GoPro or Drift Camera on a Helicopter
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Has anyone thought about the legality of attaching a camera to the exterior of the aircraft with somewhat questionable mounting procedures?
What if it were to fly off and go through your tail rotor?
I have been asked numerous times to mount a go-pro in various places and have always declined on the basis that it is not an approved part and cannot therefore be mechanically fixed to the exterior of the aircraft.
What if it were to fly off and go through your tail rotor?
I have been asked numerous times to mount a go-pro in various places and have always declined on the basis that it is not an approved part and cannot therefore be mechanically fixed to the exterior of the aircraft.
Been discussed here...
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419...faa-rules.html
but it is definately not approved or allowed... yet we are all doing it. It will be something to try and explain when it does finally come off and damage either the machine or someone/thing on the ground.
but it is definately not approved or allowed... yet we are all doing it. It will be something to try and explain when it does finally come off and damage either the machine or someone/thing on the ground.
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A few of the regional HEMS aircraft have a variety of fixed cameras mounted within (Yorks Air Ambulance, for example, to allow cabin shots for Helicopter Heroes). Four nominally I think, two mounted at the front looking back at the pilot and front passenger and then another two just in the centre behind two front seats, one giving a pilot's eye view and the other facing into the rear.
If you were that interested you could contact the BBC team that work with the YAA and ask for the spec, I'm sure they will be glad to help. They're only very small cameras from memory, but full HD etc.
If you were that interested you could contact the BBC team that work with the YAA and ask for the spec, I'm sure they will be glad to help. They're only very small cameras from memory, but full HD etc.
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When I was to choose action camera I bought Contour GPS for some reasons. It show good results though we used it on helmets only. Anyway it looks like its math is good enough to eliminate vibs from video. Something like these:
MTOsport cross-country
One more MTOsport cross-country
What I didn't like was this camera has no remote control. Next gen is Contour+2 which us able to use iPod/iPad as a remote control&visor via Bluetooth.
This is a sample: Xenon gyroplane demo flight
Note that outside views are very stable - rigid mount. Cockpit view is a trash since it was mounted on a 2-inch lever.
So - rigid mount on massive airframe elements. One more suggestion is that vibs are less when camera is closer to aircraft CG.
Fly fun,
Alex
MTOsport cross-country
One more MTOsport cross-country
What I didn't like was this camera has no remote control. Next gen is Contour+2 which us able to use iPod/iPad as a remote control&visor via Bluetooth.
This is a sample: Xenon gyroplane demo flight
Note that outside views are very stable - rigid mount. Cockpit view is a trash since it was mounted on a 2-inch lever.
So - rigid mount on massive airframe elements. One more suggestion is that vibs are less when camera is closer to aircraft CG.
Fly fun,
Alex
