Something just for fun: when we went to visit the gigantic wind turbine we took one of our Flip cameras and made a parachute out of a plastic bag, and dropped it off the 260′ high turbine. It survived just fine, and made this dizzy little video.
Something just for fun: when we went to visit the gigantic wind turbine we took one of our Flip cameras and made a parachute out of a plastic bag, and dropped it off the 260′ high turbine. It survived just fine, and made this dizzy little video.
This is a ridiculous video.
Won’t load.
Really? Works fine for me … You can always try the YouTube version.
I actually think this is quite cool. Did it get cracked or scratched at all? Did it have something to cushion it when it hit the ground?
Thanks Anjali. Didn’t get scratched or anything … We rigged up a little parachute with a plastic bag we found and a bit of medical tape, that was all it had for the landing. We were actually inspired to do it when I broke one of the other cameras by sitting on it accidentally (just goes to show you, can survive a 260 foot fall, but not me sitting on it).
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Fun…but what’s the point?
@Wayne: Just fun.