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=2UM_rA7llYM

Paul Miller
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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.
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> The camera can be had for less than $300, and is the ContourHD from www.vholdr.com
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> Sample video (mine) is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShijby0JQU
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> Should be great to see what gear doors are doing, for instance.