on board cameras

[bracesport]

@mayan @kilroy07 - I’m hoping it will arrive next week! I’m looking forward to going high tech! Will keep you posted!

 

[kilroy07]

Once you start down the dark path...... 😉

 

[bracesport]

I posted this in my TT thread but meant to post here - V1 RP is 95% successful - I forgot the SD card sticks out 2mm so I filed a slot for that and have updated the CAD to V2 - surface ended up a bit ropey so I need to orient it better in the RP machine - functionally it seems OK!

Dropbox link for Cyclops v3 camera mount (.STL files) updated to V2 with a slot for SD card.

 

[bracesport]

might look at a teardrop design for V3!

 

[MorningViewFPV]

nice

 

[w1lp33]

might look at a teardrop design for V3!

Love the mount design, thanks for posting it!

 

[bracesport]

so, I got excited and drew up a new teardrop version of the Cyclops V3 camera mount - I'll RP a new one on Monday and hopefully improve the surface finish too!

Cyclops v3 camera mount (.STL files) - teardrop

 

[mayan]

Looks amazing thanks for sharing.

 

[bracesport]

@mayan - the trick now is to get some footage!

 

[bracesport]

not actually flying, but I wanted to test the two positions - one behind the wing and one on the wing - without the camera raised up, behind the wing would have been hopeless - I quite like some wing in the shot.

what is your favourite camera location on your plane/s?

 

[Wildthing]

not actually flying, but I wanted to test the two positions - one behind the wing and one on the wing - without the camera raised up, behind the wing would have been hopeless - I quite like some wing in the shot.

what is your favourite camera location on your plane/s?

With the wing in the picture it's nice but you see nothing below. Another guy just recently for his fpv plane that he built he had an upper one but he also had one underneath just behind the landing gear, with the view from the bottom it was actually really cool especially when landing or taking off.

 

[mayan]

I personally would have put it on the bottom if it’s just for video and not fpv I think that looking that the world from above is just super cool .

 

[bracesport]

@mayan @Wildthing - it looks like @Arcfyre has his camera on/under the wing in this shot - in the video you can sometimes see the prop fire up (I think) on the far left side - I agree it looks cool - I will try something!

 

[Arcfyre]

@mayan @Wildthing - it looks like @Arcfyre has his camera on/under the wing in this shot - in the video you can sometimes see the prop fire up (I think) on the far left side - I agree it looks cool - I will try something!

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Yes, it was velcroed to the right wing tip. I wanted a little more left aim so you could just see the prop in the shot, but I missed this time.

 

[PsyBorg]

Was just going to ask that very same question after seeing such a tight and closed housing.

You definitely do not want to be using that to fly with and have it go into thermal shut down. Planes dont stop drop n roll when you have to disarm like with quads.

 

[bracesport]

The cyclops v3 came with an even tighter enclosure so I didn’t consider that - I will add some airflow to the new ‘aero’ enclosure I want to print tomorrow thanks for the heads up!

It’s only getting about 5.5v so it is at the lower end of the voltage input (if that helps).

 

[w1lp33]

I'd really only worry about air flow for the vtx... The camera itself isn't going to heat up dramatically.

 

[FDS]

It’s the VT signal transmission output that makes them get hot. I don’t enclose any of my VTX’s, they get too warm.

 

[w1lp33]

Yeah, but that camera enclosure does not seem to house the transmitter, so it'll be just fine as is for housing the camera.

 

[bracesport]

@w1lp33 - exactly, I am not running any Tx for the Cyclops as just using the onboard SD card at this point 👍