Cockpit video recording -- the time is now.

Information we lack with GPS recorders and most video includes control input. We need to know if the pilot was reckless, unknowingly operating the controls in a fatal manner, or doing his best to counter an adverse external input. The details may reveal the cause.

I have mounted cameras behind me only to get 90% of the frame showing wide shoulders, fat neck, and a huge hat. The stick was completely obscured and rudder pedals too far away in a dark corner. I wonder if a tail mounted camera would not be more useful, as it would show positions of aileron and flap, and attitude. Maybe a mirror could also show the rudder. If rigidly mounted, a tail camera could also reveal structural bending of the tail boom and wings in a measurable way.

Wit, HZ.