Mounting a GoPro to the outside of aircraft

[djpil]

Before anyone does it in an aircraft where life and limb are at risk ...

take a look at the rules about modifying an aircraft.

[Ultralights]

to all the commenters about the tether idea, have a look at the Jab video, and where it would be if it let go and was just held by the tether.. its at the very rear most part of the aircraft, nothing but turbulent fresh air for it to hit. and secured to the rear most tie down point... yes its location was thought out.. same with the location of the hard mounts on ym Savannah. if the camera ever lets go, it wont hit any part of the airframe.. as for modifying aircraft, 19 rego amateur built experimental.. no probs!

[scrufflefish]

Yes, I won't mention some of the things I've seen hung on ultralights(sometimes by me).......but I've had a CASA FOI tell me I couldn't hang my GPS from a suction cup mount on the windscreen of the 172 unless I got an engineering order to say the screen could take the load.

[seavenom]

I have seen/used skydive GoPros mounted on the strut of 182s and 208s with out any ill effects. We did tether them JIC.

[djpil]

a CASA FOI tell me I couldn't .... unless I got an engineering order

Unfortunately he couldn't say anything else. A minor modification here has to be done in a similar way to a major mod done in the field in the USA. Not much provision in our regs for approval of anything trivial other than by a Reg 35. The draft maintenance regs that we saw a little while ago would've made it much more onerous.

[Jabawocky]

18 Wheeler

What the heck is going on there

Lakeside is a great track, and all good fun, but what are these guys doing. That is two very poor pieces of driving in less than half a lap. I am stunned.

You did well to get away with the one first one, I know how fast that corner is but to get cleaned up when off the racing line is pretty bad.

Hope you mend OK

[18-Wheeler]

I'm much better but I've never really fully recovered. Am always tired and have lost a lot of strength.
I'm currently building a new racer and when that's done I'll fix the old one.