Dangers of helmet mounted cameras

[Pofman]

Mickjoebill,
What a wonderful array. I am in favour of all these GoPros. They have enriched our viewing experience and taken us to places most of us would fear to go. The only restriction I would put in place is that all the daredevils must have a will stating that their benificiaries must post their final events on Utube so the rest of us can be entertained.
On with the Games.

[Landroger]

Pozidrive

And the other possibility, already mentioned, with the same result: a mounted camera hits something, stops head and helmet rotating but the brain continues to move inside the skull.

Not exclusively with an attached camera or the like. It's what happens if you smack your crash helmet on anything. It s also the reason why Professional Boxers are required to have CT scans one or twice a year.

Heavy punches delivered to the head, especially as a 'hook', tend to rotate your skull while your brain stands still due to inertia. Then your bran begins to catch up just as your skull starts coming back. This tends to tear the nerve bundle joining your right and left hemispheres.

Never seen the point of boxing, even if I had never seen boxers CT scan results.

Roger

[Jimny]

Jimny

Have a read about the passenger in this BAe Hawk at RAE Bedford:

ASN Aircraft accident 07-JAN-1982 Hawk T.1 XX344

some lucky guy! (assuming he did not only survive but was in good health).

Still, I don't really see how it applies to helo-operations. when a helicopter lands upside down, well... you know.

But let's assume he had a camera mounted with double-tape, which would not be to his benefits, I would think it would have broken off (his helmet was worn to shred so...).

Don't missunderstand me Mechta, I am NOT saying you SHOULD wear cameras on your helmet, I am just saying that operating with your seatbelt fasten inside a cockpit of a helicopter is not the same as jumping off an airplane, falling off a bike, ejecting off a plane (or landing it upside-down) etc.

My guess is that the camera is more dangerous by the distraction it creates than by the physical hazards it could be.

[mickjoebill]

My guess is that the camera is more dangerous by the distraction it creates than by the physical hazards it could be.

Spot on, after 3000 uneventful runs, why was the first accident (tyre blowout) with the UK jet car was when it was driven by a TV presenter and filmed by an impressive array of cameras?

Ditto why is aerial filming is THE most hazardous environment for cameramen (outside of war zones)?

Why did Schu go off pist? a better looking shot?


Mickjoebill

[ShyTorque]

Helmet? What's a helmet?

Oh, yes, I remember. A helmet would be nice..