I don't have a sketch, but can describe what I'm doing.
The front of the fuse will be opened for the camera to shoot through. Will look kind of like a fish with it's mouth open. I'll try to remember to post a construction pic once I'm further along.
The nose will have an opening to allow for full-forward shooting, tilting down for vertical and everthing in between. This protects the equipment somewhat from minor mishap, cleans up the airframe a little too.
Fuse length is 60", height 6", width 4". Using an 80" cub wing. Tail dragger setup. A very "Stik" like fuse. The forward 24" of the fuse will contain all the gear, the top of the fuse sectionalized into hatches for easy access.
Power will be electric motor mounted on a pod made of sheet aluminum (AXI 4120-14 motor, JES 70-3P Opto controller, 14 2400S cells). This should provide somewhere between 700 and 900 watts to the prop (14 x 7). This setup easily flies a 10 lb Monocoup (see the Hobby-Lobby website and video at:
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/monocoupe.htm)
Also, I need to be able to shut off motor in-air [to minimize vibration] and electric for noise sensitive areas
I chose a tractor setup to run from a pod, to clear the prop from the camera lens. The pod will be an A-frame made of aluminum, attached to the fuse sides just in fron the wing by bolts and wingnuts for easy removal and adjustment of thrust line (If camera equipment changes between flights)
The camera intially will be driven by 3 channels, Tilt, Zoom, Shoot.
Also planning for mode switching between still frame / video.
I already have on-ground video capability using X-10 transmitter from the NTSC output from these cameras. This is how I presently "frame" the shots using PAP & KAP (see the website
http://www.bird-shots.com)
The specs for the camera can be found at:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...oly_c5050z.asp
I also have this as camera which which is an alternative:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...tax_optios.asp
I havent purchased a digital video camera yet, but will configure the camera gymbal in the plane for that option too. I do not plan to use downliked video for anything but aiming the flight cameras.
I hope this helps!