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A Toy Train in Space
- Published_at:2012-09-20
- Category:Film & Animation
- Channel:RonIsNeat
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- description: On Aug 24th 2012 we sent my son's favorite train "Stanley" to space in a weather balloon with a HD camera and an old cell phone for GPS. He was recovered 27 miles away in a corn field and we got some great footage of the trip. This video documents the journey from liftoff to landing. My 4 year old and Stanley are inseparable like Calvin and Hobbes. He's been attached to him since he was two, and they play, sleep and do everything together. I animated Stanley's face with After Effects and Photoshop to bring him to life how I imagine my son sees him. Here's the original video I made of my son and Stanley when he was 2 years old, documenting the beginning of their friendship. I shot it over 5 months: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_1lnkUPUkI My Twitter: @RonFugelseth My day job:: http://www.oxygenproductions.com Digital Agency -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick note on safety I'm getting so many comments regarding safety that I think I should write a quick note to let everyone know of the precautions I took before launching Stanley into the sky. First off, I called the FAA 15 minutes before launch (per their instructions) so they could make sure no planes fly into the flight path. I read and followed all their rules for weather balloon launches. It had a homemade radar reflector, and a 3 foot parachute. Second, the box was only 2 pounds and made of foam core, with a wooden dowel to hold Stanley in front of the camera. I spent two months monitoring the winds with this website http://weather.uwyo.edu/polar/balloon_traj.html to pinpoint the general area that he would land. For safely, I launched him from a location that I knew would bring him down into farm land. The prediction website was only 5-10 miles off, so he landed safely in a corn field, far away from any towns. I didn't want Stanley to be a murderer. Plus I wanted to make sure my son got Stanley back. :)
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| 2012-09-24 | 523,739 | 9,537 | 1,269 |
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| 2012-09-25 | 873,168 | 13,935 | 2,317 |
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| 2012-09-26 | 1,272,183 | 18,985 | 3,416 |
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| 2012-09-27 | 1,609,364 | 24,571 | 4,305 |
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| 2012-09-28 | 2,100,832 | 27,503 | 4,881 |
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| 2012-09-29 | 2,665,605 | 30,965 | 5,684 |
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