Bullet Cam

[DataHawk]

Whats next?

${1}

[cichlidfan]

 

Fixed.

 

Btw, very cool.

Edited April 10, 2017 by cichlidfan

[DataHawk]

Thanks Cichlidfan :thumbup:

[javelina1]

no way... incredible

[dooom]

I vote April Fools.... no way the bullet could transmit data over that distance to phone... let alone process the imagery at that speed. Cool though... but I just don't buy it.

[cichlidfan]

I vote April Fools....

 

That seems to be the general consensus. I had not watched the whole thing when I fixed the link.

 

I don't know how fast a bullet typically spins, but barring any other issues, I think the spin would make a stable image, even with high end computer enhancement, impossible to achieve.

[Vitormouraa]

Someone in the comments said that it can reach 300.000RPM... It sounds impossible indeed, unless I missed something?

 

But yeah it would be really cool.

[Pocket Sized]

Bullets spin absurdly fast, not sure if it's 300k rpm but it's a few hundred times per second at least.

 

Unless the camera is physically stabilized to within a few dozen RPM of zero, the image is going to be blurry due to the exposure time on each pixel (no amount of processing could fix it)

 

So I vote april fools, although I haven't watched the video.

[gekoiq]

<-- avid shooter. Vortex and Hornady as companies both have a great sense of humor, this was 100% an April Fool's joke.

[cichlidfan]

Bullets spin absurdly fast, not sure if it's 300k rpm but it's a few hundred times per second at least.

 

Unless the camera is physically stabilized to within a few dozen RPM of zero, the image is going to be blurry due to the exposure time on each pixel (no amount of processing could fix it)

 

Especially when you also add in 800-1000 ft/s of initial forward velocity.

[drPhibes]

100% April fools hoax. No doubt about it. But regarding how fast bullets spin; a quick back-of-the-envolope-calculation:

 

My AR15 has a barrel with 1:9 twist (for the non-shooters: the projectile does one revolution for every 9" of travel down the barrel). 9" = approximately 1/4m. The muzzle velocity is approximately 1000m/s. With a twist rate giving approximately 4 revolutions for every meter, that would result in 4000(-ish) revolutions per second at the muzzle, which is 240.000 RPM.

 

With a faster twist rate (1:10, 1:12 etc.) and a higher muzzle velocity, 300k is within reach.

[Gault05]

Whoa....that's some precise marksmanship crafting right there.

[Nooch]

I'm sure it won't be very long until the us army signs an exclusivity deal with these guys. Generally they don't want this kind of tech to fall in the hands of adversaries. A bullet cam like this would be extremely useful for damage assessment and recon purposes.

Edited April 10, 2017 by Nooch

[cichlidfan]

I'm sure it won't be very long until the us army signs an exclusive deal with these guys.

 

Well, it would not be the first time that the U.S. military invested in something that did not actually work. :lol:

[Gault05]

I'm sure it won't be very long until the us army signs an exclusivity deal with these guys. Generally they don't want this kind of tech to fall in the hands of adversaries. A bullet cam like this would be extremely useful for damage assessment and recon purposes.

 

Next thing we'll know is CoD kids making killcam jokes about hit marks and such...:lol:

[cthulhu68]

Bullet impacts at 1,000,000 FPS.

Enjoy!

[Nooch]

Well, it would not be the first time that the U.S. military invested in something that did not actually work. :lol:

 

Who knows maybe some pentagon officials will fall for it :D

[Goldsmack]

As cool as this would be I vote joke

 

"Available ONLY April 1st 2017"