Take Aerial Photos With A High-Flying
Model Rocket!
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Kit Specifications:
Skill Level 0: Ready to fly
Length: 16.87" (42.84 cm)
Diameter: 1.35" (34.3 mm)
Weight (without motor and film): 3.01 oz
(85.5 gm)
Recovery: 11.5" (29 cm) diameter plastic parachute
Film Size: Kodak® Gold 110 color film is available at many discount, drug, and grocery stores.
ORDER This Kit NOW! Just click on the "Own It Today" button below.
Estes SnapShot™
Camera Starter Set
P/N: 07703
Price: $54.28
Note: There is a $2.00 freight surcharge due to the large size of the shipping carton, and the additional cost of postage.
Note: Because this product contains flammable rocket motors, it must be shipped Parcel Post (which goes via truck). Apogee cannot ship it outside the USA nor use Priority Mail to ship this item. Please allow extra time for delivery when placing your order.
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Recommended 18mm diameter rocket motor: C6-5
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Now You Can Jump Into Real Space Exploration With An Aerial
Camera-Carrying Model Rocket
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The Estes SnapShot™ starter set has everything you need to get started in rocketry. But that isn't what makes it unique. This kit features a one-of-a-kind camera-carrying rocket that takes aerial photos of your launch site.
With this rocket, you will begin your own space exploration program, allowing you to jump right into studying the features of planet earth.
Combining aerial photography and rocketry opens up a whole new world of space studies. It gives you a perspective of an area often unobtainable by any other means. You can study topography, vegetation patterns, even urban sprawl. It is great for educators looking for a way to provide additional science with the excitement that comes from using model rocketry.
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There is a lot of information that can be gathered from an aerial photo. Take a look at the photo to the left. Can you tell which direction South is? Here's a hint: The picture is bright, which tells us that it was taken during the middle of the day. If that is the case, shadows always point to the North side of buildings (if they are in the northern hemisphere). That puts South toward the upper left corner of the picture.
There is a procedure called "Ground Truthing" that NASA uses to extract information from aerial photos. You can use the same techniques for studying photos like this too. For example, if you knew the width of a single road, or the length of one of the houses, you could use that information to find distances between objects in the photograph. There are all types of things you can determine from the image. You can now make accurate estimates on things like boundaries of forests, popluation densities, and acreage of fields under cultivation. Teachers might even use it to have students draw neighborhood maps or to use trigonometry to determine how high the rocket was when the photo was taken!
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The nose cone on this rocket is special. A small camera is integrated into its shape, so that it still zooms to fantastic heights with minimal aerodynamic drag. The camera takes a single photograph per flight, right at ejection when the rocket is starting its decent to the ground.
The lens looks out the side of the rocket, but in front of it is a tilted mirror. This is why it takes a picture looking forward, instead of out the side.
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Why is it important for the camera to look forward instead of out the side? Great question. The reason is it is easier to aim the rocket by tilting the launch pad. If you were looking out the side, the rocket might arc over while rolling onto its back. Then the camera would be looking at the sky when the picture was taken. While it is cool to take pictures of clouds or the sun, you do get much more information by taking pictures of the ground. That's the whole purpose of the flight, right?
This new rocket is a redesign of the old Astrocam™ rocket. When Estes redesigned it, they upgraded it to use a spring-loaded button to trigger the camera shutter. It's more reliable, preventing those "oops" photographs from being taken. It also now uses the 100 Kodak® Gold series film; this gives you images that are better than ever!
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You'll Receive A Complete Set-up!
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The SnapShot™ comes fully assembled and can be launched within a few minutes of shaking it out of the box. This allows you to concentrate on flying the rocket and studying the pictures instead of spending time to put it together. That's important to you, isn't it? Just attach the pre-assembled parachute and insert a rocket motor; you're ready to launch the rocket and take great aerial photos of your neighborhood.
Not only do you get the rocket (ask anyone, and they'll tell you that the special aerial camera alone is worth the price of $54.28), but you also get:
- An entire launch system that includes a sturdy launch pad, and the electrical launch controller that ignites the rocket. Just supply the four AA-size batteries, and it is ready to go.
- Two rocket motors, along with recovery wadding to protect the parachute from the heat of the motor's ejection charge. Plus you also get the igniters and the patented igniter plugs that are used to fire off the motor.
- 110 Kodak® Gold film - with 24 exposures ready for you to fill with fantastic aerial photos.
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Did I mention to you the unique decor of this rocket? You'll love the look of the model; it will make you the popular modeler on the launch field. Everyone will want to come over and see the dazzling orange-metalic body tube that shimmers like hot-and-crackling fire. It certainly grabs the attention of spectators at the launch.
The fins are also chrome-plated with a lustrous mirror-like gold coloring. It details out this rocket, like gold-plated ornaments on a fine luxury automobile. It tells everyone that an "upper class" modeler must own this rocket. You deserve the very best, don't you?
Own it Today!
When you perform real scientific research, you are securing the future of model rocketry for future generations of modelers. That is important to you, isn't it? You see, when politicians, teachers, and parents see the research potential and the learning power that rocketry offers to students, they'll understand why it is critical to keep this hobby going. Not only will you have fun flying this rocket and seeing the exciting aerial pictures, you'll be investing in the future of model rocketry. You'll be bringing joy to other modelers!
Most modelers take several years to work up to rockets that have a real scientific mission. If you're serious about using rocketry as a research tool, this makes you important, doesn't it? You can skip the learning curve with this complete starter package, which you can have right now. Just scroll down a little bit further on this page, and click the Own It Today! button. We'll ship you the SnapShot™ starter set right away!
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Frequently Asked Questions:
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Q. Why don't you ship kits that contain rocket motors (like this starter set) to countries outside the USA?
- A. There are too many shipping regulations. We're a small company, and we don't have the manpower to track the regulations for each country in the world. So to keep our prices as low as possible, we only ship to USA customers.
Q. Can you ship this item to me by this weekend?
- A. All kits that contain rocket motors must be shipped by surface transportation (truck). While we usually ship this item the same day the order comes in, you should plan extra time for the postal service to deliver them via third class mail (Parcel Post).
Q. Is this kit available as a single kit without the launch pad and controller?
- A. Unfortunately, we do not offer a single-kit version of this rocket.
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What is expected when you launch your model rocket?
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Are you new to rocketry? Do you think you know what happens when you launch your rocket? Now you can learn about the events that occur as your rocket is launched into the air. So when you launch your rocket, you'll be prepared and you'll be able to show off your knowledge to observers watching your rocket. This article also gives you links to other references that will give you even more background information about rocketry, so you can become a true rocket scientist and expert.
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"I am just getting started with the rockets...my 9-year-old got a kit for his birthday last month and we shot off the two motors successfully a couple of weeks ago. Apogee Components is certainly the place I will come back to... your web site is great." -- Andy Nelius
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