scsmith
Well Known Member
I've recently started flying with an iFly720, and I have been using the suction-cup ram mount it came with. I was a little skeptical of the suction mount based on past experience. Yesterday was my first long flight with it, over the Sierra. At about 9000 ft, the ram mount fell off the panel.
I remember 'back in the day' in sailplane racing, before we had GPS, we used instamatic cameras mounted to the canopy rail to take pictures of turnpoints to verify that we flew the course. Some folks would try suction cup mounts on the inside of the canopy to mount a camera. Invariably at high altitude they would fall off.
At 9000 ft, the atmospheric pressure is reduced about 30%, and that is enough loss for the grip to fail with the weight I had on it.
I guess I'll have to make something more permanent.
I remember 'back in the day' in sailplane racing, before we had GPS, we used instamatic cameras mounted to the canopy rail to take pictures of turnpoints to verify that we flew the course. Some folks would try suction cup mounts on the inside of the canopy to mount a camera. Invariably at high altitude they would fall off.
At 9000 ft, the atmospheric pressure is reduced about 30%, and that is enough loss for the grip to fail with the weight I had on it.
I guess I'll have to make something more permanent.