TechniCapture, Inc. - SynchroBallistic

SynchoBallistic Imaging refers to a technique which is used to image ballistic trajectories both subsonic and supersonic. This method can be used with both film emulsion and digital sensor. It works by moving the capture device at the same speed and in the same direction as the subject being imaged. This image was created using a film streak camera rotated at the approximately the same velocity as the rocket travelled across the image slit. Placing measured test markers on the subject as a reference allow for the speed and characteristics of the flight to be captured. If the rocket was slower than the camera speed it would be longer on the resulting image. Similarly if the rocket was faster than the camera speed it would be smaller on the resulting image. If the rocket spun or had other tendencies during flight they would be captured on the film.