Wildhorsesracing Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 A Short hop in my Mooney on a gorgeous day http://www.youtube.com/embed/PNwfGtToeEA 2
carusoam Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Two thoughts come to mind... The belly cam is my favorite view. Great forward visibility. Minimal prop interference. The paint on the belly is cleaner and shinier than any C I've seen before! Nice work, Jim! Thanks for sharing your area of the planet. Best regards, -a-
Cruiser Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Nice, what I can't figure out is how did you get the camera from under the belly to inside the cockpit midway in the flight?
Andy95W Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Wow. Gotta get me one of those. Then I need to clean my plane's belly.
gsxrpilot Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Hi Jim, The video looks great. I would love to see a picture of your mounting solution for the belly cam. Thanks,
rbridges Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Nice, what I can't figure out is how did you get the camera from under the belly to inside the cockpit midway in the flight? that's one advantage of the baggage door popping open during flight. 1
Oscar Avalle Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Nice video!!! and music. But what really impressed me was the clean belly!!!
Wildhorsesracing Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Posted June 2, 2014 The camera(s) that I use are Replay XD 720's - we use them in our racecars all the time to record a driver's session in our racing schools. They are relatively inexpensive (0.132 AMU's) and are available thru Amazon and various other places. (http://www.amazon.com/Replay-XD720-HD-Video-Camera/dp/B00BC5JRS8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1401734832&sr=8-2&keywords=replay+xd+720p ) They come with strong 2 sided tape mounts (buy extras) and can easily be placed almost anywhere. For this video I put one camera on top of the aircraft just above the windshield and the other on the belly. I am going to play with more locations for the cameras, stay tuned for more. BTW - the reason you only see the takeoff from the belly is because by the time I landed the camera lens was covered in a light film of oil...
Nathan Peterson Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Thanks Jim! That was a fun flight. Nate
Danb Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Jim. Really nice job, are you taking orders to clean belly's? 1
Jerry 5TJ Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 I took a short hop yesterday as well. It was IMC, about 500 overcast at o69 when I departed. Flew the departure and then to STS as an entry to the RNAV13 approach to DVO. Back into the clouds, visibility zero at the MDA of 1000' there, so via published missed to the hold at SGD and then a vector to JIVLI for the RNAV29 back into o69 where the conditions had improved to 700 overcast and more than 3 miles visibility so no problem on the LPV approach. All that was normal. But when ATC handed me over to local CTAF frequency there were two 'VFR' planes in the pattern at o69. Rather, they were flying the normal traffic pattern but at half the normal height. I was (1) annoyed at the illegal activity and (2) reminded that we have to watch out when descending out of the clouds in to non-towered airports.
TWinter Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 What a great area to fly. Looks like a variety of lakes, mountains and beautiful rural country.. My view is generally brown, dark brown or light brown crop fields. Great video..Oh yeah, clean belly 1
Roger O Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Jerry, I wonder why ATC did not advise you about the VFR traffic. He may not have been talking to them, but they most likely had VFR transponder codes on?
Jerry 5TJ Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Jerry, I wonder why ATC did not advise you about the VFR traffic. He may not have been talking to them, but they most likely had VFR transponder codes on? ATC handed me off about 7 miles out with a "no traffic observed between you and the airport" comment. So maybe no transponders were in use. The airport is in a bowl below a 2500' ridge so ATC may not see much especially of low-flying traffic.
Wildhorsesracing Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Posted June 3, 2014 What a great area to fly. Looks like a variety of lakes, mountains and beautiful rural country.. My view is generally brown, dark brown or light brown crop fields. Great video..Oh yeah, clean belly We live in a great area, lots of beautiful scenery, a one hour flight west to the Appalachian Mtns or a 90 minute flight to Kitty Hawk. 1
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