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Re: Europa-List: Video mount

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Video mount
From: Brian Davies <bdavies@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:15:11

I have used an ordinary domestic video camera in a single seater racing car,
to observe the instruments.  Solid mounting to the roll cage produced no
indication of vibration , despite very high engine vibration and
transmission of road shocks thro' a very rigid suspension.

Brian Davies kit 454
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ami McFadyean" <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Europa-List: Video mount


<ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
>
> A testament to the easy handling of hte Europa and the exceptional way it
> cuts through turbulence became apparent last w'end whislt trying to video
> the approach to Kemble. It was impossible (for hte passenger) to hold a
> camera anywhere near steady, but the flight had been relaxed and it wasn't
> until that point that the turbulence had really been noticed.
>
> That said, has anyone some ideas on where to mount a camera; top of panel?
> overhead between pilots? Or something more radical to provide stability.
> Does mounting to the airframe then introduce picture vibration?
>
>
> Duncan McF.
>
>




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