Camera support mount for my floats

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I was waiting on batteries to charge up, so I decided to piddle about with another potential camera mount setup for when I go to floats on my Super Cub. This is just a prototype shown at the last photos on this flickr set. I may add some foam board to make a flat surface type mount, as well with the basic structure being this wire setup. Not sure, but several options are there to play about with. This is just an idea and I'll see how well it works or does not work in the future. Easy and cheap to make though. I believe it will work with my GoPro or my other cameras.

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Ahhh, sometimes failure is actually a success in the making as it can spark other ideas. The shrink tubing and a dab of CA glue didn't really hold these parts together as rigidly as I wanted, so I sort of put this prototype part in the 'Didn't work after all" bin and started thinking about a camera mount that would work on the floats. Boingo! I had an idea, but it will have to wait until I paint my floats and get them hooked back together. I am new to working with the foam board from the Dollar Tree, but I believe I can make a camera mount that will work well with the floats and not be all that much a distraction from the overall looks and function abilities of plane. I am wanting something light, yet able to handle my GoPro or my other cameras equally well. I'll post the prototype for that camera mod when I get it worked out in planning and try out one to see how well it works or if it too heads to the "Didn't work after all" bin. :-)

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I added some photos of my latest diy camera mount project in the works. They are at the end of this flickr set. The cameras shown add virtually no real weight and the foam board as the support mount does not, either. The Mobius up front is a stock action cam and the one at the rear is a wide-angle camera. When I do some flying, I'll probably get down to only one camera in use. The wing shown is not my stock "ouchie wing" that was repaired. If you have not looked over the pics in this set lately, they have had several images added. These mounts are all trial and error camera mounts. Cost was minimal and so was the effort to make them.

www.flickr.com/photos/a1930ford/sets/72157635701860576/

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I went to a local pond today and played about with my plane as my wife fed the ducks. I wasn't there to try to fly it though, as I was not sure just how much space was available at the pond. I wanted to taxi about with the floats to learn a bit more about controlling things. It was fun chasing after the ducks and even trying to manipulate a figure 8 about the two pillions that were posted out near the edge of the pond. Of course, since I really didn't go to fly, I didn't bother to check my battery prior to going there. I lost transmission a couple of times, but the plane always started right up. I have a float rudder on it, but the thing hangs up when at the shore. I don't really see such a great need for it, so I may simply store it in place on the fuselage in the future. I did have my Mobius on the camera mount, but didn't use it on this outing. It was a pleasant day and little wind. I may try it all out again tomorrow, depending upon what else I have to do. It was a lot of fun. My plane wing snagged on the pillion one time and it was a hoot in trying to let it power off the thing as it did circles. It pushed the pillion over finally and I had a blast as the local ducks avoided it as it taxied about the pond. This all really helped me to gain control over my sticks and my speed as I practiced. The edge of the pond was pretty muddy, so I'll look for a better launch area next time. Still, it was a hoot and I enjoyed myself greatly. I need to turn on the cameras and get some video next time though. No water damage noted to any camera.