Ken, Brand New Student Pilot… with a Great Touch
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- waynemcc999
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Ken, Brand New Student Pilot… with a Great Touch
Today we’re flying with Ken, fresh from his Discovery Flight and eager to start his journey to becoming a licensed pilot. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek
Wayne McClelland
PPL/IR, 2008 Diamond Star DA40-XLS 40.922, KSBA
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Re: Ken, Brand New Student Pilot… with a Great Touch
Very cool video. That really looked like a fantastic introduction flight with the DA40.
Wayne, I noticed you mounted one of your cameras on a mount between the overhead lights. Do you like that better than the attachment on the top of the front canopy? How did you get the mount attached, is it just adhesive?
Wayne, I noticed you mounted one of your cameras on a mount between the overhead lights. Do you like that better than the attachment on the top of the front canopy? How did you get the mount attached, is it just adhesive?
Hans
N556LU / 40.763 - 2007 DA40 XL G1000 w/WAAS, SVT, TAS & ADS-B @ RAM Aviation in Healdsburg, California
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Re: Ken, Brand New Student Pilot… with a Great Touch
Hans, thanks for watching. When I got my first GoPro, I affixed it to the rearmost part of the canopy (using the standard GoPro 3M sticky). I found 2 downsides... (1) the camera was a little bit too far forward in order to pick up the profiles of the pilot and copilot (when using lens=linear which I prefer over wide-angle on my GoPro)... and (2) because I connect ATC/comms audio and a battery pack to that camera, I had to remember to disconnect them before I raised the canopy (guess what: I often forgot ).OriensFlight wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 12:49 am Wayne, I noticed you mounted one of your cameras on a mount between the overhead lights. Do you like that better than the attachment on the top of the front canopy? How did you get the mount attached, is it just adhesive?
So... I simply used a 3M sticky and put that between the overhead lights (which I have never used anyway). Surprisingly, after 2 years it still seems to be sticking just fine. This location solves both of the downsides noted above.
Hope this is an understandable description of my logic and solution.
Again, thanks for watching!
Wayne
Wayne McClelland
PPL/IR, 2008 Diamond Star DA40-XLS 40.922, KSBA
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Re: Ken, Brand New Student Pilot… with a Great Touch
Hans, here's a photo (looking forward from the backseats) of my overhead GoPro mount...
Wayne McClelland
PPL/IR, 2008 Diamond Star DA40-XLS 40.922, KSBA
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