Watching Ron Wanttaja's Tail Rise

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/pix/video.html

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:56:22 -0400, " jls" wrote:

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

And the camera price has come down, too... less than $100 at Target.

Ron "Ready when you are, Mr. Demille" Wanttaja

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:56:22 -0400, " jls" wrote:

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

And the camera price has come down, too... less than $100 at Target.

Ron "Ready when you are, Mr. Demille" Wanttaja


And for a mere $125 your can get a 1GB CF card to give you over 2 1/2 hours
of video!

At our last EAA Chapter 75 meeting one of our members demonstrated a size of
a quarter camera, transmitter that you just duct tape on. Receiver plugs
into a VCR and the tape can them be played. We played it a Big screen for
everyone to see with an LCD projector--- Cost of the camera, transmitter
receiver with shipping was $31.00

The camera was taped on the landing gear of a Q-200 and by using the viewer
of the VCR, his son was able to tell his dad the pilot how to turn to
capture the other plane in flight.

"UltraJohn" wrote in message
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Ron Wanttaja wrote:

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:56:22 -0400, " jls"
wrote:

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

And the camera price has come down, too... less than $100 at Target.

Ron "Ready when you are, Mr. Demille" Wanttaja


And for a mere $125 your can get a 1GB CF card to give you over 2 1/2
hours
of video!

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:43:16 GMT, UltraJohn wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

And the camera price has come down, too... less than $100 at Target.

And for a mere $125 your can get a 1GB CF card to give you over 2 1/2 hours
of video!

Unfortunately, the two AA-cells that run the camera seem to last only about 45
minutes or so...they've been nearly dead at the end of all my on-gear flights.
Could rig an external pack without too much problem, though.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:08:30 GMT, "Cy Galley" wrote:

]At our last EAA Chapter 75 meeting one of our members demonstrated a size of
]a quarter camera, transmitter that you just duct tape on. Receiver plugs
]into a VCR and the tape can them be played. We played it a Big screen for
]everyone to see with an LCD projector--- Cost of the camera, transmitter
]receiver with shipping was $31.00

Still requires a battery-operated VCR to tape in flight.... ain't got one of
them, either! Saw the cameras at Oshkosh a couple of years back, certainly cool
little things.

Several years back, my wife picked up a couple of sets of battery-operated
closed-circuit TVs. These have wireless cameras talking to dedicated B&W 5"
video monitors. I strapped a couple of the cameras on the backs of RC race
cars. Pretty wild. When the batteries in the cars get low, they run slow
enough to give the wife's cats a sporting chance... :-)

I had debated using one of these cameras on the airplane, but was stymied by the
lack of a battery-powered VCR.

]The camera was taped on the landing gear of a Q-200 and by using the viewer
]of the VCR, his son was able to tell his dad the pilot how to turn to
]capture the other plane in flight.

Ah, *there's* an application I can appreciate. I've always wanted to rig up a
minicamera like that to the viewfinder of a standard camera, and haul a
extendable ~10 foot pole to fly-ins. Get near a cool airplane, run the camera
atop the pole, and get a nice shot from an unusual angle without so many people
in the way.

Ron Wanttaja

Here is what they used.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...8335 520&rd=1

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:43:16 GMT, UltraJohn
wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

And the camera price has come down, too... less than $100 at Target.

And for a mere $125 your can get a 1GB CF card to give you over 2 1/2
hours
of video!

Unfortunately, the two AA-cells that run the camera seem to last only
about 45
minutes or so...they've been nearly dead at the end of all my on-gear
flights.
Could rig an external pack without too much problem, though.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:08:30 GMT, "Cy Galley" wrote:

]At our last EAA Chapter 75 meeting one of our members demonstrated a size
of
]a quarter camera, transmitter that you just duct tape on. Receiver plugs
]into a VCR and the tape can them be played. We played it a Big screen
for
]everyone to see with an LCD projector--- Cost of the camera, transmitter
]receiver with shipping was $31.00

Still requires a battery-operated VCR to tape in flight.... ain't got one
of
them, either! Saw the cameras at Oshkosh a couple of years back,
certainly cool
little things.

Several years back, my wife picked up a couple of sets of battery-operated
closed-circuit TVs. These have wireless cameras talking to dedicated B&W
5"
video monitors. I strapped a couple of the cameras on the backs of RC
race
cars. Pretty wild. When the batteries in the cars get low, they run slow
enough to give the wife's cats a sporting chance... :-)

I had debated using one of these cameras on the airplane, but was stymied
by the
lack of a battery-powered VCR.

