Near the base of the rocket would be good visibility wise, but you don't want to have the soot from the motor coating the lens. On a level 3 rocket, the soot can be pretty significant. -Brian Barney On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Mike Riss <rockt_dude@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > --- On Sun, 4/15/12, Lesnick, Mike <mikel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > That said I’d appreciate feedback about whether to place this near the > aft > > end or further up on the rocket. > > 1) Having at least some of the rocket in the field of view will both help > frame the shot as well as provide some perspective. > > 2) You could test the pod operation as well as what view works best for > you on a smaller rocket. > > Mike > > -- > ROC-Chat mailing list > roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat > >