Bubblehead
Well Known Member
Over the past few years I have taken a lot of pictures of things on the ground from my -8. Most have been done with various hand held digital cameras. Some have been great, some not so much. I've pretty well gotten the hang of it but always thought something mounted outside the plane would be better.
About two years ago I mounted a GoPro under the left wingtip. It was ok but I had to start the video before takeoff and edit a lot of nothing out to get a little video. Then I added the WiFi backpack with remote, which was better, then I added a tablet in the cockpit that displayed the view through the GoPro and let me control it from the cockpit. A step in the right direction for sure, but battery life meant I had to fly somewhere, land, turn on the camera and backpack, takeoff, and take pictures. I wanted to be able to fly somewhere with the camera and back pack on, take pictures, and then fly to the next destination without running out of power to the camera.
I thought about adding a circuit from ships power to the wingtip lights, but did not want to put a hole into the wingtip. I thought about a LiPo battery but needed two cables to go to the camera and backpack. Then I saw this on Amazon. The picture does not show it but it has two USB jacks on the front and 10 ah capacity.
And I combined it with some of this that I found on eBay. It's water activated casting tape:
More on the next posting.
About two years ago I mounted a GoPro under the left wingtip. It was ok but I had to start the video before takeoff and edit a lot of nothing out to get a little video. Then I added the WiFi backpack with remote, which was better, then I added a tablet in the cockpit that displayed the view through the GoPro and let me control it from the cockpit. A step in the right direction for sure, but battery life meant I had to fly somewhere, land, turn on the camera and backpack, takeoff, and take pictures. I wanted to be able to fly somewhere with the camera and back pack on, take pictures, and then fly to the next destination without running out of power to the camera.
I thought about adding a circuit from ships power to the wingtip lights, but did not want to put a hole into the wingtip. I thought about a LiPo battery but needed two cables to go to the camera and backpack. Then I saw this on Amazon. The picture does not show it but it has two USB jacks on the front and 10 ah capacity.
![51LA05eHn9L._SL1000_-S.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ftangodelta.smugmug.com%2FOther%2FN247TD-Camera-Battery-Mount%2Fi-wctQk8L%2F0%2FS%2F51LA05eHn9L._SL1000_-S.jpg&hash=c072823bc3ae0909d03fa506b9dcf44c)
And I combined it with some of this that I found on eBay. It's water activated casting tape:
![4%20in%20Orthopedic%20Casting%20Tape%202-M.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ftangodelta.smugmug.com%2FOther%2FN247TD-Camera-Battery-Mount%2Fi-rndLgFp%2F0%2FM%2F4%2520in%2520Orthopedic%2520Casting%2520Tape%25202-M.jpg&hash=fe48a331cd3c71c9b4e3045d500cbf28)
![4%20in%20Orthopedic%20Casting%20Tape%203-S.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ftangodelta.smugmug.com%2FOther%2FN247TD-Camera-Battery-Mount%2Fi-hNfKxqK%2F1%2FS%2F4%2520in%2520Orthopedic%2520Casting%2520Tape%25203-S.jpg&hash=ea7b80449ff07a4e2fa9976fe9c06463)
More on the next posting.
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