Talk to the local FAA (or your local equivalent about
mounting a camera before you fly with anything just attached
with tape. Anything that falls off the airplane could be a
hazard to people on the ground and you must take
precautions. How will you control the camera?


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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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| On 2005-11-29, cjcampbell
wrote:
| I remember reading somewhere that there was a camera
mount mod that
| went under the nose of the Diamond DA-40, but I can't
find it anywhere
| -- not even Google. Anyone know what I am talking about?
|
| What kind of camera? I wouldn't stick a camera right in
the prop blast,
| but a small plastic bracket and some double-sided sticky
pads work
| really well for mounting small video cameras (they use
them on racing
| motorcycles which is a very harsh environment for any
camera mounting,
| and they stay stuck on just fine. The fairings of the
racing sidecars
| are made from the same stuff as a DA-40). I've also found
duct tape
| works well for small video cameras.
|
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