Post by clipper453 on Oct 1, 2007 4:29:03 GMT 1
Hi, my name is Matt Clipper, and this is my first post to the SuperCub Club. I got my first RC plane (a SC of course) about 2 weeks ago. On my first outing, I had a couple of successful flights and a pretty hard landing which cracked the cowl and firewall. After repairing the firewall with some Gorilla Glue, I took it out for my 2nd outing.
On the 2nd outing, I decided to strap my old Sony DSC-P100 digital camera to the bottom of the plane and set it to video mode to record some in-flight video. Here's a link to the initial results:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzmvbQCTcBo
Unfortunately, the video above was taken just after the sun had gone down, and the lighting in the video is poor. On my 3rd outing, I had much better success. In this video, I have included several still shots at the beginning and ending of the video showing my camera set up. Basically, I attach it to the plane using 3 zip-ties (aka. cable ties). I put one big zip-tie around the fuselage at the approx location of the CG. Then I attach the camera (upside-down) to the bottom of the plane by wrapping the two remaining zip ties around the camera and then through the first zip-tie. I mount the camera upside-down so that I have access to the camera controls after it's mounted. Using a 1GB memory stick in the camera, I can take more 640x480 30fps video than my SC has battery power for. Here's a link to the video from that 3rd outing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHJrhQndFs
The camera that I'm using weighs 6.3 oz with the battery installed. I'm using an 8-cell 9.6V 1000 mAh battery in the SC to compensate for the added weight and drag of the camera.
Unfortunately, on my 3rd video attempt earlier this week, I crashed very hard, breaking the wing in half and damaging the fuselage beyond repair. I bought a new wing and fuselage this weekend, so I'm back up flying now, but I'm hesitant to put the camera back on it until I practice my landings more.
After the post-traumatic stress has passed, I'll post the 3rd video (of the crash) on YouTube.
Enjoy!
Matt Clipper (clipper453)
On the 2nd outing, I decided to strap my old Sony DSC-P100 digital camera to the bottom of the plane and set it to video mode to record some in-flight video. Here's a link to the initial results:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzmvbQCTcBo
Unfortunately, the video above was taken just after the sun had gone down, and the lighting in the video is poor. On my 3rd outing, I had much better success. In this video, I have included several still shots at the beginning and ending of the video showing my camera set up. Basically, I attach it to the plane using 3 zip-ties (aka. cable ties). I put one big zip-tie around the fuselage at the approx location of the CG. Then I attach the camera (upside-down) to the bottom of the plane by wrapping the two remaining zip ties around the camera and then through the first zip-tie. I mount the camera upside-down so that I have access to the camera controls after it's mounted. Using a 1GB memory stick in the camera, I can take more 640x480 30fps video than my SC has battery power for. Here's a link to the video from that 3rd outing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHJrhQndFs
The camera that I'm using weighs 6.3 oz with the battery installed. I'm using an 8-cell 9.6V 1000 mAh battery in the SC to compensate for the added weight and drag of the camera.
Unfortunately, on my 3rd video attempt earlier this week, I crashed very hard, breaking the wing in half and damaging the fuselage beyond repair. I bought a new wing and fuselage this weekend, so I'm back up flying now, but I'm hesitant to put the camera back on it until I practice my landings more.
After the post-traumatic stress has passed, I'll post the 3rd video (of the crash) on YouTube.
Enjoy!
Matt Clipper (clipper453)
