Paul Eastham
Well Known Member
Hi everyone,
I've been trying to take some cockpit videos using a small Canon Powershot SD700 digital camera. It takes videos just fine handheld, but I've been having trouble dealing with the vibration problem when it's attached to the airplane.
At anything above idle power, the video image is extremely jerky. So I can get decent videos of me landing, but takeoffs are pretty much unwatchable. I believe I have the camera rigidly attached to the airframe (currently via some heavy angle attached to the channel between the roll bar and bulkhead.) The camera is bolted to the angle using the usual 1/4" bolt.
Any advice? Do I need some sort of shock-absorbing mechanism? I know I saw Doug mention something about using a sponge in one of his recent videos...
Thanks - Paul
I've been trying to take some cockpit videos using a small Canon Powershot SD700 digital camera. It takes videos just fine handheld, but I've been having trouble dealing with the vibration problem when it's attached to the airplane.
At anything above idle power, the video image is extremely jerky. So I can get decent videos of me landing, but takeoffs are pretty much unwatchable. I believe I have the camera rigidly attached to the airframe (currently via some heavy angle attached to the channel between the roll bar and bulkhead.) The camera is bolted to the angle using the usual 1/4" bolt.
Any advice? Do I need some sort of shock-absorbing mechanism? I know I saw Doug mention something about using a sponge in one of his recent videos...
Thanks - Paul