Sure, I'm not going to put it right above a fin Didn't realize that was stupid while writing.
I know that good enough is, well, good enough and past experience has proved it was fine. I'm just new to the hobby and trying to understand the factors that can influence the flight. Like I said, this is all pretty theoretical.
One other thing you might think about is shimming up the lens end of the camera off the body tube a bit... sorta like adjusting a mirror on a vehicle-- The most field of view is obtained when the image in the mirror only contains the side of the vehicle for about 1/4 of the image... the rest should be the "surroundings" behind and beside the vehicle... Similarly, I've seen a LOT of rocket videos where virtually HALF the picture is of the rocket tube and fins... with only the "upper half" of the picture being of the surroundings visible as the rocket is in flight. Shimming the lens end of the camera up a little bit off the tube can reduce the amount of the tube and fins in the picture, allowing more of the surroundings behind the rocket or on the way down to be visible in the video, making for a more interesting video IMHO...
Later and good luck with your project! OL JR
That's a great suggestion. I'll be using it next Flight.
Please tell me about the smoke. It's something I've been looking at. Pm me if you wish
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One other thing you might think about is shimming up the lens end of the camera off the body tube a bit... sorta like adjusting a mirror on a vehicle-- The most field of view is obtained when the image in the mirror only contains the side of the vehicle for about 1/4 of the image... the rest should be the "surroundings" behind and beside the vehicle... Similarly, I've seen a LOT of rocket videos where virtually HALF the picture is of the rocket tube and fins... with only the "upper half" of the picture being of the surroundings visible as the rocket is in flight. Shimming the lens end of the camera up a little bit off the tube can reduce the amount of the tube and fins in the picture, allowing more of the surroundings behind the rocket or on the way down to be visible in the video, making for a more interesting video IMHO...
Later and good luck with your project! OL JR
We recently purchased the 120 degree lens camera and have had excellent success with this unit.
We have tried a few different ways of mounting, we always use double stick tape and we've used zip ties and tape. We've had better luck with the zip ties. The tape tends to flutter at higher speeds causing a high pitch whistle. We've currently found that you can buy the lenses individually which has a long ribbon on it, so we're currently working on a project to mount the camera on the inside of the airframe and that way only the lens will be exposed. They also have a remote on/off switch which is ideal for this type of application. Will post a video here later on this set up once it is finished.
Would one of these cameras fit inside a BT-60 sized tube, mounted at a 70 degree or so downward angle? I'm designing an upscale of an Estes Ecostar and instead of putting a clear payload tube on it, I was just going to make the upper tube into an altimeter/camera bay.
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