Aussie wrote on Jan 26
th, 2013 at 4:24pm:
The camera I used is a fairly basic unit, under $100 here in Australia. However, perhaps you can interest your Engineering Faculty in doing a little research. Nevertheless it is surprising how much can be done with only readily available equipment and little capital outlay.
You may have seen David Morningstar's slow motion clips. Strongly recommended if you haven't.
For measuring velocity let me recommend the Audacity sound recording method. Gives good results, requires only a laptop and a tape measure (the software is free).
If it's not to do with gas turbines, then my Engineering Faculty is not interested lol.
There's a possibility I'll have access to a more substantial camera set up when I'm next back in my hometown, so I'm gunna hold off from buying anything before March.
I have Audacity and use it for audio editing, how do you use it for measuring velocity?
I think I've seen 1 or 2 of David's videos from a Balearic slinging contest, I'll definitely have a look again later