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Title: Delta II accelerometer "sound"
Post by: Jim on 09/04/2010 02:30 am

The Delta II sounds from an accelerometer on the guidance section and are:

rumble and pop - MECO

bang -  Stage 1-2 sep

boom bang - 2nd stage ignition

pop 1, 2, 3, bang - fairing jett


Rename the file meco.wav

Title: Re: Delta II accelerometer "sound"
Post by: sdsds on 09/04/2010 06:34 am

Quote from: Jim on 09/04/2010 02:30 am

The Delta II sounds from an accelerometer on the guidance section

Very cool stuff -- an accelerometer as a virtual microphone!  Not a "visualizaton," it's an "audioization."

What's the interpretation of the tone that can be heard near the end of the clip?  Artifact, or resonance mode of the vehicle?