jimd0586
Flying officer
Beginning Pilot. Eager to learn!
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Post by jimd0586 on Jul 23, 2014 2:19:47 GMT 1
I have a 720 HD Camera made for RC planes... its about the size of a baby carrot or so. It isn't waterproof or high quality but it does the job.
Anyway, I want to mount it to my super cub when I fly with floats. I have tried a few different places but keep getting water on the lens which makes the video useless... I'm guessing that's because the camera isn't high quality.
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Any ideas of where I could mount it or what I could do to prevent water from getting up on the lens?
Jim
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Post by hghost on Jul 23, 2014 5:40:11 GMT 1
Water splashes , so do not know where to put it, so it does not get some on it.
The Upper wingtip is probably the spot further away from the spray from the prop
You could also wrap it with Clear Reynolds Wrap paper, it seals tight and is crystal clear, will keep it from getting wet
I do not fly in or near water...someone else may have a better solution or idea.
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Post by sham on Jul 29, 2014 9:03:13 GMT 1
The place where it is least likely to get wet must be on top of the wing, but I have seen some folks cut some foam from the windshield area and mount cameras inside the fuselage looking out.
I don't know if that's possible with your camera but I'm going to do it with mine sooner or later.
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Post by coupe1942 on Jul 29, 2014 10:12:37 GMT 1
Look at the camera section here and check out my post regarding "camera mount for my floats." On the flickr link there I posted a few ideas of how to mount a camera on the SC floats. The one about making an essential wing or platform from foam board I got at the Dollar Store was easy and cheap. I would suggest using a water resistant coating to the paper on it, as the water will soak it and cause the paper to come lose from the foam board after a while. My flickr site had several ideas for cameras on the SC. Some were failures and some worked very well. I learned something from each and every failure though, so even they were something to keep in mind. Be sure to remember to weigh out the use of a camera on floats, as at some point you may have a dunk or tip over on the water and most cameras do not hold up well to such abuse. I have tipped over with a cheapie camera and it still worked fine afterwards. The problem is that it is really hard to get the water out of the innards of such a camera and things can get corroded if they are not cleaned well. The metal hangar frame shown in some of the pics would work much better if the parts had been soldered together instead of using the pieces of heat shrink tubing that I used on that experiment. These were just some of the ideas for floats, but this section also has several other flickr clips of camera mounts I had done for my SC and my Bixler. Good luck with it. Also remember that as light as these cameras are, a mount and the camera can change the CoG of the plane, so check that as you modify or adapt anything. www.flickr.com/photos/a1930ford/sets/72157635701860576/ |
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Post by Knackered Sailor on Jul 29, 2014 17:57:07 GMT 1
The man's a bloody genius!  |
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Post by hghost on Jul 30, 2014 2:46:06 GMT 1
Ah,..wondered where you were Coupe...
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Post by coupe1942 on Jul 30, 2014 3:54:57 GMT 1
Best friend died early today and has been in hospital for a while, now. We are still unpacking from storage bins. I have found many areas that look great for flying and my friend was going to do so with me. Lots going on so I read these replies all the time, but I have not been chatting. Looks like everyone is having fun with their SCs.
YouTube mnay have some videos regarding different camera mounts. Worth a look see to check them out.
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Post by hghost on Jul 30, 2014 4:01:17 GMT 1
Sorry to hear that Coupe , my condolences to you and all the family.
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Post by Knackered Sailor on Jul 30, 2014 15:23:28 GMT 1
Bad news coup, I'm very sorry.
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