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Old 10-09-2013 | 11:36 PM
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I bought the following modified piece at a thrift store for a dollar. I took one of those handles for exercise that has the surgical tubing on one end and the handle on the opposite. I removed the foam from that handle and then cut out a 1" section to hold the mini camera that is described in the thread above. I removed the strut where it mounts to my Super Cub and threaded the end through that piece of foam holding the camera. Reattached the strut to the plane ans simply slid the foam up on the strut. The lens points outward. The weight is almost nothing for this camera and small piece of foam. I have not yet tried out this location in flight to see if it impacts anything, but I believe this will work with no real problems. The foam encases the camera to hold it in place. It is easy to get to the control buttons of the camera to turn it on or off.

I then took the mount that came with the camera and used it in a different location. I mounted it on top of the center of the wing. It allows the lens to be positioned forward. As weird as this may sound in explaining it, I am not so doubtful that this will work well on my Super Cub setup. The last pics in the flickr set that is linked first in my last post shows the plane and the different mount locations for this camera. Lots of options, as it is light weight and easy enough to mount. Like say, I have not yet flown with it in place, but I am pretty sure my locations will indeed work. I have no clue as to the camera's quality of video, as I have not played with it at this point. Hopefully it is at least as good as a #16 key chain camera. We shall see though. The mini cam weighs almost nothing, so adding it's weight is not really a problem.


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