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Where no RED has gone before

Jay Nemeth

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Been following this lately with a LOT of interest. Purely adrenaline rushing project from all aspect. I think this tops any feature in my book AMAZING and the work it takes to capture this on a one time take.....no feature can compare. GREAT STUFF!
 
That video was impressive on a few different levels.
Nice to see the R1 (with the Birger mount too) being pushed into more and
more unique shooting situations.

It would be nice if this was posted in 4K and projected somewhere.

I really look forward to seeing this footage.

Brian Timmons
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Hi Jay,Wow,didn`t expect that when i clicked the youtube link..amazing stuff !!

How long have you been working on those camera systems?
 
I didn't see when you are trying it, what's the proposed date for the attempt?
 
Bad Ass!!! Nice work! I hope you're using the MX sensor for this...
 
I remember watching something about the Kittenger free fall a few years back on Discovery really late one night. To me it was so mind boggling that I wondered if I'd even understood it correctly.

The guy freakin did a free fall from what was essentially space!!!!

I'm so stoked that they are doing this again and this time have the tech to capture it from all angles with amazing clarity. Can't wait to see the result!
 
Heya!

Kittenger is one amazing dude. Probably one of my favorite photos of all time.

kittinger.jpg


Great article about him here;

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0243.shtml

Can't wait to see the footage you guys get, Jay!

A
 
Mark Phelan said:
I didn't see when you are trying it, what's the proposed date for the attempt?
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The proposed date is subject to change based on what we learn from the various pre-flight activities. It'll be soon, and we'll keep you posted the firmer the date gets, but right now, the launch date is "subject to change." :D
 
Omar Saad said:
I remember watching something about the Kittenger free fall a few years back on Discovery really late one night. To me it was so mind boggling that I wondered if I'd even understood it correctly.

The guy freakin did a free fall from what was essentially space!!!!
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Yes, Colonel Kittinger did it decades ago, and now Red Bull has teamed with many partners to do it again. Kittinger's jump was pretty much stunning; when you compare what we're using this time, to what they had back then... well, it's like that scene in "Apollo 13" when they had to calculate re-entry vectors or whatever, and they were using pencils and paper. Mind-boggling.

Kittinger's accomplishment is pretty incredible. This time, the goal is to go even higher. Kittinger's jump was from approx. 100,000 feet; Baumgartner's attempt will be from approx. 120,000 feet (yes, 23 miles, straight up). The goal is to see if Felix can actually go supersonic in freefall. The wind resistance is practically nil up there, so within the first 30 seconds or so Felix should actually break the speed of sound and exceed Mach 1. The terminal velocity of a falling human body is normally about 120mph, but in the stratosphere with no wind resistance the scientists estimate that he'll exceed 700+ mph.

I'm so stoked that they are doing this again and this time have the tech to capture it from all angles with amazing clarity. Can't wait to see the result!
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Yeah, last time they used a few film cameras, and Kittinger had to manually reach up and press the "start" button before jumping. This time we've got an entire live broadcast studio in a keg, with three microwave transmitters, remote control from Mission Control, and many more angles. And with Jay being an extremely qualified cinematographer in his own right, the housings have been placed and angled to hopefully provide some truly spectacular imagery.
 
Super bad-ass. Can't wait to see it.

M-X upgraded REDs I hope. Right? Are you shooting Quad HD or 4.5k? I'd be happy with Quad HD, but I really hope it is on M-X. Of course 4.5k would be better if if you are doing the live broadcast from the third camera on the bottom of each keg.

Barry Green said:
The goal is to see if Felix can actually go supersonic in freefall. The wind resistance is practically nil up there, so within the first 30 seconds or so Felix should actually break the speed of sound and exceed Mach 1. The terminal velocity of a falling human body is normally about 120mph, but in the stratosphere with no wind resistance the scientists estimate that he'll exceed 700+ mph.
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Flippin' bad-ASS!! @##$%!! Haha! What a ride!!! Too bad the lack of atmosphere or objects from which to derive speed will not do it justice in the pictures. Two cameras in two separate balloons would be cool, if they could be steered which I suppose would be complicated. But one could be relatively close to him as he zips, by and the other could get a second shot of him speeding past the second balloon. Anyway, big cudos to Red Bull on this one! It is going to be great.

So I suppose his "slow" speed won't create too much heat as he enters thicker atmosphere, so his slow down would be very gradual. What are you using to film from his helmet? And will you have any aircraft trying to get high shots of him speeding by? Too bad you can't get a floating dolly like in the animation. He he
 
Barry Green said:
Yeah, last time they used a few film cameras, and Kittinger had to manually reach up and press the "start" button before jumping. This time we've got an entire live broadcast studio in a keg, with three microwave transmitters, remote control from Mission Control, and many more angles. And with Jay being an extremely qualified cinematographer in his own right, the housings have been placed and angled to hopefully provide some truly spectacular imagery.
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Yeah, one of the things I do remember from that doc was Kittinger mentioning that he had to flip the switch on the cameras and then jump. Pretty crazy!
 
Jay A. Kelley said:
They are using the birger mount.. Cool.

Jay
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Yeah, several of my customers that were "grandfathered" have been having great success with Birger and our inhousing ( underwater ) controller. Sad really, what was done to the red1/Birger combo - it really is a far better solution, in every way, for us (and many other applications like this jump) than anything else.

And so unnecessary. :(

Anyway, as a longtime space buff, kudos to your team!

And kittinger - what a stud!!
 
Barry Green said:
The wind resistance is practically nil up there, so within the first 30 seconds or so Felix should actually break the speed of sound and exceed Mach 1. The terminal velocity of a falling human body is normally about 120mph, but in the stratosphere with no wind resistance the scientists estimate that he'll exceed 700+ mph.
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Even cooler than Patrick Swayze in Point Break!

I wonder if Red Bull has any idea how many cans of their product were consumed in Orange County during the development of the RED One camera ...
 
woooow what a shoot!
Congrats.
 
kittinger.jpg



Helmet closed and locked, check.
Parachute packed fully and correctly, check.
Oxygen tank working, check.
Well I guess that's it. One, two, three, Geronimo!
One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Three Mississippi, Fou...

Did I untie that retaining strap? DOH!
 
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