]The camera was taped on the landing gear of a Q-200 and by using the
viewer
]of the VCR, his son was able to tell his dad the pilot how to turn to
]capture the other plane in flight.

Ah, *there's* an application I can appreciate. I've always wanted to rig
up a
minicamera like that to the viewfinder of a standard camera, and haul a
extendable ~10 foot pole to fly-ins. Get near a cool airplane, run the
camera
atop the pole, and get a nice shot from an unusual angle without so many
people
in the way.

Ron Wanttaja

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote

Still requires a battery-operated VCR to tape in flight.... ain't got one
of
them, either! Saw the cameras at Oshkosh a couple of years back,
certainly cool
little things.

Ron Wanttaja

Go on down to the local pawn shop. Many older video cameras have a line in
input to use to record the camera.
--
Jim in NC


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Ron, I tuned in late on this topic, but the server dropped anything older
than a couple of days. I missed seeing what camera you are talking about.
It sounds good, but I'd like to look into it more.

Ron - 7S5

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:43:16 GMT, UltraJohn
wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

And the camera price has come down, too... less than $100 at Target.

And for a mere $125 your can get a 1GB CF card to give you over 2 1/2
hours
of video!

Unfortunately, the two AA-cells that run the camera seem to last only
about 45
minutes or so...they've been nearly dead at the end of all my on-gear
flights.
Could rig an external pack without too much problem, though.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:08:30 GMT, "Cy Galley" wrote:

]At our last EAA Chapter 75 meeting one of our members demonstrated a size
of
]a quarter camera, transmitter that you just duct tape on. Receiver plugs
]into a VCR and the tape can them be played. We played it a Big screen
for
]everyone to see with an LCD projector--- Cost of the camera, transmitter
]receiver with shipping was $31.00

Still requires a battery-operated VCR to tape in flight.... ain't got one
of
them, either! Saw the cameras at Oshkosh a couple of years back,
certainly cool
little things.

Several years back, my wife picked up a couple of sets of battery-operated
closed-circuit TVs. These have wireless cameras talking to dedicated B&W
5"
video monitors. I strapped a couple of the cameras on the backs of RC
race
cars. Pretty wild. When the batteries in the cars get low, they run slow
enough to give the wife's cats a sporting chance... :-)

I had debated using one of these cameras on the airplane, but was stymied
by the
lack of a battery-powered VCR.

]The camera was taped on the landing gear of a Q-200 and by using the
viewer
]of the VCR, his son was able to tell his dad the pilot how to turn to
]capture the other plane in flight.

Ah, *there's* an application I can appreciate. I've always wanted to rig
up a
minicamera like that to the viewfinder of a standard camera, and haul a
extendable ~10 foot pole to fly-ins. Get near a cool airplane, run the
camera
atop the pole, and get a nice shot from an unusual angle without so many
people
in the way.

Ron Wanttaja

Ron, That was a pretty cool video, and that prop effect was just plain
weird!
Where do you fly from? I'd hate to have to find that field among all the
industrial buildings the first time!

John

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:07:53 -0600, "JohnT." wrote:

Ron, That was a pretty cool video, and that prop effect was just plain
weird!

I liked Carlos' explanation. It's too bad the effect is there; now that I know
the setup can work, I could probably spend a few more bucks on a decent camera
and duplicate it without the squiggle. But now that I've done it, the urge is
off. I haven't even touched the camera since I put it on the axle for the
Arlington fly-in back in July. I'd like to do a wing-tip mounting (pointing
towards the cockpit) but I'm not too confident on the whether the wingtip light
mount could take the drag load with the camera pointed sideways..

Where do you fly from? I'd hate to have to find that field among all the
industrial buildings the first time!

I fly from Scobee Field, Auburn, Washington (S50). It's located in
~2.5-mile-wide valley, with, as you note, industrial buildings all around. One
saving grace is that the airport is located directly next to the Emerald Downs
horse-racing track, which has a large grandstand building painted bright green.
They light it up nicely at night, too...here's a picture I took from the west
side of the valley with about ~75 feet of ground fog on the valley floor:

http://www.wanttaja.com/nighttime1.jpg

The green splotch to the left of center is the race track.

Two other points of local interest from the video: During the takeoff, you can
make out a set of large powerlines about quarter-mile north of the runway (ahead
of the plane on takeoff). These are the powerlines a local student flew through
about ten years ago:

http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/wire.htm

(BTW, the airplane was repaired and is still flying from Auburn.)

The second point...when I turn from crosswind to downwind, just for a
moment...you can see my house. :-)

Ron Wanttaja