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Camera mounts for small digital camera
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/p...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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Camera mounts for small digital camera
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/p...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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Camera mounts for small digital camera
"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. bumper zz |
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