http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.44188 <--- I have one of these for my model glider The video quality isn't great, but for the price and size it's quite good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pE_nqx05wQ <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pE_nqx05wQ> Here's a sample from a few weeks ago, quality is degraded a bit from usual because it was encoded quickly. Could probably be mounted on top of your instrument panel, which I suspect is somewhat more legal than taping it to your wing. On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Al Borowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not commenting on the legalities, but I'm told GoPro camera work a > treat. You can set them up to either take photos or video, and they attach > via a very strong suction cup. > > Please don't put one near a control surface. I'm told wingtips are fine, > but attaching near the tail may cause instability in pitch and yaw. > > Best regards, > > Al > > On 27 August 2010 09:48, Peter Brookman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Carl, >> The attached a photo is one of my many designs, I have made some to fit >> on the tailplane and fin. A good contact for information would be John >> Parncutt who is a prolific producer of high quality gliding U-Tube videos. I >> have upgraded my camera from a compact digital to a Contour HD (Helmet cam) >> with a 135o angle and have made the wing mounts with a pole lifting the >> camera position above and just in front of the wing leading edge. >> Regards >> Peter >> >> PS some of my earlier videos can be seen on YouTube (BrookyGXC), >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66GiSRDJ9vw taken with an older helmet >> cam.with only normal width vision. >> >> One of Johns recent videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGgccm_dcIY >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:16:55 -0300 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Aus-soaring] Tip camera >> >> Does anyone know of/or how to install a tip camera or anytype of camera on >> a Puchacz so we can make those cool videos you see on youtube? >> The sugestions i heard so far involve a lot of duct tape. I certainly dont >> want to drill a wingtip but theres a tie down hole close to the rollerwheel >> on the wingtips. Maybe that could be used for something. >> Does anyone have any building plans of a camerahosding device or >> something? >> Thanks guys, >> Carl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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