X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:15:05 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from betsy.gendns5.com ([65.254.38.234] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.2) with ESMTPS id 4115413 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:06:18 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.254.38.234; envelope-from=paul@tbm700.com Received: from [68.204.21.6] (port=57144 helo=[192.168.1.109]) by betsy.gendns5.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NeJwR-0007KY-Dt for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:05:39 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Subject: Re: [LML] AIrcraft video From: paul miller In-Reply-To: X-Original-Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:05:39 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Message-Id: <2CF0BDE1-1FB3-44D4-A041-ACB00BF013AF@tbm700.com> References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - betsy.gendns5.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tbm700.com Following Isaac's suggestion I purchased a VholdR ContourHD for $225 = (Amazon). The newest product today is ContourHD 1080P which is about = $100 more. It works very well. I ran a quick test flight for watching = the gear doors and here is the result. The camera resolution is much = higher than YouTube shows. Thanks for the suggestion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2UM_rA7llYM Paul Miller N357V L2K On 2010-01-19, at 6:19 AM, Isaac Heizer wrote: > For anybody interested in videoing what's going on under and around = their aircraft in flight, I suggest helmet mounted cameras fit the bill = perfectly. In particular, i temporarily mounted a 4oz, fully = self-contained & weather-resistant, video camera to my rear tie-down = ring socket to see what my landing gear is doing. >=20 > The camera can be had for less than $300, and is the ContourHD from = www.vholdr.com >=20 > Sample video (mine) is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DsShijby0JQU >=20 > Should be great to see what gear doors are doing, for instance.