I got one of these little $25 mini DV cameras,its about 1.75" long by about 3/4" wide.
It comes with several plastic holders but i dont really want to screw them to my plane.
Will regular old velcro hold the camera to the side of a super cub in flight?

A pic of the cam would really help.

It is below,it weighs appx 1 ounce.

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How about just strap it on with rubber bands?

I want to mount it to the fuselage,under the wing,so it faces looking out at the horizon from the plane. I might be able to band it,think velcro would hold in the wind?

It's very hard to mount a cam like that where it will see the horizon. You either need a cam with tilting lens or something like this keychain cam. The good thing about a keychain cam is that the lens is in the end of the enclosure.
Best bet for your cam would be to bury it in the plane half way and just leave the top half of the cam poking out facing forward.

Thats why i was thinking of velcroing it to the side, the forward view will show the prop and ruin the picture.
I just have to figure out a way to mount it,then mount a counterweight on the other side to balance it out.

Wheel nut?
I have one of those key chain cams and I love it. The only problem I am having is after I made the video I cannot send it to anyone. I keep getting an error (552) saying it is too big. I have gone to Windows Movie maker and made it smaller but I still have the same problems. The last one I made I cut it down to 13 meg and itt still won't send. There is something that I am doing wrong in the format. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Chocks

Most internet service providers put a limit on the size of the email you can send. Find a web site that will allow you to upload files and send invitations to people to go download it. There are a few that will let you do it for free.
I remember one called whale mail, don't know if it is around anymore, but there are others.

You can get a JAZZ DVX 40 at Big Lots for $19.99. Works great for our application. Has a Tripod mount screw and will record with the side door closed. Has usb and the clips can be edited with Movie Maker in XP. I got one of these cameras on a Electric Powered Gentle Lady Glider.
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I have virtually the same camera as yours. I mounted it to a Taylor Craft 450 in a few different ways but each time I wanted to point it forward the prop was in the way and it was just annoying to watch the vid. I eventually mounted it to the right wing (for what its worth the little bit of weight will made no difference so don't fret about that bit of weight). To mount it to the wing I cut a small piece of 1/8" ply the width of the camera and about 3/8"longer on each end - so there was 3/8" of ply sticking out past the top and bottom of the camera. I then drilled 2 small servo sized holes through the ply and into the wing. These holes were hardended with then CA. Just be sure to tilt the ply down a couple of degrees from horizontal so it can get a decent view of the ground/horizon (about 5 degrees is what I used). I bought some industrial Velcro-it looks similar to rgular Velco but the Hook part is much heaveir! I attached the Hook part to the plywood with Shoe Goo - use whatever you have that is like it (regular silicone will work as well). I attached the soft loop part to the camera using ShoeGoo as well (after I removed the screw-on mounting bracket). When it was all dry I took 2 small rubber bands (I was being extra cautious - not wanting to loose my expensive $20 camera ;-) and wrapped a small band around the top and bottom of the camera and the extra 3/8" of 1/8" ply that stuck out beyond each end of the camera. Of course it never moved. I eventually removed the rubber bands and the camera never moved.

I though all was great until I watched the video. The video streams through the computer screen from the side - bummer to watch!. Don't know why I never thought of it before I went to all that work, but there is an easy fix. Do a search on rotating video or tuning video sideways on Google or Bing. There are free programs out there that will rotate the video on the screen to the correct orientation. However in the end I removed all that and mounted the camera vertically upright between the landing gear. The mount looked like a cross (I removed the 1/8" ply from the wing and reused it) with the horizontal arms connected to the landing gear and of course with the camera pointing down just enough so that you don't see the prop. The video was easier to watch this way since it was streaming by from the top of the screen to the bottom and was not as disorienting. This worked pretty well until one flight where a new HobbyKing 3 cell Lipo had of the the 3 cells die during the flight - barely had enough juice to set up a partial landing before it played lawn darts with the ground. So no more HobbyKing junk LiPo's for me - and no they wouldn't warranty it, even though it was new and on it;s 3 rd flight!. Anyway the camera survived the impact! Tough little camera! I bought a new plane but haven't got it together and the mount, of course didn't make it either but I think you can use the above informaion to make your own - between the landing gear mount or use the wing and just rotate it. Either works.

Sorry for such a long winded reply but I waned to let you know the few things I had already tried/failed at.

Older thread, but here are some mods I have made for my Mobius camera or my key chain cameras. These are diy camera mounts I made up for my Super Cub. The first I will try out will be the large paperclip camera mount I made that is shown in the first flickr set linked here. I have not actually tested any of these mounts out on my plane just yet, but I'll be starting with the paperclip camera mount and see how it goes. I love piddling with diy stuff, so even a failure can result in a learning experience. Of course, checking the CoG is always important and also positioning the camera where you want it, too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/a1930fo...7635701860576/

Here are a few ideas on the key chain camera mount setups:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/a1930fo...7635023215356/

Most of the above mounts can be used with a Mobius camera or a key chain camera equally well.

We shall see just how well they work in the near future.

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.