Camera mounts for small digital camera

[kestrel254]

Can anyone recommend a camera bracket/mount that can be used inside or
outside a glider cockpit for a small camera e.g. Lumix?
TIA
George Emsden

[Peter Wyld[_2_]]

At 09:58 11 August 2008, kestrel254 wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a camera bracket/mount that can be used inside or
>outside a glider cockpit for a small camera e.g. Lumix?
>TIA
>George Emsden
>

Check around anyone who has been gliding competitively for more than 15
years and you will probably find they have camera mounts for canopy rails
in their junk box. Ensure that your mount stands off far enough from the
canopy for telescopic lens to open out (or you will b*gger the camera!)

[Shawn[_6_]]

Peter Wyld wrote:
> At 09:58 11 August 2008, kestrel254 wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a camera bracket/mount that can be used inside or
>> outside a glider cockpit for a small camera e.g. Lumix?
>> TIA
>> George Emsden
>>
>
> Check around anyone who has been gliding competitively for more than 15
> years and you will probably find they have camera mounts for canopy rails
> in their junk box. Ensure that your mount stands off far enough from the
> canopy for telescopic lens to open out (or you will b*gger the camera!)

The OP can correct me if I'm wrong, but I suspect he's looking for a
more universal mount than one that only aims at a wing tip. Try here
for starters:
http://www.ram-mount.com/camera_mount/camera_mounts.htm

Shawn

[ContestID67]

I have had pretty good luck with making my own simple camera mounts.
They are easy to build. First, 99.999% of cameras come with a screw
tripod mount on the bottom which is a 1/4" bolt with 20 threads per
inch (commonly called a "1/4-20", pronouced quarter-twenty). Get
yourself a 1/8" thick piece of aluminum about 4" square. Drill and
tap a 1/4-20 hole in the middle. Screw in a short (about 1/4" long)
1/4-20 bolt into the tapped hole. Alternately, you can use thinner
aluminum, drill a through hole and put a nut on the bolt between the
aluminum and the camera.

Attach this to your glare shield with gaffer's tape (used by the movie
industry). Its as strong as duct tape but doesn't leave sticky
residue. Here is a source. http://www.goodbuyguys.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22_86_87/products_id/51

You may have to play with bending the aluminum plate if your glare
screen is not flat. I have a DG and it's instrument pod is perfectly
flat on top. Screw on your camera. You may have to play with to get
it both tight and oriented in the right direction, either forward or
at the wing tip (or back at yourself!).

Here is a video taken by myself with my digital camera following a
friend in for a landing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCPMAAF7pMg

[Paul Remde]

Hi John,

Nice video. But how do you keep the yaw string so straight while landing
the glider AND playing the guitar so nicely. Amazing!

Paul Remde

"ContestID67" > wrote in message
...
>I have had pretty good luck with making my own simple camera mounts.
> They are easy to build. First, 99.999% of cameras come with a screw
> tripod mount on the bottom which is a 1/4" bolt with 20 threads per
> inch (commonly called a "1/4-20", pronouced quarter-twenty). Get
> yourself a 1/8" thick piece of aluminum about 4" square. Drill and
> tap a 1/4-20 hole in the middle. Screw in a short (about 1/4" long)
> 1/4-20 bolt into the tapped hole. Alternately, you can use thinner
> aluminum, drill a through hole and put a nut on the bolt between the
> aluminum and the camera.
>
> Attach this to your glare shield with gaffer's tape (used by the movie
> industry). Its as strong as duct tape but doesn't leave sticky
> residue. Here is a source.
> http://www.goodbuyguys.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22_86_87/products_id/51
>
> You may have to play with bending the aluminum plate if your glare
> screen is not flat. I have a DG and it's instrument pod is perfectly
> flat on top. Screw on your camera. You may have to play with to get
> it both tight and oriented in the right direction, either forward or
> at the wing tip (or back at yourself!).
>
> Here is a video taken by myself with my digital camera following a
> friend in for a landing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCPMAAF7pMg

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"Paul Remde" > wrote in message
news:L0zqk.249729$TT4.1284@attbi_s22...
> Hi John,
>
> Nice video. But how do you keep the yaw string so straight while landing
> the glider AND playing the guitar so nicely. Amazing!
>
> Paul Remde
>


Simple, the yaw string shown in the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCPMAAF7pMg is one of my MKII "high tech"
yaw strings. They naturally reduce yaw while adding at least 2 points to
L/D. Some say it's almost as good as an auto pilot - - all UAVs should be so
equipped.

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