Video of approaches in IMC

On Dec 14, 4:10 pm, " wrote:
Went up to touch some clouds today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHC-s9cl8cE

I live in the fog valley and often fly approaches where wx is reported
simply as VV001. Several people have asked if I could post a video of
it but I have no idea how to mount the camera. Can you just use velcro
or did you use hardware??
BTW: Its interesting to see the approach lights but not the ground,
you just see the strobbing rabbit through the fog.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in news:c1b52b99-efe5-428b-bbd6-
:




you just see the strobbing rabbit through the fog.


I've seen that on Animal Planet. My wife says I strobb like a rabbit as
well.


Bertie

On Dec 15, 9:52 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

it but I have no idea how to mount the camera. Can you just use velcro
or did you use hardware??

I had brought velcro along, not knowing the sticky stuff loses it's
sticky after time, so I had to resort to just putting the camera on
the glareshield, on the pilot side. Air was as pristine as it gets
and as you know in IMC turns are very gradual, so the weight of the
camera was enough to keep it still. Plus, I made all left hand turns
LOL

Someone was very kind enough to lead me to http://stickypod.com/ which
I am looking into.

BTW: Its interesting to see the approach lights but not the ground,
you just see the strobbing rabbit through the fog.

Would be kewl to see!

Allen

On Dec 15, 8:32 am, " wrote:
On Dec 15, 9:52 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

it but I have no idea how to mount the camera. Can you just use velcro
or did you use hardware??

I had brought velcro along, not knowing the sticky stuff loses it's
sticky after time, so I had to resort to just putting the camera on
the glareshield, on the pilot side. Air was as pristine as it gets
and as you know in IMC turns are very gradual, so the weight of the
camera was enough to keep it still. Plus, I made all left hand turns

For me going missed is a pretty good pitch up and I'm sure the camera
would end up in my lap. We also just had our glareshield
professionally recovered so I'm not sure I want to put anything sticky
on it. I wonder if I could somehow safety wire it to the structural
tube that runs down the middle through the shield.

-Robert

On Dec 16, 1:30 pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

For me going missed is a pretty good pitch up and I'm sure the camera
would end up in my lap. We also just had our glareshield
professionally recovered so I'm not sure I want to put anything sticky
on it. I wonder if I could somehow safety wire it to the structural
tube that runs down the middle through the shield.

Don't blame you for not wanting to mar up the glare shield. Another
thought that I am considering is getting a "bean bag" to put on the
glare shield and putting the camera in that with maybe a velcro strip
to keep it still. Not sure if the bean bag will be heavy enough to
stay still, but something to consider.

Unless you plan to video your landings "regularily", best bet would be
have a passenger do the videoing. In 90 percent of my videos, I
delegate the videoing to the passenger.

I like doing this so I can Monday nite quarterback my landings and see
what went right or what I can do to improve my flying.

If you are looking for specifics, best would be to take an instrument
passenger pilot up with you as they probably can better relate what
instruments to focus in on at certain points of the approach.

And no matter what I do with the camera, it is secondary to flying the
plane. Camera, for sure is replaceable, especially in the event of a
missed approach.

Allen.