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[kestrel]

Went flying this weekend in my 152 and decided to strap my camera to the wheel strut, i thought it looked pretty awesome so i decide to speed it up and am pretty impressed with it lol

let us know what you think

Edited by kestrel, 31 July 2011 - 05:32 PM.

[LA_PHX]

Fixed.

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Edited by LA_PHX, 31 July 2011 - 05:31 PM.

[89-LX]

Sweet man. How long was the flight? lol

[kestrel]

89-LX, on Aug 1 2011, 12:07 AM, said:

Sweet man. How long was the flight? lol

about 35 minutes

[SeattlePilot]

That's awesome! What did you use to strap the camera on?

[kestrel]

SeattlePilot, on Aug 1 2011, 12:32 AM, said:

That's awesome! What did you use to strap the camera on?

There is a little footplate on the strut, just zip-tied it on to that very high tech

[SeattlePilot]

kestrel, on Jul 31 2011, 06:51 PM, said:

There is a little footplate on the strut, just zip-tied it on to that very high tech

I might have to try that.

[Jonay]

What camera did you use for this? Is the timelapse thing a setting on the camera or what?

It's a good film - pity the area ain't so scenic! It's definately something I'll be trying when I get my mountain flying ticket.

[mhockey21]

SeattlePilot, on Jul 31 2011, 03:57 PM, said:

I might have to try that.

Be careful, it requires a bunch of paperwork and a sign off from a mechanic if you do it properly. If you don't follow the right steps you could get in trouble.

[LA_PHX]

mhockey21, on Jul 31 2011, 08:11 PM, said:

Be careful, it requires a bunch of paperwork and a sign off from a mechanic if you do it properly. If you don't follow the right steps you could get in trouble.

Even if you own the airplane?  Or is that just if you are renting it.

[mhockey21]

Owning or renting, technically you modifying it the outside of the aircraft.  Now since it was only a zip tie I'm not 100% sure its the same, but I know when I was looking to do something similar with a Gopro it would have been a huge deal.

[kestrel]

Jonay, on Aug 1 2011, 01:04 AM, said:

What camera did you use for this? Is the timelapse thing a setting on the camera or what?

It's a good film - pity the area ain't so scenic! It's definately something I'll be trying when I get my mountain flying ticket.

It was a little bullet camera.... i just used window's movie player to speed it all up.

Haha, yeah welcome to southeast england!!

[Greeney]

mhockey21, on Jul 31 2011, 11:21 PM, said:

Owning or renting, technically you modifying it the outside of the aircraft.  Now since it was only a zip tie I'm not 100% sure its the same, but I know when I was looking to do something similar with a Gopro it would have been a huge deal.

It's not an airworthy item. Your flight school was just being a pain in the butt.

Edited by Greeney, 01 August 2011 - 10:05 AM.

[kestrel]

mhockey21, on Aug 1 2011, 04:21 AM, said:

Owning or renting, technically you modifying it the outside of the aircraft.  Now since it was only a zip tie I'm not 100% sure its the same, but I know when I was looking to do something similar with a Gopro it would have been a huge deal.

Always one kill joy

Well going to try a few different places to put the camera so keep a look out

[Fate01_VUSAFS]

mhockey21, on Jul 31 2011, 11:11 PM, said:

Be careful, it requires a bunch of paperwork and a sign off from a mechanic if you do it properly. If you don't follow the right steps you could get in trouble.

You beat me to the post. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw "tied a camera to the strut"  


We have a few airplanes with our flying club equipped for photo flights, and they have holes in the bottom of the aircraft for cameras. My grandmother actually has two photos from a plane that flew directly over her house taking pictures while she was in the front yard. Not sure if they're from the same fleet, but likely.

Edited by Fate01_VUSAFS, 01 August 2011 - 12:38 PM.

[kestrel]

Fate01_VUSAFS, on Aug 1 2011, 06:37 PM, said:

You beat me to the post. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw "tied a camera to the strut"  
We have a few airplanes with our flying club equipped for photo flights, and they have holes in the bottom of the aircraft for cameras. My grandmother actually has two photos from a plane that flew directly over her house taking pictures while she was in the front yard. Not sure if they're from the same fleet, but likely.

haha  dear me! you under estimate the size of the camera..... its not a called a bullet cam for nothing  

[mhockey21]

Greeney, on Aug 1 2011, 07:02 AM, said:

It's not an airworthy item. Your flight school was just being a pain in the butt.

It's not a flight school problem, but physically fastening a camera to the exterior of an aircraft has to be written off by a mechanic.

[Pattyboy10]

... Just enjoy the video, don't worry about worthless rules...

Every good normal pilot knows, that putting a small camera with tie raps on the strut will not effect it... It would be different if you do it with bigger planes... So what's the deal, just enjoy it.

[Fate01_VUSAFS]

Pattyboy10, on Aug 2 2011, 03:53 AM, said:

... Just enjoy the video, don't worry about worthless rules...

Coming from an airline pilot, that's a concerning statement  

[Pattyboy10]

You think? You go on and worry about someone mounting a small camera to a 450kg airplane, while I think about the more important stuff... Please enjoy your day looking up the FAR's as a hobby finding every bit of rule so you can nail Kestrel.