Re: Newbie with questions

[P3D Paul Albers <PAlbers@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Grant Campos' wrote:'
> 
> Start with a tall rocket with a wide enough body to hold cameras in the tube.
> Attach one camera (looking outward through the side of the rocket body, 
> perpendicular to the axis of the rocket) near the tail of the rocket and 
> the other (also looking out through the body of the rocket, perpendicular 
> to the axis of the rocket) near the tip.  
> That way they will be firmly oriented correctly with respect to each other.  
> Then set up the parachute to carry the rocket horizontally, with the cameras 
> pointing at a slight angle from straight down, as it floats down.  The cameras 
> will then be horizontal and at a fixed distance from each other.  Then have the 
> camera set to take pictures a few seconds after the body of the rocket 
> is horizontal, after the decent has stablized a little bit.

Yes, that's the basic idea I would like to implement, although I would
rather have a beam splitter built into the body tube of the rocket. So,
for the third time:

Can a 1/2 decent beam splitter be home-built?  has anyone done this and are
there any plans for doing this available?

Paul
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