footage, what I didn't realise was that was deliberate.

[Eric Mc]

If you are a Saturn geek (like me), I would highly recommend the DVD sets - The Mighty Saturns. These consist of two boxed sets covering the development of the initial Saturn I and IB and later the Saturn V. Each set contains a full narrated DVD of the history of the series and then a second DVD containing EVERY piece of film ever shot of a Saturn launch, including internal fuel tank live TV shots and TV footage from space showing the unfurling of the panels of the huge Pegasus satellites launched by a couple of Saturn Is back in 1964.

[Yertis]

Eric Mc said:

internal fuel tank live TV shots

I'll buy it for those alone.

[Eric Mc]

Yertis said:

Eric Mc said:

internal fuel tank live TV shots

I'll buy it for those alone.

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They placed TV cameras in the fuel tanks so they could observe the way the fuel flowed out of the tank under acceleration after lift off. Pretty advanced stuff for 1966/67.

[jmorgan]

Not got that far yet. Still putting the pictures back on the wall after the engines tests rumbled everything to the right through the speakers.

[Eric Mc]

Hee Hee.

The firing of the engines on the test stands is almost as spectaular as actual launches.