Poor Man's GoPro

[mtgriz]

I've been using the StayPro DVR with lots of success. It was $50, w/ free shipping. It only weighs 45 grams. I attach it to the front belly via velcro, between the batt compartment and the engine cowling, since there is a slight angle forward. It's a gum stick style body, which does have some drawback with where the lense is, (i.e. faces downward instead of forward). There are some slight wavy lines, which I attribute to EMI (noise) from the engine. I plan on insulating the dvr with a small pc of foil to see if that eliminates it.

The video is awesome at 750p HD @ 30fps. for the price. I was thinking about mounting it vertically, inverted in the area behind the battery compartment, to get a forward looking shot that I could invert back to normal with vid editing software.

[kenninny]

I've got that same dvr under a different name thuogh I bought it off of ebay for five dollar, with shipping it was 12, what I did was cut a place in the wing were it meets the wing saddle and velcro it in facing the virtical stab, looking to the rear there is no prop lines to look at you are right the vedeo is great, also have velcro on the belly just befor the plastic float mont
with the lens looking down, and took it up about nine hundred feet still great video

[rivergreenmachine]

I'm ready to add a camera, so I checked eBay for the GoPro cameras. I didn't find any "deals" .... and the ones I found seemed heavy at 3+ oz (80 g).

Can someone help me with a specific brand (and model number) hi-def light-weight forward-facing camera please? I'm in Atlanta, GA USA.

Thx!

[kenninny]

check out lazer toyz.com they are in cleveland ohio they have a pretty neat little camera a lot of guys in my flying club have them and like them , and thay are not expensive (yes Im in cleve,ohio)

[rivergreenmachine]

Thanks Kenninny.

I bought the small key-fob camera from LazerToyz. The price was right ($15) and the weight is fantastic. I appreciate the heads-up!