Graeme,
FWIW, I acquired a Go Pro Hero2. I acquired this primarily to use on a Little
Toot Sport Biplane not the Europa. But I'm trying to come up with a means to
use in the Europa as well.
Pros: It's very nice. Takes excellent video/pictures (up to 1080P video or 10MP
pics). Is easy to use (once you rtfm). Has tons of accessories to do all kinds
of good stuff. Has lots of settings for the specific application you want
to do. All kinds of mounts for darn near anything. Comes with an environmental
case impervious to just about anything short of gun fire. Other cases for
other applications are available. Free S/W for Mac or PC. Extremely easy to
download video/pics on my Mac. Can't speak to PC but probably as easy.
Cons: It's as aerodynamic a (small) brick and would be a B**** to mount on the
exterior of a Europa. You'll need extra batteries for anything over a couple
hours. Each hour of operation requires about an hour of recharge. Recharge is
only done with the battery in the camera via USB connection. No external
battery
recharger available. So you can't recharge one battery while using a 2nd
battery in the camera.
Maybe with some effort you could gin-up a mount for in front of the
outrigger/outer
flap bracket. There's a remote control package (US$100) that might work
to operate it out there. If you are still under construction and have not put
the tip of the tail on, you might do something with that. Maybe in a wing tip?
There's a suction mount and/or various sticky mounts you might use inside
the windscreen. A couple different head mounts are available. More thought
needed...
If it were only more aero!
A couple pics:
The Motorsport configuration comes with all this:
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop.
Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP
3705 Lynchburg Dr.
Corinth, TX 76208-5331
Cel: 817-992-1117
rlborger@mac.com
On Jul 31, 2012, at 2:13 PM, graeme bird wrote:
Any advice on video or time lapse camera types and mounting on the plane. The Go
Pro looks popular and good but far from aerodynamic in shape although it could
go in front of the mono outrigger. Taking pictures from the cockpit is
frustrating
due to the perspex.
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Graeme Bird
G-UMPY
Mono Classic/XS FWFD 912ULS/Woodcomp 3000/W
Newby: 35 hours
g@gdbmk.co.uk
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