Selfie and wing GoPro mount for wing handle

[Dvalcik]

I fabricated a GoPro mount for the RV12 wing handle last night and went flying today.

A friend CNC'd a part and I used scrap aluminum to frame the opening of the hand hold.



It is held by two screws sandwiching the top and bottom between the wing hand hold) and foam takes up the volume of the opening. I used foam to protect the paint and file the volume inside of the hand hold in the wing.



This way I didn't permanently attach it to the wing. The top and bottom sandwich it to hold it in place. Easy on in a minute and padded with weather strip to protect the paint, thanks Bob for the CNC machining.



A few pictures from that view, am still amazed how the little GoPro camera performs


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[Dave12]

Wow, the earth really is round! Did Comanche Bob make that?

[flyboy1963]

hmmm, I see you're holding a little right rudder there to compensate for the massive drag and yaw effects eh?
Nice pics, you did you get such nice stills from the video?

[Alex Edwards]

Looks cool.

I am curious why you didnt use the threaded hole in the top of the wing tie down bracket for the camera mount. I am still in teh building stages but that is likely where my cammera will go.

Alex

[MacPara]

Because the sheet metal will cover that hole unless you drill it open yourself. Only the bottom skins have the hole already in them as it is expected that you will use for the tie-down rings. The upper ones for hoisting are considered a rather rare case and I assume that's why the skins are covering the threaded block on the top.

[DonFromTX]

Uh Torsten, ever heard of a drill? If I recall correctly, it was threaded when we built that part of the wing too. When not photographing, would make a very nice machine gun mount as well.

[Dvalcik]

Answering the above questions,

Dave ? yes Comanche Bob did the CNC work, I owe him lunch. I was going to order the tie down stock for the wing from Vans, but some scrap and Bob?s handy work it was done in 15 min.

Perry ? one of the features of the GOPRO is stills or video or both. I shot video and stills every 60 sec. (The sill timer is configurable for the time intervals) Video below.

Alex - MacPara beat me to the answer


http://youtu.be/rd6xmNwqFAY?list=PLc...ZkNIO4iACkn6c1

[Bill_H]

In my kit the upper part of the wing tiedown brackets were drilled but not tapped. I tapped it. The skin covering it had a hole right there, sized for an LP 4-3 rivet. I installed the rivet rather than enlarging the hole because of no planned use for that. The rivet marks the spot to drill the hole should it be desired in the future.

[mike newall]

I used self adhesive velcro and a $30 key fob HD camera....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYb5D8AfDyw

[aerofurb]

I use a standard bicycle handlebar mount on the wingtip handle to mount a GoPro. Works a treat.