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06-19-2017, 10:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Katy, TX
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Any new borescopes out there?
Hey everyone -
I am in the market for a borescope before starting my condition inspection this year. Been searching the threads and it appears that either no one has posted in several years or maybe there just aren't any new borescopes on the market.
Some here are apparently using the Vividia VA-400 and VA-800 but geez, can't we get better than 640x480 resolution at a reasonable price? I'm happy spending several hundred dollars to get a decent instrument, but would like better resolution than 640x480. My son flies FPV quads and has miniature onboard cameras that are actually transmitting at 1280 x720 for much cheaper than what some of these scopes cost :-)
So any recommendations out there? I really like the idea of the articulating head on the VA-400 and want to get that feature...just would like better resolution.
Thanks as always!
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Brian Shannon
Katy, TX
RV6 N7463B
Last edited by txshan130 : 06-19-2017 at 12:23 PM.
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06-19-2017, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Martinsville, IN
Posts: 454
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Check out Oasis Scientific.
I bought an articulated scope from them last year at Oshkosh for around $180 dollars. It plugs into an Iphone or Android for a display, and you can capture images to the attached device. It is perfectly capable of imaging your cylinders through a spark plug port.
Don
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06-19-2017, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Katy, TX
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They only carry the Vividia VA-400...I know it will work AND I really want the articulating head, but was really looking for slightly better resolution. For the price, it should be better IMO. 640x480 is not exactly cutting edge these days. Even the $12 ones do 1280x720 now!
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Originally Posted by dtw_rv6
Check out Oasis Scientific.
I bought an articulated scope from them last year at Oshkosh for around $180 dollars. It plugs into an Iphone or Android for a display, and you can capture images to the attached device. It is perfectly capable of imaging your cylinders through a spark plug port.
Don
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Katy, TX
RV6 N7463B
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06-19-2017, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Steinhatchee, FL
Posts: 11
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This one just popped up on Facebook. I can't vouch for it, but $70 for 1280HD wireless to your IPhone is pretty cheap.
https://thetechgarage.info/wireless
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Allen Rice
RV-9A completed 2015, love it!
Skybolt under construction
0-290D2 Super Cub that faces restoration if I stop flying it.
1959 Comanche 180- grandson's trainer
1972 Cessna 150- getting paint now, then it's gone!
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06-19-2017, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
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Quote:
Originally Posted by txshan130
For the price, it should be better IMO. 640x480 is not exactly cutting edge these days. Even the $12 ones do 1280x720 now!
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True, but pretty much all the work we airplane owners use them for is very close up so the res. is not an issue.
The 640X480 will produce a pretty good quality large sized image of a valve of a cyl wall.
We have a VA-400 in our shop and like it.
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Van's Aircraft Engineering Prototype Shop Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
RV-6A (aka "Junkyard Special ")
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06-19-2017, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: D.C.
Posts: 303
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Originally Posted by rvbuilder2002
We have a VA-400 in our shop and like it.
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Scott,
I have a VA-400 i bought for use at the hangar, not realizing you can't use it on apple products without the wifi box. What do you guys use to plug it in to?
I went so far as to buy the world's cheapest android tablet only for it to tell me it won't work with it.
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Paul M.
Fayetteville, NC
Airport Bum
RV-4 / PA28-180
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06-19-2017, 01:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icarus
Scott,
I have a VA-400 i bought for use at the hangar, not realizing you can't use it on apple products without the wifi box. What do you guys use to plug it in to?
I went so far as to buy the world's cheapest android tablet only for it to tell me it won't work with it.
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We have a windows based ASUS notebook computer we use in the shop as a portable. It works fine.
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Scott McDaniels
Van's Aircraft Engineering Prototype Shop Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
RV-6A (aka "Junkyard Special ")
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06-19-2017, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 08A
Posts: 9,500
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Unless they have made some improvement to the plastic flex section under the blue silicone sleeve, I recommend against the Vivida (aka "Ablescope"). The flex section breaks rather quickly.
Just get a cheap camera and tape it to a coat hangar wire.
http://www.tomtop.com/endoscopes-206/
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Dan Horton
RV-8 SS
Barrett IO-390
Last edited by DanH : 06-19-2017 at 04:34 PM.
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06-19-2017, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Clinton, Indiana
Posts: 997
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Tom Tom option shipping ?
Dan,
This link says no shipping to US. Any advice ?
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Larry DeCamp
RV-3B flying w/7:1 0320 / carb / Pmags / Catto 3b / digital steam
RV-4 fastback w/ Superior roller 360/AFP/G3X/CPI/Catto3b
Clinton, IN
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