Alan Erickson
Active Member
I'm definitely going to install at least one videocam in my 8A. Larry, Bill, and Dan started shoving, then Jon -- especially his mellow evening sequence -- pushed me the last micrometer over the edge. First, an admission: in addition to having a problem with airplane building, I'm also a geek and a dweeb (read: electrical engineer and software engineer)...though I like to think I have compensating qualities. Anyhow, 'cuz of that I'm probably gonna use a little single-board computer to suck in video and still feeds and pour 'em onto a hard drive, which allows me to be pretty flexible about multiple imaging sources (though, yes, it limits photography to <10k' without special provision). So my question (at long last) is:
Where would you want to mount cameras, and of what type?
E.g.: I plan to mount a good color video on the vstab. I've also toyed with the idea of a digital still camera pointed down under a wing for hi-res ground shots. Any other places/types on peoples' dreamlists? Can you imagine any other imaging-related shenanigans or necessities?
I'll entertain all ideas, though probably only implement the vstab before getting her in the air -- but I'd like to think about wire runs and access panels for pipedreams before I close the wings, floors, and fairings. Thanks for your help!
Where would you want to mount cameras, and of what type?
E.g.: I plan to mount a good color video on the vstab. I've also toyed with the idea of a digital still camera pointed down under a wing for hi-res ground shots. Any other places/types on peoples' dreamlists? Can you imagine any other imaging-related shenanigans or necessities?
I'll entertain all ideas, though probably only implement the vstab before getting her in the air -- but I'd like to think about wire runs and access panels for pipedreams before I close the wings, floors, and fairings. Thanks for your help!